Associate, Legal Knowledge Engineering

Jobtailor; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Litera in Toronto is seeking a legal tech specialist to help our AI-powered products understand and analyze complex transactional documents, enabling more accurate risk assessment and contract review.

You will partner with product, engineering, and design teams to build intelligent features grounded in real legal workflows, refine 'smart fields' using ML, validate LLM prompts, and train models on diverse document sets to continuously improve accuracy and speed.

Qualifications

• JD with active bar admission (US or Canadian province)
• 2+ years transactional law experience at a law firm, in-house team, or legal service provider
• Strong interest in legal technology and AI, with willingness to experiment with tools
• Exceptional attention to detail, analytical skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Excellent written and verbal communication with a client-service mindset
• Self-motivated and able to work independently while collaborating across cross-functional teams
• Experience in debt financing transactions

Responsibilities

• Shape how Litera's AI-powered products understand and analyze complex transactional documents
• Partner with product, engineering, and design teams to drive intelligent features grounded in real legal workflows
• Develop and refine 'smart fields' using ML to locate key provisions
• Experiment with and validate LLM-driven prompting within Litera products
• Maintain deep awareness of developments in transactional law and advise engineering on practical workflows
• Train and validate models across diverse document sets and identify workflow inefficiencies

Skills

Machine Learning Algorithms

Document Analysis

Smart Fields Development

LLM-Driven Prompting

Model Training and Validation

Debt Financing Transactions

Education

JD with Active Bar Admission

Job description

• Play a key role in shaping how Litera's AI-powered products understand and analyze complex legal documents


• Partner with product, engineering, and design teams to drive the development of intelligent features grounded in real legal workflows


• Develop and refine 'smart fields' - ML algorithms that automatically locate key provisions in transactional documents


• Experiment with and validate LLM-driven prompting within Litera products


• Maintain deep awareness of developments in transactional law


• Advise engineering teams on how legal processes work in practice


• Train and validate models across diverse document sets


• Identify inefficiencies in current workflows and recommend changes

Requirements

• JD with active bar admission in at least one U.S. state or Canadian province


• Two or more years of transactional law experience at a law firm, in-house legal team, or legal service provider


• Strong interest in legal technology and artificial intelligence, with a willingness to experiment with new tools


• Exceptional attention to detail, analytical skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills paired with a client-service mindset


• Self-motivated and able to work independently while collaborating effectively across cross-functional teams


• Experience in debt financing transactions.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in transactional law and legal technology, with a strong focus on developing AI-driven solutions for legal document analysis. Capable of collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance legal workflows and improve efficiency.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• JD With Active Bar Admission


• Transactional Law Experience


• Legal Technology Interest


• Debt Financing Transactions


• Analytical Skills

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Machine Learning Algorithms


• Document Analysis


• Smart Fields Development


• LLM-Driven Prompting


• Model Training and Validation

Soft Skills

• Attention to Detail


• Written Communication


• Verbal Communication


• Client-Service Mindset


• Self-Motivated

Certifications & Qualifications

• Active Bar Admission

Industry Keywords

• Transactional Law


• Legal Workflows


• Legal Document Analysis


• Cross-Functional CollaborationLegal Service Provider