Lead Engineer
Lead the technical direction of a greenfield Information Sharing Platform that will become a core part of CORTO’s AI ecosystem.
- Work directly with the Founder to architect, build, and scale a product used across the legal industry
- Own technical decisions across system design, performance, security, and reliability
- Build a greenfield platform from 0–1
About the Information Sharing Platform
This is not just another Lead Engineer role. This is your opportunity to define the technical direction of one of our critical initiatives – a product that will transform the information sharing process between legal practitioners.
It will allow lawyers, barristers, clients and departments within a large corporate to share a corpus of legal documents and e-mails with AI analysis tools. This allows various teams to get the benefit of AI. One team can compile the data and share the benefits with others. This will then be a part of the wider CORTO platform.
About Corto
We are CORTO, a cutting-edge software company dedicated to revolutionising the legal industry. Our mission is to empower legal practitioners with AI-driven solutions that streamline their workflow, boost productivity, and provide more efficient client service.
Our team of AI experts and engineers collaborate to develop intelligent software tailored to the unique needs of lawyers, paralegals, and legal assistants.
Our innovative AI solutions automate routine tasks, simplify document management, and enhance decision-making, allowing legal professionals to focus on what they do best—providing expert legal counsel.
We’re rapidly scaling from 80 to 150+ employees, with a highly technical workforce where around 90% of the team are developers and engineers. Working alongside our Sydney-based team of passionate high achievers, you’ll join a fast-growing technology business where things rarely stay the same for long - and if you’re smart, caring, and ambitious, you’ll be in great company.
What you’ll do
- Architect, design, and deliver a platform that will be used across CORTO and become foundational to our AI ecosystem.
- Work Directly With the Founder
- Collaborate with CORTO’s Founder to define strategy, prioritise development, and deliver at pace.
- Own the Technical Architecture
- Design the end-to-end system, from document-type detection to intelligent action generation, integrations, workflows, and user experience.
- Define the Engineering Culture
- Set the standards, practices, and operating rhythms for a team that will grow internationally.
To make this happen you will:
- Architect and deliver the Information Sharing Platform
- Build scalable, secure, and high-performance backend services and polished frontend experiences.
- Prototype, test, and refine AI-driven features that work reliably with generative AI models.
- Establish engineering processes, DevOps workflows, observability, and quality standards.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with other AI teams, product leaders, and senior stakeholders.
What you’ll bring:
You’re a curious, self-driven engineer who wants to build meaningful technology.
- 8+ years of professional experience in full-stack development.
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, and modern backend frameworks.
- Strong experience in system design, database architecture, and API development.
- Experience working with generative AI, automation workflows, or agent-based systems is highly desirable.
- Proven experience building and leading engineering teams.
- Ability to hire, coach, motivate, and scale a high-performing team.
- Excellent communication skills, including working directly with executive leadership.
You are the type of person who
- Entrepreneurial and comfortable with ambiguity.
- Curious, creative, and analytical.
- Driven by solving meaningful problems for real users.
- Enjoys building greenfield products that shape the future of an industry.
CORTO is an inclusive, people-first company committed to breaking down institutional barriers that keep people from reaching their potential. If you meet some, but not all the requirements above, we encourage you to still submit your application.
Why join CORTO?
- Your work matters. We solve real world problems that improve and support local, everyday law firms. So they can do their best work for the people in the communities they serve.
- Make an impact. You won’t be another ‘cog in the wheel’ here. We give full trust and autonomy for you to be heard, to work on big & complex projects – and to make a real difference.
- Work with a group of authentic, passionate people who love what they do.
- Well-funded and global. CORTO is part ofATI – one of the largest international LegalTech companies.
- Flexible and hybrid working. We engage, share, and collaborate on ideas and workflows.
- Career and learning opportunities; we move fast and need smart people to get us where we're going. We are a scaling business and looking for people who want to grow with us.
- Have fun with us. Celebrations. Socials. Sports teams. Access to sailing and yacht events.
- We value your well-being - Wellness focus with additional time off, gym membership and other perks.
- Fast-paced tech environment, if we don't disrupt ourselves someone else will do it!
- Access to LEAP Home - a program unique to LEAP to support you in buying your primary residence.