Immigration Legal Engineer — AI-Powered Practice Tools

Lawhive Ltd.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Vacation days

401k matching

Equity options

Work from anywhere for a month

Macbook

Job summary

Lawhive Ltd. is hiring its first Legal Engineer focused on immigration and removal defense in the US.

You will work with Product and Engineering to shape deportation-specific functionality, and with partner firms to tailor Lawhive to how attorneys and staff operate, saving time and increasing accuracy. You will write workflows, test AI outputs against legal judgment, and decide what good looks like for a removal defense practice.

Qualifications

• JD and active admission to at least one US state bar.
• 3+ years practicing removal defense with own caseload in immigration court.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end removal defense workflows for product teammates.
• Translate legal requirements into product specs, prompts, and checks for AI agent.
• Collaborate with partner firms to optimize platform adoption and usage.

Skills

Legal tech

Workflow design

AI risk awareness

Clear communication

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Active US state bar admission

Tools

Case management software

Job description

Lawhive Ltd. is hiring its first Legal Engineer focused on immigration and removal defense in the US.

You will work with Product and Engineering to shape deportation-specific functionality, and with partner firms to tailor Lawhive to how attorneys and staff operate, saving time and increasing accuracy. You will write workflows, test AI outputs against legal judgment, and decide what good looks like for a removal defense practice.