Applied Legal Researcher

Role Overview

We are looking for a legal researcher with a strong understanding of how law firms, financial institutions, large corporations, and other organizations deliver professional services and execute complex legal and knowledge work tasks. We have incredible product-market fit and demand across diverse customer profiles. Executing on this demand requires a strong understanding of our customers' workflows and how those workflows can be accelerated by AI systems.

To facilitate the development of these systems, you will:

• Develop and deliver subject-matter expertise to support AI research
• Work closely with our engineering, product, and design teams to define and develop AI systems
• Build and improve AI systems through prompt engineering, fine tuning, and other techniques
• Build proprietary benchmarks and datasets to evaluate models and model systems
• Partner directly with clients to understand their workflows, identify pain points, and translate complex business and legal requirements into technical solutions

• 3-7 years of experience at a law firm, financial institution, or equivalent professional service provider
• Demonstrated ability to deliver high quality work product on demanding deadlines
• Ability to effectively communicate with a variety internal and external stakeholders and translate complex problems effectively between them
• Ability to define positive outcomes in situations with under specified success criteria
• Deep intellectual curiosity and eagerness to learn across domains
• Willingness and desire to do work in the trenches - e.g., grading hundreds of answers, breaking down thousands of documents - getting the models to do junior associate work requires a lot of things that look like junior associate work

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$180,000 - $220,000 USD

Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing accommodations