Legal Engineer

Clera; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship not available

Job summary

Clera is hiring for an early-stage legal technology role focused on turning legal work into reliable, AI-powered workflows. You will bridge legal needs, customers, and product development, supporting clients from onboarding through ongoing use.

The position requires experience in legal practice or legal tech, plus hands-on AI workflow development, with a startup-friendly, fast-moving approach.

Qualifications

• 2+ years combined experience in legal practice, legal tech, or in-house legal functions.
• JD or equivalent legal background.
• Hands-on experience with AI tools and automated workflows.
• Ability to translate legal needs into clear product requirements.
• Experience in early-stage startups or software customer onboarding is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Map customer commercial needs into tailored legal workflows and lead platform onboarding.
• Review and validate AI-flagged legal issues across client documents and filings.
• Turn customer feedback into product requirements for engineering.
• Improve prompts, modules, and workflows for reliability.
• Build and refine legal workflows using AI tools and command-line interfaces.

Skills

Legal practice

Legal technology

AI workflows

Client onboarding

Startup experience

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Legal degree

Tools

AI tools

AI coding assistants

MCP servers

Command-line tools

Job description

About the Role

Join an early-stage legal technology team as the bridge between legal needs, customers, and product development. You will help turn legal work into polished, reliable AI-powered workflows and support clients from onboarding through ongoing use.

What You'll Do

• Map customer commercial needs into tailored legal workflows and lead platform onboarding.
• Review and validate AI-flagged legal issues across client documents and filings.
• Turn customer feedback and lawyer needs into clear product requirements for engineering.
• Improve prompts, modules, and automated workflows to make the platform more reliable.
• Build and refine legal workflows using AI tools, MCP servers, and command-line tools.

What We're Looking For

• At least 2 years of combined experience in legal practice, legal technology, law firm innovation, or an in-house legal function. Relevant experience typically ranges from 2 to 8 years.
• A legal background, such as a JD, 1 to 2 years of legal practice, or experience at a legal technology company.
• Hands-on experience building with AI tools, including AI coding assistants, MCP servers, command-line tools, or code-generation workflows. A computer science degree is not required.
• Experience translating legal needs into automated workflows, prompts, or product requirements, and the ability to spot contract issues and assess AI-generated legal work.
• A resourceful, fast-moving approach, ideally with experience in an early-stage startup or software customer onboarding and implementation.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $150,000 to $225,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.