Founding Legal Engineer
Skills
Account ExecutivesEngineeringFairness OpinionsLawLaw FirmsLeadershipReasoning Skills
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- J.D. with experience in complex litigation and civil procedure
- Hands-on document review or defense law firm practice experience
- Ability to explain technology clearly to Managing Partners and General Counsels
- Experience managing or directing paralegals nurse consultants or junior associates
- Strong systems thinking and ability to map legal decision trees
- Tech-savvy organized and comfortable using automation tools
- Ability to build credibility in high-stakes client meetings
- Ownership mindset and ability to drive strategy independently
Nice to have
- Tech power user
- Credibility builder
- Owner
- Curious about AI
- Highly organized
Day to day
- Serve as the trusted legal authority in client conversations and help close major deals with senior law firm stakeholders
- Translate complex litigation workflows into clear product logic and reasoning steps for the AI to follow
- Lead internal legal specialists to test grade and validate outputs while protecting quality standards
- Partner closely with engineers and leadership to shape trustworthy audit-ready legal AI workflows