Associate, Legal Engineering

Associate, Legal Engineering at Litera

Join the Legal Tech Revolution  you ready to shape the future of how law is practiced? At Litera, we’re on a mission to Raise The Bar™️ for the legal profession by delivering transformational and globally‑trusted solutions to law firms and corporate legal teams worldwide. We’ve been a leader in legal tech innovation for 30 years and are leading the legal AI revolution to this day with most of the world’s largest law firms as our clients.

If you’re passionate about building AI‑forward solutions that scale globally and want your work to impact millions of legal professionals worldwide, this is your opportunity to be part of an extraordinary team that’s elevating the craft of law.

As an Associate, Legal Engineering at Litera, you will be part of a dynamic team that is passionate about driving innovation in the legal technology space. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting‑edge tools and collaborate with industry experts to deliver solutions that make a real difference in the legal profession. This position can be based in Austin, Boston, Chicago, Denver, New Jersey, New York City, Philadelphia, Raleigh, or Toronto and requires residents to be within reasonable commuting distance, as the role requires on‑site presence at least three days per week.

As a Legal Knowledge Engineering Associate, you will be responsible for working on one or more of our legal software products. You will help our legal tech products find the information our clients seek in their documents. You will experiment with prompting an LLM from within our product and/or teaching our product, Kira, by highlighting information in diverse sets of documents.

Kira studies the examples, uses machine learning algorithms to figure out patterns, and then finds similar information in new documents. In addition, you will be working with our product/engineering/design teams to help ensure that new features are defined and brought to completion with proper legal workflows in mind.

• Working with our product/engineering/design teams to help set the vision for new legal tech products and features within Kira and the rest of Litera.
• Experimenting and testing Generative AI to ensure our products are built the best they can be.
• Develop new “smart fields” (machine learning algorithms that can find information) and data points for documents relating to securities and/or financing transactions.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of developments in your legal domain, and continuously identify new opportunities to build smart fields.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, gain efficiencies, and share best practices.

• You have two or more years practicing in transactional law, ideally gained at a law firm, in‑house, or at a legal service provider.
• Experience working in debt financing is an asset.
• Have a JD and have been called to the bar in at least one state/province.
• Experience with legal operations, legal program management, and/or contract management systems is an asset.
• Strong interest in legal technology and artificial intelligence.
• You have strong client service skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• You have the ability to learn new technologies quickly and are not intimidated by trying something new.
• You have extraordinary attention to detail and are highly organized.
• You are relentless and a creative problem solver, and your analytical skills are exceptional.
• You have strong time management skills and can successfully juggle multiple priorities.
• You are highly responsible, self‑motivated and able to work with minimal supervision.
• You empathize with people. Your first instinct when asked for something is to try to find a way to say yes.

• Work with a team that has a proven track record.
• Our company's growth will challenge and encourage you to broaden your skills.
• Generous allocation of paid time off, and flexible work hours.
• Available merit‑based cash bonus plan.
• Comprehensive medical coverage and Employee Assistance Program.
• Many opportunities for rewards and recognition.

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