---
title: 'Senior Data Engineer at Lawhive'
canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-data-engineer-lawhive-london-0ajsvzk8f4mj'
type: 'job'
last_seen: '2026-11-11'
---

# Senior Data Engineer at Lawhive

- **Company:** Lawhive
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Compensation:** £90k–£130k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-11-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lawhive/1d028f8c-cd32-4ae2-848a-727e10d7759f

## Job description

## About Lawhive

Lawhive is an AI-native law firm operating in the US and UK. We partner with leading Main Street law firms and give their lawyers and back-office teams what they need to grow faster than they could alone: our own AI platform, plus marketing and operational support. We build that platform ourselves, alongside the people who use it every day. That means no guessing what users want, no six-month feedback loops, and no compromises to fit someone else’s product. At its heart is Lawrence, our AI agent for legal work. Lawrence takes on the heavy lifting so lawyers can put their judgement where it belongs: at the centre of every matter. We’re a team obsessed with building the best tools in legal. We're backed by a $60M Series B at a $685M valuation, from investors including Google Ventures, TQ Ventures, Mitch Rales, Balderton Capital and Premier League footballers Harry Maguire and Reece James. In the last few years we've hit milestone after milestone, raising over $110M in funding. Today, we're on track to exceed $100 million in annual revenue, and we have offices in London, New York, Austin, and Phoenix. So if you want your work to have real, tangible impact as we redefine an entire industry, Lawhive is where you can make it happen.

## The Role

We’re rapidly acquiring law firms and bringing them onto our platform. Every one comes with its own case management system, its own reporting and its own messy data, and how quickly we bring it together shapes how fast Lawhive can grow. As our Senior Data Engineer, you’ll own our data engineering, including the hands-on work behind every migration. Working with our Head of Data, you’ll make each migration faster than the last. You’ll sit at the foundation of a small, AI-native data team, building the pipelines our Analytics Engineer and product analytics rely on, so data actually improves the product. You’ll work alongside our staff engineers and bring the DevOps, infrastructure, security and governance know-how to run your own platform. Our stack: BigQuery, dbt, Hex, Dagster, K8s, Elementary, Claude Code, GCP and AWS.

## Why This Role Matters

- You’ll build data engineering for AI and humans. What you build doesn’t just serve people. It feeds Lawrence, our AI agent for legal work, and makes it better.
- You’ll make every migration faster than the last. You’ll work out what we can standardise across firms, what needs to stand alone, and how we move faster each time. You’ll work with Analytics Engineering on a shared model that scales to every firm, with the right access and privacy controls in place.
- You’ll lay the foundations for product insight. Good data engineering leads to good analytics engineering, product analytics and product insight. You’ll build the layer everything else sits on.
- You’ll own the platform. Pipelines, orchestration, infrastructure, security and governance. You’ll keep BigQuery fast and cost-efficient as volumes grow.
- You’ll help build the function. The data team is small and the company is scaling fast. There’s real scope to grow into leading a team and building out data engineering as a central function.

## What You’ll Bring

- Senior data engineering experience at a startup or scale-up. You’ve owned production pipelines and seen your work through to real business outcomes.
- Data migration and integration. You’ve brought together messy data from very different source systems. The more varied the industries you’ve worked across, the better.
- Modern tech stack. Strong BigQuery (or similar), Python and orchestration (Dagster, Airflow or similar).
- Platform engineering. Experience across DevOps, infrastructure, security and governance.
- AI-native, with opinions. AI is part of how you work every day, and you’re clear on where it helps and where you draw the line.
- Commercial instinct. You care about what your work does for the business, not just whether the pipeline runs.

Interview process

- Introductory call with our Talent team
- Interview with our Head of Data
- Technical interview
- In-person values interview with our CTO/Co-Founder
- We offer!

## Benefits

- 💰 Meaningful early-stage equity at one of Europe’s fastest growing startups
- ✈️ 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays, and an extra day for your birthday, moving day and wedding day, with the opportunity to earn up to 5 more days with tenure!
- 🩺 Private Medical Insurance via Bupa (including subsidised gym membership)
- 🚲 Cycle to work scheme
- 🍼 Nursery benefits
- 💰 Pension contribution via Nest
- 🌍 Work from anywhere for a month
- 💻 Top-spec Macbook
- ⛳️ Regular team building activities and socials!

Diversity at Lawhive At Lawhive, we know that diversity of thought is critical to delivering outlier outcomes. As such, we’re always working hard to ensure we build a diverse, inclusive team, and as we scale, we’ll only ever increase the focus we apply to this.

## About Lawhive

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Lawhive is an AI-native consumer law firm that combines experienced, regulated lawyers with a proprietary AI operating system to make legal services more accessible, affordable, and transparent for everyday people.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B – raised $60M in 2026, with total funding exceeding $100M)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Not individually disclosed in search results (co-founders include a CTO named Jaime V. per LinkedIn, but full team not listed)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Legal Services / Legal Technology (AI-powered consumer law)
- Target customers: B2C and B2B (individuals and businesses needing help with immigration, employment, family, property, conveyancing, divorce, landlord-tenant, and consumer rights)
- Mission statement: “To make legal services accessible to everyone” by combining technology, AI, and a regulated law firm to simplify legal help as easily as opening a bank account.

## Products & Services
- **AI Operating System (Lawrence)**: A proprietary AI “paralegal” that assists lawyers with legal research, document drafting, client intake, case management, and communication – reducing cost and delay.
- **Full-Service Law Firm (SRA-Regulated)**: Lawhive itself is a licensed law firm that delivers end-toend legal support, from initial consultation to case resolution, across multiple practice areas.
- **Consultant Lawyer Platform**: Lawyers can join Lawhive’s network of 300+ consultants and receive a steady stream of pre-qualified, pre-paid clients, AI tools, and full administrative support (marketing, billing, compliance) – allowing them to focus only on billable legal work.
- **Online Client Portal**: Individuals can answer a few questions, get a transparent fixed-fee or hourly quote, and be matched with a dedicated lawyer quickly.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company; last round was Series B in 2026)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $116.2M (per LinkedIn) with Series B of $60M raised in 2026. Also reported over 12,500 satisfied clients, 2,000+ Trustpilot reviews with a 4.5-star rating, and a network of 300+ lawyers.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Mitch Rales (lead Series B), Google Ventures (GV), Balderton Capital, TQ Ventures. Also backed by England footballers Harry Maguire and Reece James.
- **Growth Signals**: 100.7% year-over-year headcount growth (now 201 employees); expanded into the United States and operates across 6 countries (UK, US, Hong Kong, Italy, Sri Lanka, Switzerland); acquired Woodstock Legal Services in early 2026; 20 active job postings as of mid-2026 with a strong focus on engineering, AI, and legal roles.

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI + Regulation Moat**: Lawhive is both a technology platform and an SRA-regulated law firm – a combination that is difficult for pure-play legal tech startups or traditional law firms to replicate.
- **Lawyer-Friendly Model**: Consultant lawyers get pre-paid clients, full admin support, and AI tools, enabling them to earn more without non-billable overhead. This attracts top legal talent.
- **Transparent Pricing**: Fixed-fee and hourly pricing with no surprises – a key differentiator in a traditionally opaque industry.
- **Strong Investor Backing**: Backed by top-tier VCs (GV, Balderton, TQ) and an iconic US industrialist (Mitch Rales), providing both financial stability and strategic credibility.

## Strategic Focus
- **US Expansion**: With a Managing Director for North America and a growing US presence, Lawhive is aggressively scaling into the American consumer legal market.
- **AI Platform Development**: Continued investment in “Lawrence” to automate more legal workflows and improve lawyer productivity.
- **Network Growth**: Increasing the number of consultant lawyers (currently 300+) to serve more clients across more practice areas.
- **Geographic & Practice Area Expansion**: Operating in 6 countries and adding new legal domains (e.g., immigration, family, property) to capture broader demand.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Values-driven organization emphasizing *bias to action*, *obsession with customers*, *communication first*, and *attention to detail*. The team is described as moving fast, thinking deeply, and pushing boundaries.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Lawhive’s consultant lawyers work from anywhere; corporate roles (engineering, product, sales) appear to be based in London with some remote flexibility (many job postings do not specify fully remote, but the culture page highlights “work from anywhere” for lawyers).
- **Notable Perks & Environment**: Engineers and product people get to work on cutting-edge AI applied to a massive, underserved market (consumer law). The company offers the chance to “transform access to the law” alongside world-class investors and a high-growth environment with 100%+ headcount growth. Roles span legal, AI/engineering, product, operations, and sales – all contributing directly to mission impact.

## Sources
1. [lawhive.co.uk/careers](https://lawhive.co.uk/careers)
2. [lawhive.co.uk](https://lawhive.co.uk/)
3. [lawhive.co.uk/about-us](https://lawhive.co.uk/about-us)
4. [uk.linkedin.com/company/joinlawhive](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/joinlawhive)
5. [lawhive.co.uk/work-with-us](https://lawhive.co.uk/work-with-us)

## Other roles at Lawhive

- [Legal Engineer (Immigration)](https://feeny.ai/job/legal-engineer-immigration-lawhive-austin-smtnv3mds10d) — Austin, TX
- [Legal Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/legal-engineer-lawhive-united-states-6qtqxa0pxzat) — United States
- [Legal Engineer (Immigration)](https://feeny.ai/job/legal-engineer-immigration-lawhive-new-york-h5rze8meqpqe) — New York, NY
- [Operations Associate](https://feeny.ai/job/operations-associate-lawhive-new-york-akc33c9z1q29) — New York, NY
- [M&A Integration Lead](https://feeny.ai/job/m-a-integration-lead-lawhive-austin-zsbgwzvq9nz5) — Austin, TX
- [Senior Product Designer](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-product-designer-lawhive-london-4fwsxfkjc4nn) — London, United Kingdom
- [FP&A Lead](https://feeny.ai/job/fp-a-lead-lawhive-new-york-jnm11qn28bt8) — New York, NY
- [M&A Integration Lead](https://feeny.ai/job/m-a-integration-lead-lawhive-new-york-y641p0fj9yrf) — New York, NY
- [M&A Integration Lead](https://feeny.ai/job/m-a-integration-lead-lawhive-united-states-nghar8jb6qqm) — United States
- [Lawhive Talent Pool](https://feeny.ai/job/lawhive-talent-pool-lawhive-london-vpx9cxsg6hts) — London, United Kingdom