Legal Engineer

Ashurst Perkins Coie Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 146,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

401(k) plan

Medical insurance

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Ashurst Perkins Coie Group is seeking a Legal Engineer to design and deploy AI-enabled legal workflows. You will translate business and legal requirements into scalable tools and collaborate with attorneys, business professionals, and technical teams to deliver client value.

This role emphasizes responsible AI deployment, governance, privacy, and ongoing documentation, with a focus on innovation across the firm’s legal operations and technology practices.

Qualifications

• Experience designing AI-enabled workflows and automation solutions.
• Knowledge of generative AI, LLMs, APIs, and prompt engineering.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• 5+ years in a law firm or corporate legal environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize AI-enabled legal workflows.
• Ensure governance, privacy, security, and risk controls for AI deployments.
• Collaborate with attorneys and tech teams to drive adoption and measure outcomes.

Skills

AI workflows

Generative AI

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Harvey

Legora

Microsoft Copilot

Claude

Job description

Legal Engineer

At Ashurst Perkins Coie US LLP, our people are our greatest asset. We're looking for a collaborative, detail-oriented Legal Engineer to join our team and help deliver an exceptional employee experience.

In this role, working with strategic direction from a K&I attorney and substantial independence in execution, the Legal Engineer delivers practice- and client-facing workflows that apply process improvement methods and legal technology — with a particular emphasis on AI — to solve business and client problems.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or in the future.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, and optimize AI-enabled legal workflows and agent solutions by translating business and legal requirements into scalable, user-focused tools that improve efficiency, quality, and client value.
• Ensure responsible and effective deployment of AI solutions by incorporating governance, privacy, security, ethical standards, risk controls, testing protocols, and ongoing documentation to support adoption and long-term maintenance.
• Collaborate with attorneys, business professionals, and technical teams to identify high-impact use cases, manage projects, drive user training and adoption, measure solution success, and advance firmwide innovation through emerging AI technologies.

What You'll Bring

• Proven experience designing, building, and optimizing AI-enabled workflows and automation solutions, with the ability to translate legal and business needs into structured processes while understanding where professional judgment and legal expertise are required.
• Strong knowledge of generative AI technologies, including large language models (LLMs), agents, APIs, prompt engineering, and related tools, coupled with expertise in responsible AI, data privacy, risk management, project execution, and complex problem-solving.
• A bachelor’s degree.
• Five or more years of relevant experience in a law firm, corporate legal department, legal services organization, legal technology environment, or a related legal innovation, operations, workflow design, or technology-enabled service delivery role, with exceptional communication, collaboration, and client service skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading and managing stakeholder teams, including cross-functional project teams, with the ability to drive initiatives, coordinate stakeholders, and deliver results in complex professional services environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise generative AI platforms — such as Harvey, Legora, Microsoft Copilot, Claude, or similar technologies — along with knowledge of legal technology solutions for document automation, workflow orchestration, document review, contract analysis, legal research, and business process automatio
• Law degree, paralegal certificate, or equivalent legal training.

Why Join Ashurst Perkins Coie?

Join a collaborative, high-performing team where your expertise will help shape the employee experience across our global organization. In this role, you will combine legal expertise, fluency with generative AI technologies, creative problem-solving, and a client-service mindset to design innovative, AI-enabled legal workflows that enhance efficiency and deliver meaningful value. If you are passionate about driving innovation, improving the way legal services are delivered, and making a lasting impact for attorneys, clients, and business professionals, you will find exciting opportunities to grow your career while helping shape the future of legal operations and technology at the firm.

This position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, 401(k) plan, medical, dental, and vision insurance, accrued paid time-off plan starting at 20 days annually, personal medical and parental leave, up to 10 paid holidays, and family care benefits. More information regarding benefits and programs may be found here.

This position may be filled in the following locations. The listed compensation range reflects the typical pay for this role, though it is rare for new hires to receive an offer at the top of the range. Actual compensation may vary depending on experience, skills, market conditions, and internal equity

Colorado compensation range: $ 138,450.00 to $218,880.00 annually

Illinois compensation range: $ 146,110.00 to $231,010.00 annually

Oregon compensation range: $ 140,200.00 to $ 221,650.00 annually

Washington DC Compensation range: $ 157,720.00 to 249,360.00 annually

Washington State compensation range: $ 146,040.00 to $ 230,890.00 annually

Applications for this position will be accepted through November 27, 2026.