Backend Developer - AI Team
Fletchers Solicitors
- Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Main Responsibilities
Take ownership of backend services and applications that support the development, testing, deployment, and monitoring of ML‑enabled products
Contribute to infrastructure and architecture decisions by developing a strong understanding of business and product needs
Maintain and extend existing, and build new APIs to support evolving product requirements
Collaborate closely with product, data science, infrastructure, and frontend teams to deliver end‑to‑end solutions
Work directly with internal users and stakeholders to scope, prioritise, and resolve issues and bugs
Enable ML development through efficient and scalable data integrations from diverse sources, including case management systems, unstructured documents (Word, PDF), and SQL databases Strong proficiency in Python, with experience designing and building backend systems and web apps (proficiency with at least one Python web framework is desirable)
Comfort operating in a fast‑paced production environment where deployments have direct user impact
3+ years experience as a software developer, backend engineer, or Python developer. Strong candidates with less should still apply
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, demonstrating strong ownership, prioritisation, and delivery focus
Strong communication skills and sound engineering judgement
Based in the UK, with the ability to attend in‑person team meetings approximately once per month
Fluency in English
Desirable Skills and Experience
Experience designing and deploying infrastructure (e.g. cloud environments, containers, CI/CD pipelines, secure networking, or databases)
Start‑up or greenfield experience, particularly building backend systems or data environments from scratch
Experience operating with solutions at scale
'Product engineer' experience
Exposure to frontend technologies (e.g. TypeScript, React)
Previous experience with Azure
Familiarity with Machine Learning concepts and workflows
Office Location This role can be primarily remote, with in‑person meetings around once per month in Manchester or Liverpool. Fletchers has offices in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Bolton, Southport, Newcastle, Reading, Birmingham, Northampton, and Cambridge. Many colleagues work primarily from home. The existing AI team is distributed across London, Manchester, Liverpool, Cambridge, and Bristol, and we typically meet in person once or twice per month in Manchester.
Benefits
35 hours working week
Bonus scheme (subject to targets being met)
35 days holiday a year including bank holidays and Christmas Closure, with an option to purchase up to 3 extra days per year, and a long‑service award of 3 days after the 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 awards for winning nominees
A genuinely supportive and friendly culture \
Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
We reserve the right to close this role before the date specified depending on the calibre and volume of candidates.
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Sprachkenntnisse
- English
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