Senior 3E Engineer (6111)

We're a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it's personal or business, we understand that everyone's situation is different. But we're more than just a law firm - we're a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life's ups and downs. Working here you'll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators.

As a Senior 3E Engineer, you will design, develop, test, and implement 3E applications, configurations, and integrations that meet the needs of Irwin Mitchell. Working within a product team, you will translate business requirements into technical solutions, write and review code, manage releases, and ensure the quality, performance, and maintainability of delivered work.

You will bring deep knowledge of 3E's technical architecture to design complex, scalable solutions, guide best practice, and lead development across multiple user stories. In this senior role, you will mentor engineers, provide technical leadership, and contribute to the engineering vision, strategy, and roadmap, ensuring all work aligns with agreed quality and assurance standards.

Key Responsibilities

Software Engineering

• Lead the full software development lifecycle, setting technical standards and ensuring quality delivery.
• Configure and customise 3E, including entities, forms, workflows, rules, integrations, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop, test, document, and maintain enhancements, defect fixes, and integration features.
• Manage source control and robust automated deployment processes.
• Ensure solutions meet agreed specifications, quality benchmarks, and performance standards.

Process & Efficiency

• Analyse existing processes, identify optimisation opportunities, and support improvements.
• Promote modern engineering standards, coach others in best practice, and advocate for process efficiency.
• Design and deliver solutions of medium to high complexity in line with architectural principles and standards.
• Produce and maintain design documentation, translating logical designs into physical designs.
• Ensure all technical work is documented in Azure DevOps or ServiceNow.

Information Security

• Apply in depth information security knowledge to design and assure secure solutions with appropriate controls.

Service Support & Integration

• Provide technical leadership on critical/P1 incidents, ongoing maintenance, and defect resolution.
• Participate in the 3E on call rota.
• Define and support integrations across systems, including Azure Functions and third party connectors.
• Collaborate with product teams and communicate technical concepts to non technical stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships with suppliers and consultancies.
• Mentor Integration Engineers.
• Support innovation and continuous improvement, including exploration of emerging and generative technologies.

Our Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays; option to buy up to 35hrs extra.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Two paid volunteering days per year.
• Westfield Health membership with refunds on medical services and Aviva Digital GP services.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.