Senior AI Engineer, Legal - USA Remote

Responsibilities: Partner with legal and compliance teams to map workflows to technical solutions Architect and build AI-powered legal applications for contract review, legal research, and regulatory analysis Develop scalable document processing pipelines and indexing systems for legal content Deliver production-grade features using LLM APIs, orchestration tools, and CI/CD pipelines Create evaluation and quality frameworks for AI outputs and implement governance by design Embed data security, access controls, and compliance for handling privileged content Translate user needs into product requirements and prioritize features for adoption Lead and mentor legal team members in no-code AI solutions and act as the technical bridge between legal and engineering

Key requirements: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related technical field 5+ years in software engineering, data science, or ML engineering with production applications Production experience with large language models (prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG, agent/tool use, evaluation) Strong Python programming, experience with AI/ML libraries; knowledge of TypeScript/Java a plus Experience with AI-assisted software development tools and modern AI infrastructure (vector DBs, cloud platforms, containers) Experience designing data pipelines and document processing for unstructured content at scale Demonstrated interest or experience in legal, compliance, or regulatory domains cross-functional collaboration communication across disciplines mentorship and leadership Large language models (LLMs) prompt engineering and fine-tuning retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)