Principal Software Engineer (Fully remote)
About Us
At Laine, we’re building the next generation of legal tooling—a cutting edge AI product that turns complex drafting into a fast, guided, and secure experience. We blend thoughtful product design with modern engineering to help people and licensed lawyers work smarter, not harder. If you’re excited by high-impact problems, a crisp product vision, and shipping real features used in the wild, you’ll feel at home here.
Role Overview
We’re looking for a versatile Principal Software Engineer to design, build, and scale the core services behind our AI-assisted legal drafting platform. This is a full-time, fully remote role with regular off sites (1 week every 8-12 weeks) in EU or Dubai. You’ll work across backend/API development, integrations, performance, and reliability—partnering closely with product and frontend teams to ship delightful, secure features.
What You’ll Do
● Design, build, and maintain backend services and public/internal APIs.
● Integrate external services (including LLM/AI APIs) into robust, user-facing features.
● Collaborate with frontend engineers to deliver end-to-end user experiences.
● Improve performance, scalability, observability, and security across a distributed platform.
● Own CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows to keep delivery fast and safe.
● Write clean, well-tested code; contribute to design docs and code reviews.
● Influence architecture and product roadmaps with pragmatic, user-first thinking.
What We’re Looking For
● Solid software engineering fundamentals and a track record of shipping production systems.
● Proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Python, TypeScript/Node.js, Go, Java, or C#).
● Strong understanding of OOP, API design, and database modeling (SQL/NoSQL).
● Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and containers/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
● Comfort with CI/CD, monitoring, and debugging in production.
● Excellent communication and collaboration—comfortable with async remote work.
● Fluency in English.
Nice to Have
● Experience in LegalTech, FinTech, or other compliance-sensitive domains.
● Security-minded development (authn/z, secrets, least privilege).
● Event-driven design, queues/streams, microservices.
● Frontend exposure (React/Next.js).
● Bachelor’s in CS/Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
How We Work
● Remote-first across time zones, with teammates in Geneva (Switzerland), Ghent (Belgium), and Dubai (UAE).
● Lightweight, pragmatic Agile; high ownership; strong product culture.
Benefits & Growth
● Fully remote with flexible working hours.
● Join an early stage start up and enjoy the ride!
● Support for continuous learning and professional development.
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Senior Legal Researcher - Contractual law (Swiss German Speaker)
We are looking for a talented and experienced Senior Legal Researcher with a strong background in contractual law and general obligation law to be part of our growing team in Switzerland.
Key Responsibilities
Conduct advanced legal research in Swiss contractual law, general obligations law, and related areas.
Independently draft and review contracts under Swiss law, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance.
Conduct testing and proofread agreements and systems under Swiss law to verify legal soundness, precision. assessing the accuracy and consistency of outputs.
Identify and report issues or improvements to enhance the reliability and precision of AI-assisted drafting.
Collaborate with peers and reviewers to refine content and validate analytical accuracy.
Provide legal expertise and structured feedback to the AI development team.
Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining precision and clarity across deliverables.
Work independently and asynchronously in a fast-paced startup environment, demonstrating initiative and accountability.
Essential Qualifications
Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Swiss law, admission to the Swiss Bar, and two years of legal practice in a law firm.
Proven expertise in contractual law and strong understanding of Swiss legal frameworks.
Demonstrated ability to draft and review contracts independently with precision and legal accuracy.
Native-level proficiency in German and excellent command of English, with precise legal terminology and nuanced expression in both languages.
Strong familiarity with IT tools and workflows; very good command of Microsoft Word and related applications.
Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and adapt effectively within a fast-paced startup environment.
Demonstrates initiative, accountability, and attention to detail in all aspects of work.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in AI, Tech, or LegalTech companies
Familiarity with legal drafting automation tools
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Product Manager (Dubai or Geneva)
Laine is a mission-driven startup tackling the large, underserved market of legal drafting and contracting. We are building the next generation of generative AI tools and network platforms to connect clients and lawyers, ensuring legal documentation is precise, compliant, and efficient. You will work with a high-calibre team (lawyers, AI experts, and engineers) and have a direct impact on the product and business trajectory.
Role Purpose
As Product Manager, you will lead the product roadmap and execution for Laine’s core drafting platform and associated workflows (client UI, lawyer UI, backend drafting engine). You’ll ensure alignment between engineering, legal innovation, user experience, marketing and business goals, driving stable, meaningful improvement over time.
Key Responsibilities
1. Define, Maintain, and Prioritise the Product Roadmap: Own the full lifecycle for drafting workflows, the contract generation engine, the lawyer terminal, and the client terminal.
2. Execution & Engineering Liaison: Work closely with the CEO/CTO/engineering/marketing to translate the roadmap into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria; coordinate across the full team.
3. Innovation & Lawyer Liaison: Gather and synthesise input from lawyers, clients, and internal stakeholders (legal ops, data/privacy) to refine feature requirements and ensure rigorous jurisdictional compliance.
4. Data-Driven Enhancement: Monitor user metrics(Mixpanel), feedback, and product performance; propose data-driven enhancements and prioritize bug fixes to optimize adoption and efficiency.
5. Maintain Documentation: Ensure all documentation is robust: feature specs, user flows, product KPIs, and detailed jurisdictional compliance requirements.
Required Qualifications
● Experience: 3–5+ years in product management (SaaS or marketplace preferred).
● Technical Fluency: Comfortable working with engineering teams. Collaborate with CTO and engineering to turn PRDs into technical solutions
● Regulated Environments: Experience working in multi-jurisdiction, regulation-heavy environments (ideally legaltech or fintech).
● UX Acumen: Strong UX sense for complex B2B and B2C workflows.
● Data Proficiency: Proven ability to define and monitor critical product metrics (adoption, churn, cost per contract, lawyer throughput) and make data-driven decisions.
● Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication and relationship skills for managing legal professionals, development teams, and business/marketing.
● Startup Mindset: Comfortable with ambiguity, rapid iteration, launching MVPs, measuring, and evolving.
Preferred Qualifications
● Previous exposure to generative-AI product flows (prompting, generation logic, review loops).
● Experience with marketplaces or network-model platforms (connecting clients and lawyers).
● Familiarity with legal contracting workflows or experience launching in multiple geographies/handling localisation.
Metrics of Success (First 12 Months)
● Launch Success: Launch core drafting product in the initial jurisdiction (e.g., Switzerland) on time.
● Expansion: Successfully launch the next jurisdiction(s) roadmap and complete the product localization plan.
● Quality & Compliance: Maintain high quality and compliance standards: minimal legal escalations and high user satisfaction scores.
● Activation & Retention: Achieve target user activation metrics: e.g., X contracts generated, Y lawyer engagements, Z % retention.
● Internal Efficiency: Improve key internal measures: eg., time per contract reduced by X%, and cost per contract by Y%.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are an equal-opportunity employer.
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