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About the Role
BigHand is seeking a Principal Backend Engineer to own the data engineering and infrastructure for their Agentic AI systems. This senior, hands-on role involves working with Python and AWS to process data from major law firms, collaborating with data scientists and AI engineers, and mentoring a mid-level engineer.
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve the Python data pipelines, backend services, and AWS infrastructure for Agentic AI products.
- Build integrations between Ayora's platform and BigHand's product suite.
- Mentor, support, and potentially line manage a mid-level backend engineer.
- Contribute to technical discussions and help shape requirements.
- Develop well-constructed solutions using appropriate tools.
- Apply modern software development lifecycle practices, including agentic development, code review, testing, and continuous delivery.
Requirements
- Strong commercial Python experience.
- Solid experience with AWS services and infrastructure.
- Strong working knowledge of databases and SQL.
- Data engineering experience: building and running data pipelines and connecting data into products, ideally in a B2B SaaS environment.
- Experience reshaping an existing architecture as a product or business scales.
- Solid understanding of modern software development lifecycle practices, including agentic developer experience.
- Ability to navigate problems independently, contribute to discussion, and help shape technical requirements.
Skills
- Python
- AWS
- SQL
- Data engineering
- Agentic development
- TypeScript
- React
- Go
- Agentic AI
- LLMs
- Terraform
- GitLab CI
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Principal
- Senior
Education Level
- STEM degree in a technical subject (desirable)
Benefits
- 25 days holiday (exc. bank holidays) + 3 BigHand days off between Christmas & New Year
- Private medical
- Vision
- Online wellbeing programs & webinars
- Access to online therapy
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
- Company-wide Wellness day
- Opportunities to give back with company volunteer events and individual volunteer days
- Career growth opportunities
- Study leave allowance
- Enhanced parental leave
- Secondary caregiver leave
- Fertility support
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Salary sacrificing
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Tech Scheme
About the Company
- BigHand offers technology solutions for legal professionals, providing data and insights to increase value and profits.
- They focus on enhanced efficiency, better decision-making, and competitive edge through expert knowledge and innovative technology.
- The company builds with tomorrow in mind, transforming ideas into action.
- BigHand is driven by values: We Win Together, We Love to Learn, We Do the Right Thing, We Own It, and We Find the Fun.
- They have a growing business with a global presence.
Equal Opportunity
- BigHand is an equal opportunity employer and is dedicated to recruiting solely based on capability and potential regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, educational background, national origin, religion, military status or physical ability.
- They are dedicated to advancing a culture of belonging by embracing differing viewpoints, opinions, thoughts, and ideas.