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Fullstack Engineer

Orbital
London
7 months ago
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About Us

We are Orbital Witness  an AI company on a mission to automate the legal segment of every property transaction in the world We iterate rapidly to build products that utilise the bleeding-edge of Generative AI. Products that are powered by the latest foundation LLM’s (Large Language Models) including GPT-4o. This places us at the forefront of THE most advanced technological advancements of our generation We’re spearheading an unprecedented shift in how the world’s #1 asset class is transacted, globally.

Legal reasoning is a hard problem and requires some of the smartest and most experienced professionals to solve legal challenges for their clients. Because of this we will continue to push ahead and use the most intelligent and the fastest foundational models to build an AI Assistant that can provide accurate, efficient, and reliable support to legal professionals in the world of real estate.

Already the trusted ally of thousands of lawyers and commercial property professionals in the UK across a diverse spectrum of blue-chip firms, our innovative solutions have earned accolades from the UK's magic circle law firms—Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Allen & Overy, Freshfields, and Slaughter & May—as well as renowned organisations like Tesla and Marks & Spencer. Now in the early stages of an international expansion, we're continuing to expand our talented team to support our growth.

Bolstered by the support of industry giants, including some of the world's largest real estate and insurance companies such as JLL, First American Financial, and Investec and on the back of our recent £7.5 million Series A funding round led by Parker89 , we’re on the lookout for exceptionally talented people to join us in shaping the future of property transactions under this new evolution of technological advancement. 

Requirements

Role Overview

We're open to speaking to engineers with different levels of seniority from Intermediate to Senior/Principle as we've recently launched ‘Orbital Copilot’ - a new product which is delivering much needed automation in Real Estate transactions across the country and internationally, with a view to transforming the way property is transacted. We have a successful existing product which helps real estate professionals extract key information & create reports from legal documents. We’re evolving this product to add further value to our user base. 

With the recent release of many Large Language Models (LLMs), such as OpenAI’s GPT-4o, we’ve pivoted to use these technologies and this is an opportunity for someone who is passionate about learning how to utilise this in production use cases.

You’ll own the end-to-end design and development of key features of our web application along with the underlying services and infrastructure that support it. You’ll be joining a small, dynamic and fast-paced team with a focus on quality, usability and impact. You’ll be involved in every stage of the development lifecycle; from discovery and design, through implementation to deployment, maintenance and continuous improvement. You will be supported by a cross-functional, collaborative and growing team in delivering an impactful product, initially to lawyers and then to a wider set of B2B customers.

You’ll get a chance to: ‍ ‍

  • Work on Full-stack feature Development, DevOps and Infrastructure projects
  • Take ownership of key technology decisions and lay the groundwork for the company’s ambitious growth plans
  • Develop, test, refactor, deploy, maintain and support production software
  • Collaborate with a cross functional team (an AI product manager, VP of AI, legal domain experts, data scientists and software engineers) to define user stories, quickly experiment and ship new features along with implementing both functional and non-functional requirements
  • Champion quality and reuse across the product and the codebase
  • Collaborate with individuals across the business to ensure the features you develop have real business impact for customers and actually move key business metrics as we design and build a brand new product that doesn't yet exist in the market
  • Participate in architecture and code reviews to continuously improve the quality, maintainability, security and scalability of our applications
  • Ensure compliance with security policies and ISO 27001 by protecting sensitive data and following secure coding practices to prevent breaches, injection, and unauthorised access.

You should apply if you have: ✍️

  • Proficiency in Python and TypeScript for backend and frontend development respectively.
  • Experience with FastAPI and SQLAlchemy for robust backend solutions.
  • Familiarity with Next.js for efficient and responsive frontend development.
  • Strong expertise in Terraform for infrastructure as code, ensuring scalability and reliability.
  • Proficiency in managing and scaling applications in a cloud environment, particularly with Azure services.
  • Experience in setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment.
  • Ability to implement and execute automated testing for quality assurance.

Additional qualifications:

  • Leadership and Communication:
    • Capable of mentoring junior developers and leading projects effectively.
    • Strong communication skills to collaborate with team members from various domains.
  • Problem-Solving Skills:
    • Analytical mindset to troubleshoot issues and optimise solutions.
    • Innovative approach to address both business and technical challenges.
  • Adaptability:
    • Ability to seamlessly transition between different teams and projects as needed.

As part of our commitment to information security, all employees are expected to adhere to company security policies and procedures, participate in mandatory security awareness training, and ensure the secure handling of sensitive data in line with ISO 27001 standards. Reporting potential risks or incidents is a key part of fostering our culture of security and compliance.

Benefits

  • Competitive starting salary of £80k - £100k
  • Matched pension contributions
  • Equity options in a fast growing start-up
  • Flexible working hours and location; should you choose to work from home or need a change of scenery for a few days you will have access to 30+ offices in The Boutique Workplace Company, in and around London
  • 25 days paid holiday (plus bank holidays)
  • Professional equipment and personal development budget along with training opportunities to learn and develop your skills
  • Cycle-to-work scheme
  • An inclusive community enjoying all-company off-sites, lunches and socials

We value diversity at Orbital Witness, and would particularly encourage applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. We’d love to hear from you even if you don’t match all of the above criteria or are seeking other opportunities that we’re not currently advertising.

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