Legal Engineer

About the Role

Work across legal, customer, and product teams at an early-stage legal technology company. You will turn legal needs into reliable AI-powered workflows and help ensure clients are set up for success.

What You'll Do

• Map customer commercial needs into tailored legal workflows and manage onboarding.

• Review and validate AI-flagged legal issues for accuracy and completeness across documents and filings.

• Translate customer feedback and lawyer needs into clear product requirements for engineering.

• Improve prompts, modules, and automated workflows to make the platform more reliable.

• Build and refine legal workflows using Claude, MCP servers, CLI tools, and related AI capabilities.

What We're Looking For

• At least 2 years of combined experience in legal practice, legal technology, law firm innovation, or an in-house legal function; typically 2 to 8 years of relevant experience.

• A JD, 1 to 2 years of legal practice, or relevant experience at a legal technology company.

• Hands-on experience building with AI tools such as Claude, MCP servers, CLI tools, or code-generation tools. A computer science degree is not required.

• Experience translating legal needs into automated workflows, prompts, or product requirements.

• Strong contract judgment and the ability to assess AI-generated legal output for accuracy and completeness.

• Comfort taking ownership in a fast-moving startup environment.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $150,000 to $225,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California.