Lead Engineer

🚀 We’re on a mission to make real estate transactions smarter, faster, and friction-free.

🏢 Real estate is the world’s largest asset class, yet the legal processes and tools behind it remain slow, manual, and underinvested. Lawyers must review dense documents line by line and piece together information across silos, all while clients demand faster, more transparent due diligence.

🤖 That's where we come in. Orbital Copilot is the AI assistant built exclusively for commercial real estate law. Developed with former practicing real estate lawyers, it accelerates complex due diligence by up to 70% while delivering legal-grade precision.

💰 We’ve just raised a $60m Series B to accelerate our UK/US expansion.

🤝 We're trusted by leading firms like Goodwin and BCLP to remove the busywork so legal teams can focus on what they do best: applying sharp legal judgment, delivering standout client service, and getting deals over the line faster.

💡 Working at Orbital means joining a team that's reimagining how real estate transactions get done - moving fast, working collaboratively, and giving people the ownership to make a real impact from day one.

What You'll Do:

🛠️ Build products where AI is at the core, helping engineers move faster and focus on the most interesting problems

🚀 Own meaningful features and contribute to the foundations of Orbital's next phase of growth

🤖 Push the boundaries of AI by integrating frontier models into real production use cases

📈 Influence technical decisions and product direction to solve customer problems

🚀 Continuously improve our engineering practices using AI tools and modern techniques

What We're Looking For:

✍️ Passionate about building products that transform real-world workflows

💡 Excited by the potential of AI and actively find ways to leverage it

🌟 Experience building modern web applications (React, TypeScript, Next.js)

🤝 Strong collaboration skills to work with product, engineering, and domain experts

📚 Eager to experiment, learn, and iterate rapidly

Benefits & Compensation:

💰 Competitive salary range

🏢 Equity options in a fast-growing startup

🌴 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

🧑 💻 Flexible working hours and location

📚 Personal development budget and learning opportunities

🍔 Free lunch on Wednesdays and Deliveroo budget for late nights

🚲 Cycle-to-work scheme

🔒 Security is everyone’s responsibility at Orbital. We ask all team members to follow our security policies, complete regular awareness training, and handle sensitive data with care in line with ISO 27001 standards. Spot something unusual? Reporting risks or incidents quickly helps us maintain the strong culture of security and compliance we all depend on.

💡 At Orbital, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We especially welcome applications from people who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, or if the right role isn’t listed yet, we’d still love to hear from you.

💰 This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on several factors, which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and business requirements.