AI-Powered Legal Systems Architect

Block; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 181,000 - 214,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Medical insurance

Flexible time off

Retirement savings

Family planning

Job summary

Block is seeking a Legal Systems Architect to lead design and evolution of automated, AI-enabled legal systems. You will connect ELM, eDiscovery, CLM, and AI platforms, building scalable pipelines and APIs, while guiding governance and risk.

Hands-on leadership and deep domain knowledge are required to shape long-term architecture across tools like Databricks, Snowflake, and Brightflag. The role emphasizes autonomous work, cross-team collaboration, and translating experiments into

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years in software engineering, systems engineering, or architecture roles.
• Strong programming skills (Python, JavaScript, or similar).
• Experience integrating SaaS platforms and APIs.
• Hands-on AI tools experience (Claude, Codex, Copilot, etc.).
• Ability to operate autonomously in ambiguous environments.
• Deep ELM/eBilling experience (Brightflag preferred).
• Strong eDiscovery experience (EDRM lifecycle).
• Understanding of legal workflows (contracts, billing, discovery).
• Experience with data platforms (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake).

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the architecture of legal systems, ensuring they are scalable, cohesive, and adaptable over time.
• Identify and drive high-impact opportunities to improve legal workflows through automation, integration, and AI.
• Apply a strategic and creative approach to solving complex legal and operational challenges.
• Lead the design and implementation of solutions leveraging AI across platforms.
• Translate legal team experiments into scalable, reliable production-ready solutions.
• Build and oversee integrations across DocuSign CLM, Brightflag, Tonkean, AODocs etc.
• Develop APIs, automations, and data pipelines to connect systems.
• Leverage Databricks/Snowflake and internal data platforms for analytics and AI workflows.
• Provide technical leadership for eDiscovery and Information Governance workflows.
• Operate as a hands-on technical lead for long-term evolution.
• Influence how Legal approaches technology with balance of innovation and risk.
• Adapt to evolving priorities while maintaining long-term system design.

Skills

Experience 7–10+ years

Programming: Python/JavaScript

SaaS integrations

AI tools experience

Autonomous working

ELM/eBilling experience

eDiscovery (EDRM)

Legal workflows knowledge

Data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake)

Tools

Brightflag

Databricks

Snowflake

Claude/LLM platforms

Job description

Block is seeking a Legal Systems Architect to lead design and evolution of automated, AI-enabled legal systems. You will connect ELM, eDiscovery, CLM, and AI platforms, building scalable pipelines and APIs, while guiding governance and risk.

Hands-on leadership and deep domain knowledge are required to shape long-term architecture across tools like Databricks, Snowflake, and Brightflag. The role emphasizes autonomous work, cross-team collaboration, and translating experiments into