Legal Engineering Attorney

Job Overview

A law firm seeks a Legal Engineering Attorney to join their Technology & Information Services team in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves designing AI-native systems to translate legal expertise into machine-executable outputs. The position offers a hybrid work arrangement.

Duties

• Decompose complex workflows into measurable tasks for AI execution.
• Re-engineer manual workflows for AI-first execution.
• Translate legal playbooks into structured artifacts for AI systems.
• Codify senior practitioners' knowledge into machine-readable formats.
• Author schema specifications and JSON Schemas for legal documents.
• Curate reference packs for AI prompting and evaluation.
• Design evaluation suites and conduct structured quality measurements.
• Conduct error analysis and own remediation processes.
• Collaborate with practice groups to validate AI solutions.
• Ensure compliance with confidentiality and data privacy standards.
• Mentor junior legal engineers and represent the firm externally.

Requirements

• Fluency in authoring prompts for large language models.
• Proficiency in structured data formats like JSON and YAML.
• Experience designing evaluation rubrics for AI outputs.
• Familiarity with collaborative engineering tools and workflows.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Interest in AI and legal technology advancements.
• Technical aptitude with AI systems and concepts.

Education

• J.D. from an accredited law school.
• Bachelor's degree in Law, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field preferred.

Certifications

• None specified.

Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to navigate matrixed environments and build alignment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Benefits

• Healthcare, life, and disability insurance.
• Generous 401k plan.
• Paid holidays and PTO program.
• Well-being programs and professional development opportunities.
• Employee discounts and affinity groups.

This very prestigious Los Angeles firm has offices throughout the U.S. and the world. Their mega-power clients include top national and international corporations. The firm has a unique culture and produces very self-confident, easy-going, polished attorneys. This firm has a lot of power in Los Angeles and embraces attorneys from a variety of backgrounds in a very encouraging way. Additionally, the compensation at this firm is truly first-rate. New attorneys are encouraged to partake in the mentoring program and training opportunities. The firm has a very good management structure which appears to make partnership and advancement decisions for its associates in a very even-handed and fair manner.