Immigration Law Engineer — AI‑Powered Platform

Lawhive Ltd.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Vacation: 20 days + 11 Federal hols +

401k matching

Equity options

Work from anywhere for a month

MacBook Pro 
top-spec

Job summary

Lawhive is hiring its first Legal Engineer focused on immigration and removal defense in the US. You will join a team that writes workflows and prompts, tests them against legal judgment, and configures the platform for how immigration firms operate.

You’ll work with Product, Engineering, and partner firms to reduce time per matter, improve filing turnaround, and grow the platform to cover broader immigration practice areas. This is a hands-on, impact-driven role.

Qualifications

• JD and active admission to at least one US state bar.
• 3+ years practicing removal defense with own caseload.
• Familiarity with federal court work for immigration clients such as habeas petitions and mandamus actions.

Responsibilities

• Lead removal defense knowledge to shape product requirements.
• Design, test, and refine prompts, templates and checks for immigration work.
• Collaborate with partner firms to drive adoption and time savings.
• Write playbooks for configuring immigration firms and workflows.
• Explore expansion of the model to other immigration practice areas.

Skills

US immigration law

Legal writing

Client communication

Policy interpretation

Education

JD and US bar admission

Tools

Generative AI tools

Case management system

Job description

Lawhive is hiring its first Legal Engineer focused on immigration and removal defense in the US. You will join a team that writes workflows and prompts, tests them against legal judgment, and configures the platform for how immigration firms operate.

You’ll work with Product, Engineering, and partner firms to reduce time per matter, improve filing turnaround, and grow the platform to cover broader immigration practice areas. This is a hands-on, impact-driven role.