Legal Engineer

Lawyers On Demand; United States; Remote; USD 165,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Lawyers On Demand is seeking a Legal Engineer to bridge law and technology by designing and implementing tech-enabled legal solutions. You will work with attorneys, operations, and technology partners to automate workflows, manage data, and improve service delivery.

Ideal candidates have a J.D. or strong legal background, experience with AI and prompt engineering in legal settings, and proficiency with SQL, Python, APIs, and automation tools like Power Automate, ServiceNow, or Salesforce.

Qualifications

• J.D. or legal background is required.
• Experience with AI, generative AI, prompt engineering, or ML applications in legal environments.
• Knowledge of contract management, compliance, regulatory frameworks, and risk management.
• Experience with workflow automation tools such as Power Automate, ServiceNow, Salesforce, or similar platforms.
• Proficiency with SQL, Python, APIs, data visualization, or business intelligence tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize legal technology solutions and workflows.
• Analyze and improve legal processes for automation and risk reduction.
• Collaborate with legal, business, operations, and technology stakeholders to gather requirements.
• Manage legal data, reporting, and analytics for actionable insights.
• Lead evaluation and adoption of new legal technologies, including AI and automation tools.
• Develop user training, documentation, and change management strategies to drive adoption.

Skills

Legal background

AI / prompt engineering

Contract management

Workflow automation

SQL / Python / APIs

Education

J.D. or equivalent

Tools

Power Automate

ServiceNow

Salesforce

Job description

Our client, a large AI company, is seeking a Legal Engineer. In this role, you will connect legal practice and technology by designing, implementing, and optimizing technology-enabled legal solutions. You will work closely with attorneys, legal operations teams, business stakeholders, and technology partners to improve legal processes, automate workflows, manage legal data, and improve the delivery of legal services through innovative technology solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Design, implement, and optimize legal technology solutions, including contract lifecycle management, document automation, eDiscovery, matter management, and AI-enabled platforms.
• Analyze and improve legal workflows by identifying opportunities for automation, standardization, efficiency, and risk reduction.
• Partner with legal, business, operations, and technology stakeholders to gather requirements and translate legal needs into scalable technical solutions.
• Manage legal data, reporting, and analytics to provide actionable insights, track performance metrics, and support strategic decision-making.
• Lead the evaluation, implementation, integration, and adoption of new legal technologies, including generative AI and workflow automation tools.
• Develop user training, documentation, and change management strategies to drive successful implementation and maximize technology utilization.
• Requirements:
• J.D. or legal background is required.
• Experience with AI, generative AI, prompt engineering, or machine learning applications in legal environments.
• Knowledge of contract management, compliance, regulatory frameworks, and risk management.
• Experience with workflow automation tools such as Power Automate, ServiceNow, Salesforce, or similar platforms.
• Proficiency with SQL, Python, APIs, data visualization, or business intelligence tools.

Details

Hours: Full time (40 hours per week)

Start Date: As soon as the right candidate is identified

Location: 100% remote

Pay Rate: Starting at $130/hour, with flexibility for candidate requirements

Lawyers on Demand, a Consilio Company, is one of the largest and fastest growing global legal services businesses, and as a ‘new law’ pioneer, we continue to lead the market we’ve created.

With a global team of over 600 attorneys and consultants working across our secondments, legal advisory services, and legal operations & tech solutions, we want you to be a part of our exciting journey!

What sets us apart?

People join us for a range of reasons - the life of an LOD lawyer is like no other.

• CV-enhancing work with global brands: We provide our people with varied, challenging, career-enhancing work with world-class global brands, allowing them to take control of their career and diversify their experience across a range of industries.
• No limits: We’ve helped open doors, break glass ceilings, facilitate the transition from private practice to in-house, and develop career pathways to become a GC. Whatever direction you want to take your career, we can help you get there.
• You call the shots: We take work-life balance pretty seriously. You can work on-site with our clients or remotely, undertake full-time or part-time assignments, or assignments that are for set months of a year – it's your choice!
• You’re never on your own: Throughout your LOD career, you’ll become part of a community. You’ll be supported by your LOD colleagues and our HQ team, LOD social events, and receive training opportunities to assist in your ongoing growth and development.
• Our Ways Of Working help shape who we are and what we do: we deliver, we are creative, we are inclusive, we care & collaborate, and we are trusted.
• We’re global: LOD can provide you with local, interstate and international working opportunities.

LOD is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity and inclusion is a core part of our Ways of Working, and we celebrate and embrace it. We know the individual differences of our people make us collectively better and we encourage all applicants; including people with disability, career breaks, gender diverse, LGBTQIA, and culturally diverse communities to join us so we can do great things together.