Hybrid Senior Legal AI Engineer & Operations Leader

Flagship Pioneering, Inc.; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Competitive compensation

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

Flagship Pioneering is building a dedicated Legal Operations & Technology function in Cambridge, with hybrid flexibility. We’re hiring a second Legal Technology and AI Specialist to lead AI-powered tools and workflows across the legal department.

You’ll merge AI engineering depth with legal operations for scalable, compliant solutions from day one. The role emphasizes building AI governance, prompt frameworks, vendor evaluations, and cross-functional collaboration with attorneys and stakeholders

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, AI/ML, data science, engineering, or related technical field.
• Demonstrated experience building or engineering AI/ML solutions, including LLMs, NLP, or related technologies.
• Practical understanding of prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), fine-tuning, and AI system evaluation.
• Exposure to legal operations, legal workflows, or the legal industry through internship, work experience, or coursework.
• Familiarity with the legal technology landscape (CLM platforms, AI-assisted research tools, document automation, e-discovery).
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical AI concepts for legal and business audiences.

Responsibilities

• Build, configure, and deploy AI-powered tools and workflows for the legal team, including contract review, legal research, document drafting, compliance monitoring, and knowledge management.
• Develop, test, and maintain prompt libraries and prompt engineering frameworks for generative AI systems used across the legal department.
• Design and implement integrations between AI tools and the Legal Operations & Technology stack (CLM, document management, matter management, e-billing).
• Prototype and iterate on AI-assisted workflows, moving from proof-of-concept to production deployment.
• Monitor emerging AI capabilities and evaluate their applicability to Flagship’s legal operations.
• Support AI usage policies and acceptable-use standards for the legal department.
• Build quality control procedures for AI-generated work, including validation protocols and human-in-the-loop checks.
• Partner with IT, information security, and data privacy teams to ensure compliance with security standards.
• Serve as AI resource for the legal team: design and deliver training on effective use of AI tools.
• Document and standardize AI workflows, creating playbooks and best-practice guides.
• Track adoption metrics, define KPIs, and measure ROI of AI initiatives.
• Support vendor evaluations, product demos, and pilot programs for legal AI platforms.
• Provide technical assessment of vendor AI capabilities and data handling practices.
• Recommend tools based on technical merit and integration feasibility.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate legal workflow needs into technical requirements.

Skills

AI/ML engineering

Prompt engineering

NLP

Technical communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, AI/ML, data science, or related field

Tools

CLM platforms

AI-assisted research tools

Document automation

e-discovery

Job description

Flagship Pioneering is building a dedicated Legal Operations & Technology function in Cambridge, with hybrid flexibility. We’re hiring a second Legal Technology and AI Specialist to lead AI-powered tools and workflows across the legal department.

You’ll merge AI engineering depth with legal operations for scalable, compliant solutions from day one. The role emphasizes building AI governance, prompt frameworks, vendor evaluations, and cross-functional collaboration with attorneys and stakeholders