Technical Lead

Methodfi; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A pioneering real estate technology company in the City of London is seeking a Technical Lead to drive the development of its AI assistant, Orbital Copilot. You will guide a talented engineering team, oversee the development lifecycle, and ensure innovative solutions that streamline real estate transactions. The ideal candidate has over 3 years of experience in technical leadership, with strong skills in AI technologies, cloud platforms, and team management. This role offers competitive salary, flexibility, and a chance to make a real impact.

Benefits

Competitive starting salary

Matched pension contributions

Flexible working hours

25 days paid holiday

Professional development budget

Cycle-to-work scheme

Inclusive community events

Qualifications

• Proven experience (3+ years) as a Technical Lead or engineering manager.
• Experience with AI/ML and SaaS start-ups preferred.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers in developing AI technologies.
• Manage projects from concept to deployment.
• Oversee secure development practices.

Skills

Technical leadership

Cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)

Python

React

Kubernetes

DevOps

Job description

🚀 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’re trusted by leading firms like Goodwin, BCLP, and Ropes & Gray 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.

Role Overview 🔎

Are you excited about leading the development of cutting‑edge AI technologies that will transform how Real Estate transactions are conducted? As a Technical Lead focused on Orbital Copilot, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our AI‑driven assistant, designed to revolutionise the property due diligence process. Your work will drive the innovation behind a product that simplifies and accelerates real estate transactions, making complex processes seamless. You’ll guide a talented team of engineers from concept to deployment, ensuring our AI platform remains at the forefront of the industry while delivering real‑world impact for our users.

What to be excited by: 👩💻 👨💻

• Lead with Impact: Support a talented team of AI engineers and software engineers, mentoring them to create groundbreaking, scalable AI‑driven SaaS products that are changing the way Real Estate is transacted.
• Shape the Future: Architect and design AI systems from the ground up, ensuring that they are cutting‑edge, robust, and scalable to meet real‑world challenges.
• Own the Process: Drive the entire development lifecycle—concept to production—taking ownership of projects and the opportunity to see your ideas come to life.
• Collaborate for Innovation: Work closely with diverse teams—product, AI Engineering, Product Design and Legal Engineering—to bring creative solutions to market that perfectly align with business goals.
• Champion Excellence: Lead efforts to continuously enhance code quality, reliability, and development processes, driving innovation through automation, testing, and best practices.
• Guide the Vision: Play a key role in managing the technical roadmap, where you’ll balance immediate deliverables with strategic growth and cutting‑edge technology.
• Stay at the Forefront: Work with the latest frontier models including GPT‑5 and Claude 3.5 across text and vision, incorporating them into our platform and constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.
• Drive Real Impact: Ensure the scalability of our domain specific AI product, Orbital Copilot, contributing to solutions that not only meet but exceed industry standards.
• Ensure Secure Development Practices: Oversee and enforce secure coding practices and compliance with company information security policies, standards, and ISO 27001 requirements across the development team.

You should apply if: ✍️

• Proven experience (3+ years) as a Technical Lead, hands‑on engineering manager or similar leadership role in AI/ML, software development, or SaaS start‑ups.
• You have a keen interest the latest in Gen AI and LLMs, algorithms, and technologies (e.g., NLP, computer vision, predictive analytics).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) and experience with microservices, containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes), DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• You have hands‑on experience with Python, React, Typescript, Kubernetes.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills, with the ability to lead, inspire and motivate a team.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Start‑up mindset: positive, enthusiastic, adaptable, proactive, and comfortable working in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.

Benefits: 🌟

• Competitive starting salary
• Matched pension contributions
• Flexible working hours and location
• 25 days paid holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Professional equipment and personal development budget along with training opportunities to learn and develop your skills
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme
• An inclusive community enjoying all‑company off‑sites, lunches and socials

🔒 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.