Legal and Product Engineer

Solve Intelligence; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary + Significant Equity

Free meals

Private medical insurance

Full visa sponsorship

Job summary

A cutting-edge AI firm is seeking a Legal and Product Engineer to bridge patent law and AI innovation. The ideal candidate is bilingual, holds a relevant degree, and has 3+ years in patent prosecution. Responsibilities include engineering AI outputs, developing legal benchmarks, and guiding product features based on client insights. The firm offers competitive pay, equity opportunities, and a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• Admitted to practice before the USPTO, EPO or JPO.
• 3+ years of experience in patent prosecution.
• Hands-on experience with LLM tools.

Responsibilities

• Partner with AI researchers on algorithms and prompt engineering.
• Build datasets and frameworks for AI performance.
• Translate user insights into product features.

Skills

Patent Law

AI Technologies

Prompt Engineering

Client Relationship Management

Education

Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Life Sciences

Tools

Python

Job description

At Solve Intelligence, we’re building the AI-powered infrastructure for the global Intellectual Property landscape. We need a rare hybrid - a Legal and Product Engineer who sits at the exact intersection of patent law and AI innovation to ensure our engine is technically superior and legally airtight.

The Role: Legal and Product Engineer

This isn't your typical client-facing role or traditional R&D position. You are the bridge between the complex nuances of patent practice and the cutting-edge AI technology transforming it. You will translate the "language of law" into the "logic of code."

What You’ll Own

• AI Output Engineering: Partner with our AI researchers to iterate on algorithms and prompt engineering, specializing our LLMs for patent-specific tasks like claim analysis, prior art comparison, and obviousness assessments.
• Legal Benchmarking: Build proprietary datasets and evaluation frameworks to measure AI performance against real-world USPTO and international patent office requirements.
• Product Roadmap: Serve as the internal voice of the practitioner. You’ll translate deep client insights from global firms into high-priority product features.
• Strategic Partnership: Act as a technical thought partner for IP teams at firms like DLA Piper, leading pilots and ensuring our AI scales seamlessly across their prosecution and litigation workflows.
• Playbook Development: Document and scale best practices for AI adoption across diverse sectors, from biotech to deep-tech software.

About Solve Intelligence

• Traction: 20-30% MoM revenue growth; selling to 200+ global IP teams (DLA Piper, tech boutiques, and global enterprises).
• Proven Value: Users report 50-90% efficiency gains using our AI platform.
• Backing: Recently featured in Sifted following our $40M Series B announcement, bringing our total funding to $55M from elite investors including Y Combinator, 20VC, Visionaries and others.

Your Team

• Sanj (CRO): PhD in AI (Gatsby Unit, UCL), ex-Huawei R&D, former lead at Magic Carpet AI (acquired).
• Chris (CEO): PhD in AI (UCL), published researcher, ex-Dyson and Alan Turing Institute.
• Angus (CTO): MEng Computer Science, ex-Qualcomm and Coremont (Brevan Howard).

Who You Are

• Bilingual: You can speak "Patent" to an attorney and "Prompt" to an engineer without losing anything in translation.
• Speed & Feedback: You want to put tools in users' hands in days, not months, and you thrive on rapid iteration.
• Extreme Ownership: You take responsibility for the accuracy of our AI's legal reasoning and the success of our global client deployments.
• Driven & Humble: You are a high-achiever willing to go the extra mile to tackle unsolved AI problems in the patent space.

What You Bring

Must-Haves

• Qualified Professional: Admitted to practice before the USPTO, EPO or JPO.
• 3+ Years Experience: Direct experience in patent prosecution, understanding the "pain points" of the industry first-hand.
• Technical Foundation: Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Life Sciences.

Preferred & Nice-to-Haves

• AI Tinkerer: Hands-on experience with prompt engineering and LLM tools.
• Client-Facing Pro: Proven ability to manage relationships and lead strategic product demos.
• Coder-Lite: Familiarity with Python or a background in software development.
• Visionary: A deep belief that AI will fundamentally redefine the legal landscape.

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary + Significant Equity: We want you to have true ownership in the success of the company.
• Founding Impact: You will be the architect of how AI is applied to patent law globally.
• Support: Full visa sponsorship and private medical insurance.
• The Environment: Free meals and a seat at the table with an incredibly smart, ambitious team.

Ready to define the future of Intellectual Property? Apply now.

Compensation Range: $100K - $220K