AI-Driven Legal Engineer (Hybrid)

BCG Attorney Search; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k plan

Paid holidays

PTO program

Well-being program

Professional development

Employee discounts

Affinity groups

Job summary

BCG Attorney Search in Chicago, IL seeks a Legal Engineering Attorney to join its Technology & Information Services team. The role focuses on designing AI-native systems to translate legal expertise into machine-executable outputs, including prompts, schemas, and workflows, in a hybrid work arrangement.

You will decompose workflows, codify knowledge, author schemas, curate AI prompts, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with practice groups to ensure confidentiality and privilege

Qualifications

• Fluency in authoring prompts for large language models in legal workflows.
• Proficiency in structured data formats like JSON and YAML.
• Experience designing evaluation rubrics for AI outputs.
• Familiarity with engineering tools and collaborative workflows.
• Knowledge of major practice areas such as M&A or litigation.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Interest in AI and legal technology advancements.
• Technical aptitude with AI systems and concepts.

Responsibilities

• Decompose complex workflows into measurable tasks for AI execution.
• Re-engineer manual workflows for AI-first execution.
• Translate practice group materials into structured artifacts for AI systems.
• Codify senior practitioners' knowledge into machine-readable formats.
• Author schema specifications and JSON Schemas for legal documents.
• Curate reference packs for AI prompting and evaluation.
• Design evaluation suites and conduct structured quality measurement.
• Conduct error analysis and own remediation processes.
• Collaborate with practice groups to validate AI solutions.
• Ensure compliance with confidentiality and privilege obligations.
• Mentor junior legal engineers and represent the firm externally.

Skills

Prompt authoring

JSON & YAML

AI evaluation rubrics

Engineering tools

Practice areas (M&A/Litigation)

Communication

AI & legal tech

Technical aptitude

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Bachelor's degree in Law/CS/Info Systems

Tools

JSON

YAML

Microsoft Office

Job description

BCG Attorney Search in Chicago, IL seeks a Legal Engineering Attorney to join its Technology & Information Services team. The role focuses on designing AI-native systems to translate legal expertise into machine-executable outputs, including prompts, schemas, and workflows, in a hybrid work arrangement.

You will decompose workflows, codify knowledge, author schemas, curate AI prompts, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with practice groups to ensure confidentiality and privilege