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As a Senior 3E Engineer, you’ll play a key role in the evolution of our Elite 3E platform, working closely with the business during a major transition from on‑premise 3E to the SaaS version.

You’ll be embedded within a product team alongside a Product Owner and Scrum Master, helping shape solutions from requirements through to deployment. This is a hands‑on senior engineering role with strong architectural responsibility and real influence over how 3E is delivered and evolved across the firm.

Development is delivered via a hybrid model, with approximately 50% in‑house development and 50% SaaS‑based solutions, giving you exposure to both modern cloud patterns and core platform engineering.

Day‑to‑Day Responsibilities

• Work as a key member of a 3E product team, collaborating with product owners, scrum masters, and stakeholders
• Support and deliver the upgrade from on‑premise 3E to the SaaS version, including architectural decision‑making
• Bring hands‑on experience of 3E SaaS upgrades or apply transferable expertise to support the transition
• Architect and design new solutions within the 3E platform
• Deliver high‑quality development across both in‑house and SaaS environments
• Translate business and finance requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Work closely with senior business stakeholders, including Finance Directors
• Mentor and support other engineers within the team

Experience Required

Essential

• Strong experience with Elite 3E  from either:
• Both an architectural and development perspective, or
• A background as a .NET Engineer within a legal or other highly regulated environment, with the ability and appetite to work deeply with 3E
• Experience working directly with the business to define and deliver requirements
• Comfort operating in a product‑centric, agile delivery environment

Desirable

• Previous experience working in or alongside a law firm
• Exposure to SaaS transitions or platform modernisation programmes

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported.  This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim. 

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As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks ­with our trusted 3rd parties.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.