Legal Engineer — M&A Tax

As Legal Engineer, you will work with a technology stack that combines leading third-party platforms, purpose-built internal tooling developed in close collaboration with Deloitte's AI engineers, and emerging AI solutions. You will not just use these tools; you will create them. In this role, you will work closely with AI engineers and the tax specialists of our team and other member firms. Your work will have reach beyond your immediate team, across practices and geographies. M&A Tax - deliberately and ambitiously. At Deloitte.

Benefits

• You’ll receive a profit-sharing bonus on top of your fixed salary.
• Continuous professional growth through the development program.
• A work-from-home office setup allowance and internet allowance.
• Flexible working hours, with control over your own calendar.
• 26 days of paid annual leave, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave.
• The option to exchange three national holidays for three non-national holidays.
• A mobility scheme with options such as a lease car, public transport, a cash option, or a combination of these.
• A laptop and iPhone, with the iPhone available for personal use.
• A time-for-time arrangement that creates flexibility for personal moments that matter.
• A good pension scheme with a personal contribution of only 2%.
• The opportunity to take part in the collective health insurance scheme.
• The opportunity to benefit from tax-efficient facilities such as fitness, a bicycle scheme, or bicycle leasing.
• The opportunity to use 55 hours of babysitting service per calendar year if your child is 12 years old or younger.
• A flexible budget for choices in benefits, such as purchasing extra leave days or financing a bicycle plan.
• Six weeks of fully paid birth leave for traditional households and rainbow families.

What you bring

You are keen to discover and learn new things each day, confident, and grounded in your self-worth. You need the following qualifications for the position:

• a Master's degree in Tax Law, Tax Economics, or Tax Technology
• fluency in both professional English and Dutch
• 1–2 years of experience in an M&A environment, with a solid understanding of deal dynamics and the role of tax within them
• an entrepreneurial mindset: you are confident challenging the status quo, take initiative, think independently, and are comfortable making decisions
• a critical and analytical approach to problems, combined with the curiosity to keep learning
• a genuine and intrinsic interest in AI and an interest in the evolving role of technology in professional services
• tangible experience with prompt engineering, workflow engineering, or agent engineering is preferred

What impact will you make?

You will join a dedicated team of two within Deloitte's broader M&A Tax practice in Amsterdam. Your work sits across two areas:

• Internal: identifying use cases, drafting development plans, and building the tools and workflows for these use cases together with tax specialists and computer scientists that make the team more effective across the full deal lifecycle.
• Client-facing: contributing to the development and delivery of technology-driven solutions that create tangible value for clients, including in direct client and partner-led settings.

We operate like one. KPIs are set collectively. You are expected and encouraged to bring your own ideas, goals, and approaches to the table. Your voice carries weight from day one.

What we offer

• A distinctive role at the intersection of M&A tax and technological innovation
• A KPI framework designed specifically for this role, developed together with your team, so your performance is measured on criteria that are genuinely relevant to what you do
• Close collaboration with senior partners, AI engineers, and global transformation teams from day one
• A competitive salary benchmarked against the M&A tax market
• A tailored career path with clear milestones, built around the evolution of this role and your own development

How do you do this?

• identifying use cases, drafting development plans, and building the tools and workflows for these use cases together with tax specialists and computer scientists
• contributing to the development and delivery of technology-driven solutions for clients, including in direct client and partner-led settings
• working with a technology stack that combines leading third-party platforms, purpose-built internal tooling developed in close collaboration with Deloitte's AI engineers, and emerging AI solutions
• creating — not just using — these tools, in close collaboration with AI engineers, tax specialists, and global member firms across practices and geographies
• bringing your own ideas, goals, and approaches to a team where KPIs are set collectively and your voice carries weight from day one

Your work will have reach beyond your immediate team, across practices and geographies.