Legal Engineer

Erin Associates Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunities

35‑hour work week with flexible hours

25 days holiday + 5 days buy/sell + bh

Professional development opportunities

5% employer pension

Job summary

Erin Associates Ltd. is seeking a Legal Engineer to join their Central Birmingham team on a hybrid basis.

The role focuses on transforming prototypes into scalable, AI-enabled legal tools and services, working alongside lawyers to ensure alignment with strategic vision and quality standards. You will design workflows, evaluate AI-enabled solutions, and craft documentation to improve usability and maintainability across digital platforms, contributing to a fast-growing, multinational business

Qualifications

• Understanding of low-code tech – Power Platform, HighQ, Smartsheet, Legora.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Familiarity with AI tools and platforms.
• Experience delivering solutions compliant with AI, data, and security standards.
• Understanding of LLMs and integrating AI services with other platforms and tools.

Responsibilities

• Re-develop and expand prototypes into working solutions with lawyers to meet expectations.
• Design, implement and evaluate AI-enabled solutions that enhance how legal services are delivered.
• Create functional and technical documentation to improve maintainability and usability of digital platforms.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure scalable and maintainable legal tech.

Skills

Power Platform

AI integration

Prompt engineering

LLMs

Workflow design

Security & compliance

Technical documentation

Tools

HighQ

Smartsheet

Legora

Job description

Legal Engineer – Central Birmingham / Hybrid

£45,000 - £50,000 + bonus, 35-hour work week and great benefits

This profitable and multi-national business requires a driven and self‑motivated Legal Engineer to join their growing team. The current team of Legal Engineers create and maintain digital tools, products and services that can improve legal processes, increase efficiency, and reduce costs for clients. You will ensure solutions are scalable and maintainable in legal processes whilst helping to design, implement and evaluate AI‑enabled solutions that enhance how legal services are delivered.

This opportunity is with a large organisation that has achieved growth year on year for more than a decade and has just posted record revenues for the last financial year. As their Legal Engineer, you will re‑develop and expand prototypes into working solutions, working with lawyers to ensure it meets expectations and delivers on their vision. You will also be adept at creating functional and technical documentation to improve maintainability and usability of various digital platforms.

The role will be 1–2 days per week in the office, with the ideal location being their office in Central Birmingham, with occasional visits to Nottingham.

Package

• Bonus opportunities
• 35‑hour work week with flexible working
• 25 days holiday + 5 days buy/sell + bank holidays
• Professional development opportunities
• 5% employer pension, rising with service and many more

Key Requirements

• Understanding of low‑code tech – Microsoft Power Platform, HighQ, Smartsheet, Legora etc.
• Confidence to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Enthusiasm for new technology, and continuous learning and improvement
• Ability to design logical workflows and structures for digital solutions
• Familiarity with AI tools and platforms
• Effective prompt engineering skills
• Experience delivering solutions compliant with AI, data, and security standards
• Understanding of LLMs and integrating AI services with other platforms and tools

Erin Associates welcomes applications from people of all ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, and disabilities. Please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustment at any stage of the application process.

Legal Engineer, Legal Tech, Legal Technologist – Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Sutton Coldfield, Rugby, Telford, Worcester, Redditch, Solihull, Kidderminster, Nuneaton, Stafford, Warwick

Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom

Employment: Permanent

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 Bonus and excellent benefits