AI-Driven Legal Knowledge Engineer

Modern Family Law; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Work From Anywhere – eligible after 6 

Training & development

Job summary

Modern Family Law is seeking a Legal Knowledge Engineer to design AI-native legal service delivery systems, bridging legal expertise with advanced AI platforms. The role emphasizes justice, ethics, and scalable institutional knowledge frameworks while maintaining appropriate human oversight.

You will collaborate with attorneys, product teams, and AI engineers to translate complex workflows into decision trees, prompts, and automated processes for family law services.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of legal workflows and ability to structure complex legal processes into decision trees and workflow logic.
• Ability to translate legal reasoning into AI-enabled systems and institutional knowledge frameworks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Translate legal reasoning, workflows, and procedural requirements into structured AI-enabled systems.
• Design decision trees, escalation frameworks, workflow logic, and prompt architectures for family law workflows.
• Collaborate with attorneys and operational teams to identify opportunities for automation and process improvement.
• Help structure and maintain institutional legal knowledge repositories, workflow playbooks, and operational guidance systems.
• Develop and refine AI prompts, retrieval systems, and workflow orchestration logic.
• Assist in building AI-powered intake systems, document automation workflows, and client communication systems.
• Partner with product managers, developers, and AI engineers on implementation and testing.
• Help define quality assurance, human-review, and escalation standards for AI-generated work product.
• Monitor AI outputs for consistency, quality, compliance, and operational effectiveness.
• Participate in testing, iteration, and optimization of AI-assisted legal workflows.
• Help document legal workflows, system logic, and governance procedures.
• Stay informed regarding emerging AI technologies, legal technology trends, and evolving regulatory considerations impacting AI in legal services.

Skills

Legal workflows

Systems thinking

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Legal operations experience

Job description

Modern Family Law is seeking a Legal Knowledge Engineer to design AI-native legal service delivery systems, bridging legal expertise with advanced AI platforms. The role emphasizes justice, ethics, and scalable institutional knowledge frameworks while maintaining appropriate human oversight.

You will collaborate with attorneys, product teams, and AI engineers to translate complex workflows into decision trees, prompts, and automated processes for family law services.