Legal AI Engineer

Axiom Law; United States; Remote; USD 71,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid holidays

PTO

Flexible work

Professional development

Job summary

Axiom is hiring a Legal AI Engineer to lead design and development of scalable AI capabilities for contract review, risk scoring, clause extraction, and analysis across CLM platforms. The role focuses on translating legal requirements into robust technical solutions and governance for enterprise use.

This remote position invites collaboration with Legal, Procurement, Data Science, and Engineering teams. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience in legal AI, CLM, and AI model evaluation, with a

Qualifications

• Experience in legal AI engineering, legal knowledge engineering, CLM, contract automation, legal technology, or AI-enabled Legal Operations.
• Hands-on experience implementing AI/GenAI capabilities within CLM or contract management platforms.
• Ability to translate legal concepts into structured data, AI workflows, and technical requirements.
• Strong understanding of commercial contracts, clause structures, negotiation playbooks, contract risk, and lifecycle workflows.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement AI/GenAI capabilities within CLM and legal technology platforms.
• Lead requirements workshops to map contract workflows and translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Configure AI-enabled CLM workflows and optimize templates, clause libraries, and playbooks.
• Develop and curate legal datasets and annotation standards for AI model development.
• Partner with Data Science and Engineering to develop, test, and improve AI models for contract analysis.
• Evaluate model outputs against ground-truth data and provide improvement recommendations.
• Define AI use cases across contract review, drafting, negotiation, compliance, and risk assessment.
• Develop testing and QA protocols to validate AI functionality and regulatory alignment.
• Establish human-review, validation, and governance controls for AI workflows.
• Create documentation and training materials to drive adoption of AI-enabled legal tech.

Skills

Legal AI engineering

Contract automation

Requirements gathering

Cross-functional collaboration

Responsible AI

Tools

CLM Platforms

AI/GenAI integration

Data annotation standards

Job description

Join Our Team as a Legal AI Engineer at Axiom

Location: Remote

We are currently seeking an experienced Legal AI Engineer to lead the design and development of a practical, scalable enterprise risk taxonomy and operating model for a large, complex organizations.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement AI/GenAI capabilities within CLM and legal technology platforms, including automated contract review, risk scoring, clause extraction, comparison, and natural language analysis.
• Lead requirements workshops to map contract workflows, identify automation opportunities, and translate Legal and business requirements into technical solutions.
• Configure AI-enabled CLM workflows and optimize contract templates, clause libraries, playbooks, and fallback positions.
• Develop and curate legal datasets and annotation standards supporting AI model development and performance improvement.
• Partner with Data Science and Engineering teams to develop, fine-tune, test, and improve AI models for contract analysis and legal workflows.
• Evaluate model outputs against ground-truth data, identify performance gaps, and provide structured recommendations for improvement.
• Define AI use cases across contract review, drafting, negotiation, compliance, risk assessment, and Legal Operations.
• Develop and execute testing and quality-assurance protocols to validate AI functionality, accuracy, and regulatory alignment.
• Establish appropriate human-review, validation, and governance controls for AI-assisted legal workflows.
• Develop documentation and training materials and support adoption of AI-enabled legal technology across Legal and business teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in legal AI engineering, legal knowledge engineering, CLM, contract automation, legal technology, or AI-enabled Legal Operations.
• Hands-on experience implementing AI/GenAI capabilities within CLM or contract management platforms.
• Ability to translate legal concepts into structured data, AI workflows, and technical requirements.
• Strong understanding of commercial contracts, clause structures, negotiation playbooks, contract risk, and lifecycle workflows.
• Experience developing, annotating, curating, or evaluating legal datasets for AI/ML models.
• Experience testing AI models against ground truth and partnering with Data Science and Engineering teams to improve performance.
• Strong workflow mapping, requirements gathering, process design, and stakeholder facilitation skills.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI, human review, data quality, privacy, compliance, and model governance.
• Proven ability to work across Legal, Procurement, Product, Data Science, Engineering, and business teams.

Compensation:

The estimated total compensation for full-time Axiom attorney roles is $104,500-325,000 per year and for non-attorney roles is $71,250-309,750 per year. Compensation decisions are based on various factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skills, certifications, location, and business needs. Employees may be eligible for additional benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance; paid holidays and PTO; flexible work arrangements; and professional development opportunities and tools.

About Axiom:

For over 25 years, Axiom has pioneered the alternative legal services industry, now serving more than 1,500 legal departments globally with our unique blend of world-class legal talent and advanced AI tools, delivering innovative solutions ranging from that combine top-tier talent with cutting-edge technology. We tackle complex legal matters across 12 practice areas for clients ranging from Fortune 100 to SMBs, empowering our legal professionals to engage in meaningful work that advances their careers. Our Talent NPS score of +71% and our Client NPS score of +64% highlight our commitment to excellence (Reported scores were Axiom’s average for 2025 - the legal industry average NPS score is +35%). Join our forward-thinking community where you’ll keep your career dynamic and multi-faceted, be part of a company that values agility, collaboration, and excellence, and love both the law and your life.

Axiom is the global leader in high-caliber, on-demand legal talent. Covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC, we enable legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today’s business landscape with best inclass alterative legal services.

Diversity is core to our values and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Axiom ensures equal employment opportunity in recruitment and employment, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religious creed or belief, political opinion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender identity status, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital (or civil or other partnership recognized by law) status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation, military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Axiom prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment.

Upon request and consistent with applicable laws, Axiom will provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities who require accommodations to participate in each stage of the recruitment process. To request an accommodation, please contact [e-mail].

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Employment with Axiom may be contingent upon successful completion of a background check, providing proof of identity, and possessing the necessary legal authorization to work. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, NY Fair Chance Act, and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.