Database Administrator

**About LEAP**

LEAP is the leading provider of Legal Practice Productivity Solutions in the world and is part of ATI - one of the largest international LegalTech companies. For more than 30 years, our curiosity and commitment to continual improvement has kept us reimagining productivity tools for lawyers and their staff to support our guiding purpose, to ‘Help lawyers who help people’. The market leading software we develop and support is used by more than 100,000 lawyers and their staff in small and medium sized law firms.

Working alongside our international team of passionate high achievers, you’ll join a fast-growing technology business where things seldom stay the same for long. With more than 1000 smart, caring and ambitious ‘LEAPsters’ working together across Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Poland and New Zealand, you’ll find yourself in good company here.

**Meet the Content Development Team**

Our Content Development team are the local, regional and global professionals reassuring clients that our software isn’t just cutting edge - it’s world class too. Responsible for maintaining LEAP’s global standards of care and expertise, the team harnesses a deep and complex understanding of the intricacies of law across jurisdictions and over time - ensuring LEAP’s output is always current, compliant and appropriate.

From database design to document management and legal research, you’ll turn an encyclopedic knowledge of the law into a more streamlined and automated global LEAP experience. As a result, LEAP helps law firms help people and make a real difference.

Our Content Development team creates and maintains the comprehensive library of content, including an extensive range of up-to-date, automated forms and precedents as well as matter types enabling law firms to effectively manage legal matters and produce legal documentation quickly and consistently. Our Content Development team also work closely with clients to ensure they’re maximising the use of their content.

**What you'll do**

This is a technical role for professionals with a legal background who are transitioning into the technology sector. Your role is crucial in updating and maintaining some of the frontline features in our core platform. Using an internal tool developed for the Content team, you will manage LEAP’s database of Matter types, fields, calculations, and layouts - powering over 10,000 forms and precedents used across Australia.

This is a position unique to LEAP, so you'll be provided with extensive training and guidance from your team of experienced Database Designers to set your up for success - you just need to bring your passion for exploring your technology career.

To make this happen, you will:

- Manage a portfolio of calculations, written in JavaScript, for use by LEAP clients
- Continually improve Matter Types and tables that capture our client’s data
- Maintain and update various legal rates & charges across Australia, including Stamp Duty calculations, using JavaScript
- Work closely with Forms Designers to continually improve the automation and functionality of legal forms
- Review and prioritise feedback from clients and staff on improving the matter types, tables and calculations in your portfolio
- Work with the latest document automation technology for the legal industry to deliver new methods of automation to our clients
- Provide assistance and support to the Content Development team

**What you'll bring**
- 2 years’ experience working with legal matters (all areas of law considered)
- Experience using Word document automation software
- Understanding of JavaScript
- Understanding of UX/UI principles would be beneficial but not essential
- Demonstrated ability to problem-solve

**You are the type of person who**
- Is passionate about enhancing your technical career. Maybe you've completed a Software Development course, or maybe you've already started your technical career - if you want to transfer these skills/passions into LegalTech then this is the opportunity for you
- Has the ability to think out of the box - not all our tasks are standard so neither are the solutions. You like to try different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities.
- Has an affinity towards continuous learning - you are driven by your curiosity to always be better

**Why join LEAP?**

LEAP will provide you with the best training, equipment, mentoring and support that we are capable of to optimise the chances of you being successful. In addition to that you'll receive:

- Friendly, supportive, and driven culture
- Complimentary gym membership
- Flexible Work Environment
- Fully stocked pantry
- Monthly massages
- Break out area and sporting activities
- Monthly celebrations for birthdays, work anniversaries, new joiners
- Generous Parental Leave benefits
- One additional paid "Be Me" leave day per year to celebrate being you
- Opportunity to participate in our Empl