Legal Engineer
One of: Chicago, DC, New York City | 3 days onsite, 2 days remote
I'm currently partnering with a top-tier AmLaw 50 firm that is making significant investment in legal technology and AI, and they're looking to hire a Legal Engineer to help design and deliver innovative solutions for lawyers across the firm.
This is a hands-on role sitting at the intersection of law, technology and AI , working closely with lawyers and business teams to understand complex legal workflows and translate them into practical, scalable technology solutions.
Key areas of focus include:
- Working directly with lawyers to understand legal processes, pain points and opportunities for automation.
- Designing, building and implementing AI-enabled legal workflows and solutions.
- Configuring and developing solutions using legal technology, GenAI and workflow automation platforms.
- Prototyping and testing new tools and use cases before scaling successful solutions across the firm.
- Translating legal and business requirements into technical specifications and practical solutions.
- Supporting integrations between AI tools, legal platforms and existing firm systems.
- Collaborating with Innovation, Knowledge, IT and practice teams to drive adoption and continuously improve solutions.
- Evaluating emerging legal technology and identifying opportunities to apply it to real-world legal work.
Key Requirements:
- 3+ years' experience within a law firm, legal technology, legal engineering or similar environment.
- Strong understanding of legal workflows and how technology can be used to improve them.
- Hands-on experience designing, configuring or building technology-enabled solutions.
- Experience with GenAI, workflow automation, APIs, low-code/no-code platforms or legal technology tools .
- Experience with platforms such as Harvey, Legora, CoCounsel, Claude or similar would be highly advantageous.
- Technical skills such as Python, APIs, data manipulation or prompt/workflow engineering would be beneficial.
- JD or legal qualification is advantageous but not essential.
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys being hands-on with technology while working closely with lawyers to solve complex problems and shape how AI is used within a leading global law firm.
If you'd like to learn more about the opportunity, please get in touch for a confidential conversation.
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