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About Ashurst Advance
Ashurst Advance is a global leader in the delivery of innovative and digitally enabled legal services. Leveraging our deep experience across delivery, managed services, digital, legal operations and flexible resourcing, we work seamlessly with our legal advisory and risk consulting teams to provide fully integrated solutions to address our client's most complex legal challenges.
What we can offer you
The future of legal services is at the centre of the firm's strategy, and we want to attract the best talent to help us achieve our objectives and grow our unique offering. By joining us you will be at the forefront of change in the legal industry and part of a team devoted to innovation, global collaboration, diversity, and growth. We also offer award-winning Learning & Organisational Development and Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging programs and a range of benefits including subsidised gym membership, discounted health insurance, complimentary health and wellbeing support programmes, study support, annual bonuses (in accordance with our bonus scheme), flexible working, and 26 weeks parental leave, to name a few.
About the role
Ashurst Advance Digital (AAD) is the firm's technology and experience powerhouse. We work with our New Law business to develop differentiated services for our clients, whilst embedding digital as a competency for the whole firm through developing and enabling future-fit tools, capabilities and mindsets. Ashurst Labs is the community within AAD responsible for the firm's experimentation environment, designing, developing and managing digital platforms, products and solutions, together with the curation, ownership and governance of platforms used by Ashurst Advance. It does this through the three disciplines of software development, product management and data science.
As a result of strategic growth we are currently looking to hire a Developer in either Brisbane or Melbourne. This is a new role to the team as we continue to expand our capabilities. The role is focused on designing, developing, maintaining and connecting applications, integrations and AI-enabled solutions within our Microsoft ecosystems including Azure, Power platform and M365. You will work within our cross-functional agile teams to create and support client-facing solutions and internal initiatives. As legal work is increasingly digitised, the need to structure, store and manipulate our client's data and our own content is a key differentiator.
We believe the role offers the right candidate a chance to join a team at an exciting stage of expansion, to see initiatives through from idea to implementation and to shape and drive transformation in a firm committed to outpacing change.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, maintain and integrate Microsoft Azure and M365 applications and services.
Implement Azure services including Function Apps, Logic Apps, API Management and Azure AI services.
Develop solutions in Power Platform and integrate with Microsoft 365.
Build and manage Azure CI/CD pipelines and Power Platform deployments using Azure DevOps.
Apply IaC practices with Bicep or Terraform.
Leverage generative AI to build and enhance digital tools, and assess associated risks.
Work in an agile, cross-functional team environment to deliver client-facing and internal initiatives.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field. Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Developer Associate) are highly desirable.
Minimum four years of experience in a Developer role with a strong focus on Microsoft Azure and Generative AI.
Experience with Power Platform and M365 development and integration highly regarded.
Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, C#, JavaScript or similar.
Experience building and managing Azure CI/CD pipelines and/or Power Platform deployments using Azure DevOps. Understanding of infrastructure as code practices (Bicep or Terraform).
Interest and expertise in generative AI and its risks and opportunities in software tools.
Desirable: experience in a technology innovation role within a professional services business.
Additional Information
We value diverse perspectives at Ashurst, so even if you don't feel you meet all of the requirements, we encourage you to apply.
If you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or in the workplace, please contact for a confidential conversation.
If you are interested in this opportunity please apply directly to Ashurst. We prefer to talk with you personally and are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.
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