Junior Consultant/Developer

About BigHand 

BigHand offers technology solutions for busy legal professionals that provide data and insights to increase value and profits. Through our expert knowledge and innovative technology, we enable our customers to achieve enhanced efficiency, better decision-making and harness their competitive edge.

We build with tomorrow in mind, transforming ideas into action and empowering our customers to succeed in a world of constant change. We make big happen for our customers.

In Lebanon, we partner with Digitus Consultants who enable us secure top talent across Lebanon. Joining the BigHand team via Digitus will mean joining a values-driven business, we have these at the centre of everything we do. Our BigHanders are dedicated to building a culture where We Win Together, We Love to Learn, We Do the Right Thing, We Own It and We Find the Fun.

About the role

We are seeking a motivated Junior Developer to join our development team. The primary focus of the role is to develop and support functionality within the financial productivity systems used by law firms. Your role will involve working with both front-end and back-end technologies, creating responsive and efficient web applications. You will collaborate with product owners, development, and QA teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions. The successful candidate will bring and grow skills/ experience across a broad technology base including C#, ASP.NET MVC, HTML5, CSS, Kendo UI or other modern JS Framework, jQuery, and SQL , with a focus on application performance and system reliability. This role offers a hands-on opportunity to contribute to meaningful systems used daily in legal business environments.

What you’ll do

• Develop, implement, and maintain clean, secure, efficient, and reliable code by adhering to best practices, while ensuring optimal performance, high quality, and responsive user experience across applications. 
• Write, optimize, and debug SQL stored procedures and database queries.
• Collaborate with other developers and designers to ensure technical feasibility and consistency. 
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in both frontend code and database interactions. 
• Participate and support other team members tasks to ensure successful project delivery when required. 
• Actively participate in peer code reviews, knowledge-sharing, and team retrospectives to drive continuous improvement.

What we’re looking for

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.  
• Proficiency in C# and ASP.NET MVC. 
• Solid understanding of HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery. 
• Experience writing SQL queries and stored procedures (preferably in MS SQL Server).
• Familiarity with configuring and deploying applications using IIS. 
• Basic understanding of version control systems (e.g., Git). 
• You should have a head for problem solving, allowing you to identify and create solutions to business related issues.
• Ability to work independently and within a team in a fast-paced environment.

What we offer (via Digitus)

• 15 days holiday per year + 3 extra BigHand days off between Christmas & New Year every year
• Various wellbeing benefits including medical insurance, wellbeing leave, online wellbeing programs & webinars, access to online therapy and Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
• Company-wide Wellness day, for our teams all across the globe to switch off and spend the day doing something to nourish their mental health
• Opportunities to give back with company volunteer events and individual volunteer days
• Family benefits including enhanced maternity leave, paternity leave and marriage leave
• Career growth opportunities and study leave options
• Remote-working arrangement
• Growing business with a global presence, growing Lebanon team and a brand new Beirut office (for those who would prefer hybrid-working)!

Our DEI Commitment

We welcome the unique value and individuality that you can bring to BigHand. We are an equal opportunity employer and are 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. Our BigHanders are dedicated to advancing our culture of belonging by embracing differing viewpoints, opinions, thoughts, and ideas.