Tech Lead

About us

Nexl is the fast-growing LegalTech startup on a mission to elevate the business of law.

Our platform, purpose-built for law firms, brings together CRM, collaboration, and client intelligence in one solution — empowering lawyers, marketers, and BD teams to deepen relationships, accelerate growth, and win more high-value work.

We’re backed by top global VCs, recognised as one of Australia’s fastest-growing tech companies, and expanding rapidly across Australia, the US, LATAM, and Europe. And we’re just getting started.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for two experienced Tech Leads to join Nexl’s growing Product & Engineering squads.

As a Tech Lead, you’ll sit at the intersection of engineering excellence and delivery. You’ll be hands-on in the code while guiding technical direction, mentoring engineers, and working closely with the squad’s Product Manager to ship impactful features. You’ll own technical decisions within your squad, ensuring quality, scalability, and alignment with Nexl’s wider architecture.

This is an opportunity for someone who thrives on both building and leading. Someone who can still roll up their sleeves in the codebase, but also zoom out to bring clarity, structure, and direction to the squad.

Our Tech Stack:

Frontend: React & TypeScript

Backend: Ruby on Rails with GraphQL, and Python with WebSockets & Protobuf

What You’ll Own & Do:

• Lead the technical direction of your squad (BD or Lawyer), ensuring design and implementation decisions align with Nexl’s overall architecture.
• Stay hands-on in the codebase, contributing to features and setting the quality bar.
• Mentor and support engineers in your squad, providing guidance, feedback, and coaching.
• Collaborate with your Product Manager to shape requirements, balance trade-offs, and prioritise technical debt alongside new features.
• Partner with Design, Product, and Engineering peers to ensure scalable, performant, and secure solutions.
• Drive best practices in code quality, testing, CI/CD, and documentation.
• Proactively identify risks, blockers, and opportunities to improve delivery.
• Be the squad’s go-to technical point of contact for stakeholders and leadership.

What We're Looking For:

• Proven experience as a Senior Engineer /Tech Lead in a scaling B2B SaaS company.
• Strong expertise in at least one part of our stack (React/TypeScript, Ruby on Rails, or Python).
• Comfortable balancing hands-on coding with leadership responsibilities.
• Track record of making sound architectural decisions and guiding teams through technical trade-offs.
• Experience working in cross-functional squads alongside Product Managers and Designers.
• Ability to mentor and grow engineers, raising the bar for quality and delivery.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving startup environment.

Life at Nexl

• Remote-first – With Nexlers all around the world, we’re not bound by location. Work where you do your best thinking, whether that be in the comfort of your home, in a cafe, or a co-working space. Flexibility isn’t just a perk here, it’s how we work.
• Employee Stock Options – We believe in shared success. With options, when Nexl grows, you share in the upside!
• High-growth – Autonomy, purpose, and continuous learning come standard here. You'll be surrounded by great people doing great work.
• Transparent by default – With fortnightly all-hands, you’ll always know our purpose and where we’re headed. We openly share wins, learnings, and progress so everyone has clear sight into strategy, growth, and shared goals.
• Values-led culture – We’re guided by clear principles and values that shape how we work, make decisions, and support each other every day.

Our Values

• Committed to Care – We genuinely care about the work we do and the industry we do it for
• Human at the Core – Relationships and empathy guide everything we do
• Different with Purpose – We’re not afraid to stand out. We innovate boldly and deliberately

Even if you don’t tick every box, if you’re excited about our mission, we’d love to hear from you.