Hybrid Sydney Legal AI & Innovation Associate

Corto Pty Ltd; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Corto Pty Ltd in Sydney is developing AI-driven legal software and seeks a lawyer to test AI agents, conduct legal research, and help craft prompts for the prompt library. This role blends law with product work in a fast-paced, varied environment.

You’ll join a small, supportive team with flexible hybrid work (2–3 days in the office). The ideal candidate has a law degree and 1–3 years’ practice, plus experience with AI tools in legal work.

Qualifications

• Law degree and Australian admission to practice.
• 1–3 years’ practising lawyer experience, family or general practice preferred.
• Experience with AI tools in legal work is desirable.
• Strong written communication and report writing ability.
• Detail-oriented and methodical in testing and analysis.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid product pivots.

Responsibilities

• Conduct testing of AI models, agents and features on realistic legal tasks.
• Assess factual/legal accuracy, citations, and usefulness of outputs.
• Record results with clear examples and steps to reproduce.
• Retest fixes and product updates to confirm issues are resolved.
• Create synthetic test matters and use cases to evaluate AI performance.
• Perform legal research for presentations and content; summarize findings.
• Help write prompts and skills for the prompt library across practice areas.
• Assist in preparing and reviewing legal content for communications.
• Support AI training materials and demonstrations for global teams.
• Collaborate with legal, product and engineering teams to translate findings into improvements.

Skills

Law practice experience

AI tools in legal work

Written communication

Detail-oriented

Adaptability to change

Prioritization

Education

Law degree (LLB)

Job description

Corto Pty Ltd in Sydney is developing AI-driven legal software and seeks a lawyer to test AI agents, conduct legal research, and help craft prompts for the prompt library. This role blends law with product work in a fast-paced, varied environment.

You’ll join a small, supportive team with flexible hybrid work (2–3 days in the office). The ideal candidate has a law degree and 1–3 years’ practice, plus experience with AI tools in legal work.