Senior Software Engineer, Orbital

• This is an opportunity for someone who is passionate about learning how to utilise this in production use cases
• Proficiency in Python with proven experience building and scaling backend systems from scratch
• Expertise in frameworks like FastAPI and SQLAlchemy for building robust and efficient backend solutions
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code, enabling scalable and reliable systems
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools, such as Datadog or Prometheus
• Familiarity with event-driven systems, particularly Kafka and/or RabbitMQ
• Deep understanding of messaging and queuing systems, including design patterns for reliability, retries, and scaling
• Strong understanding of PostgreSQL for relational database systems
• Experience working with Redis for caching and high-performance data handling
• Experience setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for smooth and automated deployments
• Low-Level & Deep Stack Problem-Solving

Desirable

• We're looking for engineers from mid level to senior to join our platform team, as we've launched the industry’s first legal AI Agent and have seen phenomenal growth in both revenue and usage in the last 18 months
• Orbital Copilot is 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
• You’ll own the end-to-end design and development of key features of our web application along with the underlying services 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
• Dive deep into complex low-level backend engineering and system architecture challenges, solving problems at the core of the application
• Design and implement scalable, reliable backend systems that form the backbone of our cutting-edge product
• Take full ownership of critical technology decisions to lay the foundation for our ambitious growth plans
• Develop, test, refactor, deploy, maintain, and support production software with precision and care
• Collaborate closely with a cross-functional team (Al product manager, VP of Al, legal experts, and other engineers) to experiment quickly and ship impactful features
• Champion code quality and reuse to create a maintainable and scalable codebase
• Play a pivotal role in architecture and code reviews, ensuring our applications meet the highest standards of quality, security, and scalability
• Work on infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring seamless integration and deployment of systems
• Ensure compliance with security policies and ISO 27001 by protecting sensitive data and following secure coding practices to prevent breaches, injection, and unauthorised access