You will own the backend architecture and infrastructure for Fletch AI, a high-growth spin-out within Fletchers Solicitors. As a player-coach, you’ll lead a team of 8+ engineers to build scalable data pipelines and deploy production-grade ML models that automate complex legal claims, driving innovation for both internal users and external law firms.
Lead Backend Engineer at Fletchers Solicitors
Fletchers Solicitors is spinning out its specialist AI team, Fletch AI, to transform the UK's legal sector. As the Lead Backend Engineer, you'll own the infrastructure and architecture for production-grade LLM tools that automate complex personal injury claims. This is a rare player-coach opportunity to lead a team of 8+ engineers within a private-equity-backed firm that provides immediate access to proprietary data and domain experts. If you have a strong STEM background, deep Python expertise, and the desire to build a commercial AI product from the ground up, this role offers the autonomy of a startup with the security of an established market leader.
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Location
London, United Kingdom
Compensation
£70k-£110k
Company
Fletchers Solicitors
Role overview
If you’ve suffered through medical negligence or a serious, life-changing injury, chances are you’ll be going through one of the most traumatic experiences of your life.
That’s why it’s crucial to have an empathetic and knowledgeable law firm representing you.
Here at Fletchers, we have one of the largest medical negligence and personal injury practices in the UK. We specialise in serious injury, medical negligence and motorbike accidents; and more recently, have expanded our legal expertise into data breach and diesel emission claims.
We believe it is important to break down the barriers to justice, which is why we use clear and concise language to keep you well-informed through the entire process. With over 30 years’ legal experience under our belts, we know how to negotiate through the legal journey on your behalf, and will do our utmost to secure the compensation you deserve.
We’re currently ranked in the UK’s Top 100 law firms and acknowledged as a Band 1 law firm – the highest accolade – for both Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury law by Chambers and Partners.
We’re also ranked in Tier 2 and Tier 3 for personal injury and medical negligence, respectively, with The Legal 500; and have various solicitors recognised as Leading Individuals.
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What you will do
- Design and implement scalable backend applications and data integration pipelines to process unstructured documents, legal case systems, and SQL databases.
- Own technical direction and infrastructure (Azure, Fly.io), overseeing site reliability, disaster recovery, and the transition of data science code into robust production systems.
- Lead and mentor a growing team of 8+ engineers, establishing rigorous software development practices and driving the adoption of AI-enabled coding agents.
Who this is a fit for
- Extensive professional experience in backend engineering with a track record of owning production systems, ideally using Python, FastAPI, and Azure.
- Proven leadership capability in a technical lead or mentoring capacity, with the ability to define backend architecture and set long-term technical standards.
- Strong communication skills for “forward-deployed” engineering, comfortable engaging directly with customers and internal stakeholders to scope integrations and resolve issues.
Why this role is remarkable
- Join a high-velocity AI “startup” with the unique advantage of massive proprietary datasets and immediate access to hundreds of domain experts and real-world legal cases.
- Direct reporting line to the executive team and CEO, offering a mandate to move fast from ideation to production with secure private-equity backing.
- Transition from an internal innovation team to a commercialized entity, shaping the technical standards and culture for a team scaling from 10 to 20 engineers.
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