Immigration Attorney

Alma; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hyper-competitive base salary

$250/month wellness allowance

Direct access to legal leadership

Job summary

Alma in San Francisco is looking for an Immigration Attorney to manage a complex caseload of employment-based immigration matters. This role requires a minimum of 3 years of experience, a J.D. or LL.M., and a passion for providing exceptional client service. You will work closely with legal leadership, draft persuasive legal petitions, and guide clients through intricate processes. Alma emphasizes innovation in legal workflows and values proactive, ownership-driven, problem-solving abilities in its team.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience practicing employment-based immigration law.
• Licensed to practice law and hold a J.D. or LL.M. from an accredited institution.
• Excited about AI-assisted legal workflows.

Responsibilities

• Manage a full range of employment-based immigration matters.
• Draft petitions that are persuasive, precise, and client-centered.
• Guide clients through complex immigration processes.

Skills

Client obsession

Strong legal judgment

Proactive communication

Navigating ambiguity

Education

J.D. or LL.M. from an accredited institution

Job description

We’re on a mission to make immigration better through cutting-edge technology and thoughtful legal support. Backed by Bling, Forerunner, NFX, NEA, Conviction, Village Global, MVP, and Silkroad Innovation. Our team combines deep immigration law expertise with product and operations built for scale.

The Role

We are hiring an Immigration Attorney to own a complex caseload of employment-based matters and deliver exceptional client outcomes. This is not a back-office legal role. You will be a trusted advisor to clients navigating some of the most consequential decisions of their lives, and you will be expected to bring the full weight of your legal judgment to every case.

You will work closely with our legal leadership, operations, and product teams. You are here to do outstanding legal work — and to help build the systems that make outstanding legal work scalable.

What You Will Do

• Manage a full range of employment-based immigration matters: EB-1A/B, EB-2 NIW, O-1A/B, H-1B, L-1, PERM, TN, E-2, and beyond
• Serve as attorney of record and draft petitions that are persuasive, precise, and client-centered
• Anticipate issues before they become problems — surface risk early, communicate proactively, and drive cases to resolution

Deliver an exceptional client experience

• Guide clients through complex and often uncertain processes with clarity, strategy, and care
• Communicate with urgency and directness — clients should always know where they stand and what comes next
• Own escalations on your cases from intake through resolution

Contribute to legal quality and systems

• Uphold and improve Alma’s legal standards across templates, processes, and workflows
• Identify gaps in how we work and bring solutions — not just observations
• Collaborate with product and operations to surface tooling needs and workflow improvements

Support new clients

• Participate in new client consultations, assess eligibility, and recommend pathways with confidence

Who Should Apply

• You have a minimum of 3 years of experience practicing employment-based immigration law
• You are licensed to practice law and hold a J.D. or LL.M. from an accredited institution
• You are deeply client-obsessed and believe exceptional legal work and exceptional client service are the same thing
• You communicate proactively, take full ownership of your cases, and follow through reliably, even at high workloads
• You bring strong legal judgment and know how to navigate ambiguity — many cases fall into gray zones that require nuance and precision
• You are excited about AI-assisted legal workflows and see technology as a way to increase the quality and consistency of your work
• You want to help build systems, not just operate within them

Do not apply if

• You are comfortable with work that is merely good enough
• You struggle to operate with speed, urgency, and sound judgment at the same time
• You do not instinctively connect your legal work to client outcomes and business results
• You prefer to execute tasks rather than take ownership of outcomes
• You are not motivated by building and improving systems in a fast-changing environment
• You are looking for a narrow, purely execution-focused legal role

What It Is Like to Work at Alma

This is not a company built to maintain the status quo. We are rethinking how immigration should work and building a faster, smarter, more human experience for the companies and people who depend on it. By combining legal excellence, technology, and operational rigor, we are creating a new standard for client service in one of the most complex and consequential categories in the world.

We are looking for exceptional people who want to do career-defining work. People with high standards. People who move fast, think clearly, and care deeply about the quality and impact of what they build. This is a team for builders: people who take ownership, use sound judgment, communicate directly, and do not wait around for perfect instructions.

You will thrive here if you are energized by hard problems, high expectations, and real responsibility. If something is unclear, you figure it out. If something is stuck, you move it forward. If something is broken, you fix it or raise it with a clear recommendation. We value people who are resourceful, accountable, and relentless about execution.

Joining Alma means joining a team with ambition, intensity, and purpose. You will be surrounded by talented people, trusted with meaningful work, and given the chance to help shape the future of a company redefining an industry that matters.

Compensation and Benefits

• Hyper-competitive base salary based on experience
• $250/month wellness allowance
• Direct access to legal leadership and a front-row seat to building an AI-native law firm from the ground up

The right person for this role does not need every box checked. If this role excites you and you have most of the foundation, we want to hear from you. Immigration is complex. So are people. That is what makes this work matter.