Forward-Deployed Legal Engineer

Epiq; New York (NY); On-site; USD 175,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Epiq AI Labs in New York seeks a Forward-Deployed Legal Engineer to embed our platform in real legal teams, from POC kickoff to go-live. You’ll configure workflows and train users, collaborating with Legal Solutions Engineers, Customer Success, and Engineering to prove value against success criteria.

We require a US legal credential (JD/LLM with bar) and 2–8+ years in litigation, plus comfort with AI tools; some on-site client work across regions is expected.

Qualifications

• US JD or US LLM with foreign law degree and bar membership.
• 2–8+ years of litigation experience.
• Hands-on experience with real legal workflows and client contact.
• Familiar with Relativity, DISCO, iManage, Westlaw, and Lexis; TAR knowledge.
• Comfort with scripting and prompt LLMs for output evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Run POCs against agreed success criteria.
• Configure legal workflows reflecting client lawyers’ practices.
• Serve as the legal expert; apply law and procedures relevant to each engagement.
• Collaborate with Engineering on integrations.
• Train client associates, review teams, and other users during POC.
• Identify and resolve client issues with cross-functional teams.
• Take over use-case ownership at go-live and hand off to Customer Success.
• Capture client feedback to shape the product roadmap.

Skills

Legal workflow experience

Client liaison

AI / ML concepts

Scripting / prompt LLMs

Strong communication

Independence / multi-POCs

Travel to client sites

Education

US JD or US LLM with foreign law degree & bar membership

Tools

Relativity

DISCO

iManage

Westlaw

Lexis

TAR

Job description

At Epiq, your work contributes to complex, global legal outcomes. You’ll join a values‑driven community where integrity guides decisions, relentless service sets the bar, and we thrive on big challenges together. We invest in your growth with enterprise‑wide learning and mobility. We celebrate who you are, and we respect life beyond work with flexibility that’s recognized externally. Enabled by modern platforms and AI, you’ll do the most meaningful work of your career and see your impact at scale.

Job Description

About Epiq AI Labs

Epiq AI Labs, established by Epiq in 2025, brings together builders, researchers, academics, legal professionals, and industry leaders to advance AI for complex legal and corporate challenges. Its work includes foundational AI research, large‑scale data analysis, collaborative development of practical solutions, and AI education. Alongside research, the Labs leads the development of Epiq’s flagship AI platform—the foundation for AI‑powered workflows across litigation, compliance, antitrust, and other complex legal and corporate matters.

About The Role

As a Forward‑Deployed Legal Engineer, you’ll make our platform work inside real legal teams. You’ll lead each client from proof‑of‑concept (POC) kickoff to go‑live: configuring legal workflows the way the client’s lawyers work, training the people who use them, and proving value against agreed success criteria.

You’ll work closely with associates and review teams, partner with our Legal Solutions Engineer, Customer Success Managers, and Engineering, and turn what you learn in the field into product direction. You’ll work from our New York office and serve clients in every region, including EMEA and APAC.

What You’ll Do

• POC Delivery: Run POCs against agreed success criteria and keep each one on scope and on schedule.
• Workflow Configuration: Build legal workflows and playbooks that reflect how each client’s lawyers actually work, ready before the client’s first matter.
• Legal Expertise: Serve as the legal expert in each engagement, applying the law and procedure that govern the client’s work, analyzing its documents, and advising on whether an output is defensible.
• Deployment: Take each client from POC to go‑live, working with Engineering on integrations.
• User Training: Train associates, review teams, and other day‑to‑day users during each POC.
• Issue Resolution: Spot client issues early and resolve them with Engineering, Product, and Customer Success Managers.
• Clean Handoffs: Take over the use case, success criteria, stakeholders, data, and timeline at POC kickoff; hand each account to a Customer Success Manager at go‑live and stay available for legal workflow questions.
• Voice of the Client: Gather and organize client feedback, and turn it into use cases and user stories that shape the product roadmap.

What You Bring

• A US JD, or a US LLM with a foreign law degree, and active or prior US bar membership.
• 2–8+ years of legal practice, ideally in litigation. Practice experience matters more than seniority.
• Hands‑on experience with real legal workflows and direct client contact.
• Working knowledge of the tools of legal practice, such as Relativity, DISCO, iManage, Westlaw, and Lexis, and of technology‑assisted review (TAR).
• Fluency with technology: you can write simple scripts, prompt LLMs effectively, and analyze outputs.
• Daily use of AI in your own work, with examples you can walk through in interviews.
• The ability to sit with a client’s lawyers and rebuild a workflow, not just demo one.
• Clear communication with both lawyers and engineers, including explaining complex legal concepts in plain terms.
• Independence as an individual contributor, and the organization to run several POCs at once.
• Willingness to spend meaningful time at client sites.

Nice to Have

• eDiscovery or legal‑tech experience.
• Experience configuring software or building workflows.
• Consulting or advisory experience.
• Experience at an early‑stage company.
• Exposure to ML/AI concepts, synthetic data generation, or structured knowledge representation.

What Success Looks Like

• POCs you run meet their success criteria and convert to signed clients.
• Clients go live on schedule with workflows their lawyers use.
• Use cases and user stories you bring back shape the roadmap.

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The Compensation range for this role is $175,000 - $260,000 USD annually and may be eligible for an annual bonus.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer.

Your specific salary will be determined based on several factors:

• Location‑based market rate for the role
• Your abilities in relation to the job specification
• Performance during screening and interview
• Pay parity with the wider team in the considered location

Further details about the package will be provided during the initial screening call with the Talent Acquisition Team.

Epiq Leadership Compass

Builds Talented Teams

• Focus on employee engagement
• Build a strong talent pipeline

Fosters Relationships & Collaboration

• Build trust‑based partnerships
• Nurture long‑term relationships
• Remove collaboration barriers
• Celebrate cross‑team success

Engages & Influences

• Use storytelling to build buy‑in
• Align communication with organizational goals
• Guild alignment through strong engagement

Maximizes Performance

• Use data to identify improvement opportunities
• Make informed decisions
• Align team goals with boarder strategy
• Empower teams to manage their own goals
• Translate vision into clear priorities
• Prepare for disruptions with strong change management

Achieves Operational Success

• Improve workflows for team efficiency
• Use clear documentation and expectations
• Resolve issues quickly using data and feedback

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