Job Description

Backend Developer AI Team

Fletchers Solicitors

Office Locations:

Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Bolton, Southport, Newcastle, Reading, Birmingham, Northampton, and Cambridge. The role will be Hybrid working once or twice a month in the Manchester or Liverpool office.

Bring your backend skills to the frontline of legal innovation.

Are you excited by the opportunity to shape cutting-edge AI products in the legal sector? Fletchers Solicitors is building a pioneering AI team at the heart of our business, and were looking for a Developer to join our existing Backend team on this journey.


This is a unique chance to be part of a start-up-style project within an established firm. Youll play a key role in designing and maintaining the backend systems, web apps, and data pipelines that power our Machine Learning toolstransforming them from research prototypes into real-world, marketable products.


Working on Natural Language Processing and Large Language Model-based solutions, youll help us build innovative tools for our specialist practice areas and beyond, with the opportunity to directly influence the future of AI in the legal industry.

Why Join Us?

Impactful Work

Be part of a ground breaking project that is redefining how AI can transform the legal sector. Your work will directly shape products that are used across our business and beyond.

Start-up Energy, Established Support

Enjoy the fast-moving, innovative environment of a start-up while benefiting from the stability and backing of a leading law firm.

Career Growth

We offer the opportunity for fast growth and progression for motivated developers.

Cutting-Edge Technology

Work hands-on with Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, and modern backend systems to solve complex, real-world problems.

Collaboration & Ownership

Take ownership of products, and work alongside passionate colleagues who are pushing the boundaries of AI innovation.

Flexibility

Well shape the role around your interests and strengths, giving you room to develop in the areas youre most passionate about.

About the Data Science team:

Over the last five years, we have had a small but successful data science project developing and implementing a decision-support neural network, and over the last 18 months have been extending and productionising the AI tools developed by our data scientists with the support of growing back- and frontend teams. The AI team is tasked with developing and deploying a range of ML tools within our firm, and we are now starting to commercialise these for the wider industry. By leveraging the wealth of legal-medical data that Fletchers has, and the funding provided by our Private Equity owners, we are seeking to further develop our sector-specific ML tools. Our initial focus is on NLP tools for supporting or automating legal tasks, medical-record reviews, and decision-support systems. Our existing AI team is spread across Cambridge, London, Manchester & Liverpool, and we currently meet once or twice per month in Manchester.

In return Fletchers offers:

35 hours working week Bonus scheme (subject to targets being met) 35 days holiday a year including bank holidays and Christmas Closure, you also have an option to purchase up to 3 extra days holiday per year, until you long service award the 3 days after your 5th, 7th, and 9th full year of employment Pension scheme with tax-efficient salary sacrifice option Life Assurance Policy Medicash policy to cover some dental, optical and other medical expenses Company sick pay Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and IVF schemes Flexible, agile working environment with a positive work-life balance Varied calendar of funded company social events (check out Fletchers Group on LinkedIn) Monthly voucher awardsfor winning nominees A genuinely supportive and friendly culture Ongoing training and professional development opportunities

Main Responsibilities for the role:

Design and implement back-end apps and services responsible for deploying, testing, and improving ML-enabled apps Contribute to our infrastructure and architecture design decisions, by building a strong understanding of the business problem and collaborating with our existing teams Take ownership for the backend infrastructure for several projects Collaborate with and maintain close productive relationships with our product, data science, infrastructure, and front-end development teams across several projects in parallel Work directly with users to scope and resolve issues and bugs Enable ML tools and development work by building efficient and scalable data integration pipelines from a range of sources (legal case management systems, unstructured Word documents, PDF files, SQL DBs, etc.) Automate and monitor the deployment of ML models

Essential Skills and Experience requirements:

Proficiency with and detailed understanding of Python Familiarity with at least one Python web framework (Flask preferable, Django or others acceptable) Previous experience as a software developer, Python developer, or backend engineer (3+ years desirable) Experience working independently or with reduced support, such that you are happy self-managing and owning the backend infrastructure for several projects (or a willingness to learn this) Based in the UK (although the role can be primarily remote, we like to have in-person meetings around once a month)

Desirable Skills and Experience:

Strongly Desirable:Start-up experience (building backends and data environments completely from scratch) Experience working with frontend technologies (TypeScript, React, others) Experience architecting and implementing solutions Previous experience with Azure Knowledge of Machine Learning

We reserve the right to close this role before the date specified depending on the calibre and volume of candidates.

About Fletchers Group

Fletchers is a fast-growing, dynamic law firm specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence law, with outstanding rankings in both The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. Following several strategic acquisitions, weve evolved into the Fletchers Group, with ambitious plans for continued growth and innovation.


We aspire to be the best place to work in the legal sector.


Our workplace culture is inclusive, informal, and supportive, with a strong focus on colleague wellbeing and happiness. We are proud to offer some of the best hybrid and flexible working arrangements in the industry because we understand that balance drives performance.


At Fletchers, we also value connection and collaboration. We create exciting opportunities for teams to come together and thrive. Whether youre starting your career or aiming for leadership, youll find a clear path to progress and development here from apprenticeships and professional qualifications to senior roles and Partnership.


We seek out a broad range of challenging, high-quality legal work, enabling our people to build meaningful and progressive careers. And we dont just talk about development we invest in it, with a significant proportion of our colleagues working towards relevant qualifications at any given time.


We reward those who help build our success and live our values. Our benefits package is designed to grow with you, offering real opportunities to share in our long-term strength. Our base pay and bonus structure is built to recognise and reward high performance.


Join us and be part of a law firm thats not only growing, but redefining what it means to work in legal services.


Fletchers Group is an inclusive employer with a diverse workforce: we welcome applications from any and all backgrounds. Were committed to providing a culture and environment where everyone can thrive, understanding and celebrating that no colleague is the same. Were proud of our work on the Disability Confident scheme, and we are signing up to other diversity standards to reflect our ethos.