Freshfields is a global law firm with a long history of helping clients navigate complex challenges. As technology continues to reshape the legal industry, we are investing significantly in innovation, engineering excellence and AI-enabled solutions that enhance how we deliver services to our clients and support our people.
Our Innovation team plays a central role in this journey, bringing together legal expertise, emerging technologies and engineering excellence to create scalable, secure and practical solutions that deliver real business value.
We are seeking an experienced Innovation Platform Engineer to help shape and build the technology platforms that underpin innovation across the firm.
This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, creating reusable platforms and enabling teams to move quickly and safely from idea to production. You will design, engineer and operationalise secure, scalable cloud environments and innovation services across Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), supporting a growing portfolio of AI, automation and digital transformation initiatives.
Working closely with Innovation, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Infrastructure and Product teams, you will help establish the engineering standards, cloud patterns and operational approaches that make innovation sustainable at enterprise scale.
From rapid prototyping and proof-of-concept development through to production-ready engineering and operational handover, you will play a key role in turning promising ideas into real-world solutions.
We're looking for someone who combines deep technical expertise with a pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset.
Experience within legal services or a professional services environment would be advantageous, but is not essential.
Why Join Us?
This is an opportunity to help define how innovation is engineered at one of the world's leading law firms.
You'll work on challenging and meaningful initiatives spanning cloud platforms, AI, automation and emerging technologies, while collaborating with talented colleagues across our global business. Most importantly, you'll have the chance to shape the platforms, standards and capabilities that support the next generation of legal innovation at Freshfields.
Freshfields is an equal opportunities employer and all applications received by the firm will be considered by the firm on the basis of their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background. All offers of employment will be conditional on the candidate having/securing the right to work in the UK and providing the firm with evidence of that right (as required by the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006) prior to employment commencing.
Freshfields is a Ban the Box employer. We ask applicants to disclose criminal convictions only when a conditional job offer is made. A conviction does not automatically lead to withdrawal of the offer: we make decisions on a case by case basis and take a number of factors into account (eg the role you are applying for and the circumstances of the offence). You would have the opportunity to discuss the matter with us before we make a decision.
Freshfields is a global firm with over 280 years’ experience of anticipating change, setting new standards and shaping the future of law. In a complex world where new opportunities evolve quickly, we are a trusted, forward-thinking partner who can give clients the edge and help propel their ambitions.
At Freshfields we are steadfast champions of our clients—that’s why leading global companies turn to us when it matters most. We are proud to be recognised as a top-tier leader in the practice areas most important to clients around the world today.
We bring bold thinking, deep expertise and the latest capabilities to help clients make critical decisions, prepare for new opportunities, and tackle unprecedented matters. When opportunities stretch across borders, we connect clients with experts and advisors from across our global team.
We are deeply committed to making a positive impact for our clients, our communities and the people we serve, and we are transparent about our efforts to drive change.
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Freshfields has offices in Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, China, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, the United States of America and Vietnam.
