AI-Driven Legal Engineer (Attorney) for In-House Ops

Consilio LLC; Illinois; On-site; USD 170,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Lawyers on Demand, a Consilio Company, seeks an experienced attorney to join as a Legal Engineer (Attorney) on a long-term, temporary basis. This role requires candidates to be located in California; Atlanta, GA; Houston, TX; or Chicago, IL, and involves close collaboration with Account Executives and the Go-to-Market team.

You will engage General Counsels and in-house teams to explore how AI can transform legal operations, identify opportunities, and translate them into practical solutions.

Qualifications

• Licensed attorney with meaningful in-house experience in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Ability to engage credibly with General Counsels, Heads of Legal, Legal Operations professionals, procurement teams, and business leaders.
• Strong consultative, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Account Executives throughout the sales cycle, bringing firsthand in-house legal experience to discovery, demonstrations, and commercial conversations.
• Lead tailored product demonstrations for in-house legal teams, connecting the technology to the operational realities of corporate legal departments.
• Conduct detailed discovery conversations to understand how legal departments are structured, how work flows, where inefficiencies exist, and where AI can deliver meaningful value.
• Identify opportunities to apply AI across areas such as contract management, regulatory compliance, matter management, legal operations, and external counsel oversight.
• Provide hands-on support during pilots and evaluation periods, helping customers connect their business needs with the technology.
• Translate the value of AI into practical business outcomes, including reduced cycle times, increased efficiency, risk reduction, cost savings, and greater capacity for strategic work.
• Help legal and finance stakeholders evaluate and articulate the business case and ROI for AI adoption.
• Map how AI can impact specific legal functions, workflows, and operating models.
• Serve as the voice of the in-house customer within the Go-to-Market organization, providing insight into how corporate legal departments think, prioritize, and make technology purchasing decisions.
• Partner with product, engineering, and legal engineering teams to translate customer feedback and real-world legal needs into actionable product requirements.
• Help shape product development and roadmap priorities based on insights from legal operations, commercial legal, and compliance teams.
• Contribute to commercial messaging, content, and collateral designed for General Counsels, Legal Operations leaders, and in-house legal teams.
• Contribute to the development and growth of the company's legal engineering function and customer engagement model.

Skills

In-house experience

Licensed attorney

Stakeholder engagement

Client-facing

Job description

Lawyers on Demand, a Consilio Company, seeks an experienced attorney to join as a Legal Engineer (Attorney) on a long-term, temporary basis. This role requires candidates to be located in California; Atlanta, GA; Houston, TX; or Chicago, IL, and involves close collaboration with Account Executives and the Go-to-Market team.

You will engage General Counsels and in-house teams to explore how AI can transform legal operations, identify opportunities, and translate them into practical solutions.