Senior Legal AI Engineer
Core
Design and deploy bespoke legal AI solutions (contract review, litigation support, discovery automation) for law firms by translating complex legal workflows into trusted, production-ready systems.
Role type
Senior Legal AI Engineer (hands-on IC)
Builds
RAG pipelines, custom AI agents, and multi-step workflows leveraging CoCounsel, Westlaw, and Practical Law
Domain
Legal technology / AI / Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
JD or equivalent legal practice experience, Python, LLM evaluation methodologies, prompt engineering, AI system design for domain-specific workflows, fluency in legal terminology
Preferred skills
Experience building AI/ML or LLM-powered applications, experience working directly with lawyers or legal operations stakeholders
Technologies
Python, CoCounsel, Westlaw, Practical Law, RAG pipelines, LLMs
Responsibilities
Guide technical discovery and scope legal use cases with client stakeholders; Translate legal workflows and business pain points into intelligent solution designs and technical specifications; Design and implement AI-powered solutions for legal workflows; Partner with engineers to build and test RAG pipelines and custom AI agents; Lead LLM evaluation efforts including benchmarking output quality and assessing hallucination risk; Ensure deployed solutions meet ethical AI, data protection, and enterprise security standards
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC