The Role

McCann FitzGerald is one of Ireland’s premier law firms and comprises more than 600 people with over 400 lawyers and other professional staff.

The market for legal services is changing rapidly and substantially, offering opportunities to those firms that take advantage of this new landscape.

Recent initiatives of McCann FitzGerald such as the establishment of the Legal Technology Solutions Groups, investment in new technologies such as HighQ, Kira Systems and Neota Logic, as well as the recent launch of the first in a series of new Digital Services – the McCann FitzGerald GDPR Gap Analysis and Credit Reporting Compliance Applications – position the firm at the forefront of these developments, domestically and internationally.

There now exists an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified candidate to work as part of a newly created division - McCann Fitzgerald Digital Services and to support the development of that team which is digitally driven.

This role will report to the CEO of McCann Fitzgerald Legal Technology Solutions and will work closely with the existing IT team.

Key Responsibilities

·         Engaging in research and development in a collaborative environment to create innovative concepts to be built out into commercial products

·         Comfortable working autonomously but also capable of working within a strong team environment

·         Work in our growing digital services team to develop intelligent legal advisory applications, process workflows, document automation, and bespoke AI machine learning algorithms and to manage complex transactions in Virtual Data Room

·         Integrate data from various back-end services and databases

·         Gather and refine specifications and requirements based on technical needs

·         Create and maintain software documentation

·         Be responsible for maintaining, expanding, and scaling our site

·         Stay plugged into emerging technologies/industry trends and apply them into operations and activities

·         Cooperate with web designers to match visual design intent

·         Offer tech support to clients over the variety of services/systems/apps we offer

Experience, Knowledge & Technical Skills

The successful candidate will have

·         An understanding of coding languages (i.e. HTML5, CSS, and Java)

·         Excellent IT skills, especially in MS office suite (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) systems

·         Experience with managing large volumes of data

·         Experience in designing the architecture for and creation of databases/document management systems

·         Experience working in and managing databases/document management systems, preferably cloud hosted solutions

·         Experience with application development preferred, including UI development and design

·         Experience in software development project lifecycles, from conception to implementation

·         A positive and pro-active attitude, a willingness and ability to take ownership and responsibility for the completion of tasks and the ability to take and demonstrate initiative

·         Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem solving skills and,

·         Strong organizational skills to juggle multiple tasks within the constraints of timelines and budgets with business acumen

Education

The successful candidate will have

•        An IT related primary and post graduate degree

Applications

Applications are made through email and should be accompanied by full curriculum vitae and sent to Lorraine.Murphy@McCannFitzGerald.com.

Alternatively, if you would like to discuss the role before applying, please contact Lorraine Murphy on 01-511 1669. All enquiries are treated in the strictest of confidence.