Hybrid Senior Legal AI Engineer - Cloud-Native & LLM

Thomson Reuters Foundation; Frisco (TX); On-site; USD 102,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Model

Flexible work policies

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Thomson Reuters Foundation is seeking a Senior Legal Engineer to design and deliver AI-powered legal tech solutions. You will work with local and remote legal teams to translate needs into secure, scalable software on modern cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities include developing production-grade Python software, evaluating AI outputs for legal accuracy, and mentoring junior engineers. Travel to customer sites may be required.

Qualifications

• JD or equivalent legal training in a legal-practice environment.
• Fluency in legal terminology and experience working with legal teams.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python and building production-grade software.
• Experience designing distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native apps.
• Knowledge of AI/LLM evaluation methodologies.
• Advanced prompt-engineering skills for legal-domain tasks.
• Experience evaluating AI outputs for legal accuracy and safety.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with lawyers and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy end-to-end software for complex legal workflows and AI-enabled products.
• Partner with legal customers to translate needs into scalable technical solutions.
• Architect and build modern cloud-native systems using microservices, APIs, containers, and orchestration.
• Develop production-grade Python software with security, testing, reliability, and maintainability in mind.
• Evaluate AI/LLM solutions for legal use cases including output accuracy and usability.
• Iterate prompting strategies for specialized legal tasks.
• Apply DevOps and IaC practices to support secure, reliable deployments.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, legal, and design to prioritize work and improve SDLC.

Skills

Legal-domain fluency

Independent work

Strong communication

Education

Juris Doctor or equivalent legal training

Tools

Python

Cloud-native architectures

APIs

Job description

Thomson Reuters Foundation is seeking a Senior Legal Engineer to design and deliver AI-powered legal tech solutions. You will work with local and remote legal teams to translate needs into secure, scalable software on modern cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities include developing production-grade Python software, evaluating AI outputs for legal accuracy, and mentoring junior engineers. Travel to customer sites may be required.