Real Estate Attorney for AI Startup (Legal Solutions Architect)

Orbital Witness; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Legal Solutions Architect to redefine legal technology in the real estate sector. This role involves partnering with top law firms to leverage AI solutions that enhance workflows and efficiency. You will engage directly with clients, translating their needs into actionable insights for product development. Ideal candidates are US-qualified attorneys with a passion for technology and a strong understanding of legal processes. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to transforming property transactions through automation and AI, making a significant impact in the legal landscape.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Health insurance

Professional development opportunities

Remote work options

Team-building events

Qualifications

• 4+ years of legal practice in Real Estate Law required.
• Strong understanding of legal workflows and technology.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, showcasing AI solutions.
• Engage with legal stakeholders to identify AI use cases.

Skills

Real Estate Law

Client-facing skills

Legal workflows communication

Technology literacy

AI and software development knowledge

Adaptability in fast-paced environments

Education

US-qualified attorney

Tools

LegalTech tools

No-code tools

Job description

Description

We are Orbital, an AI company on a mission to automate the legal segment of every property transaction in the world. We build products that utilize the bleeding edge of Generative AI, including the latest foundation LLMs like OpenAI’s GPT-4o and o1 along with Anthropic’s Claude models. This places us at the forefront of THE most advanced technological advancements of our generation. We’re spearheading an unprecedented shift in how the world’s #1 asset class is transacted, globally.

Legal reasoning is a hard problem and requires some of the smartest and most experienced professionals to solve legal challenges for their clients. Because of this, we will continue to push ahead and use the most intelligent and the fastest foundational models to build an AI Assistant that can provide accurate, efficient, and reliable support to legal professionals in the world of real estate.

Already the trusted partner of thousands of lawyers and commercial real estate professionals in the UK, Orbital has become the go-to solution for streamlining property due diligence. Now, building on our early success in the U.S., our cutting-edge AI technology is trusted by top law firms like A&O Shearman, BCLP, Ropes & Gray, Goodwin Procter LLP, and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, as well as major organizations like First American. As we expand further into the U.S. market, we’re scaling our team to bring the same efficiency, accuracy, and automation that have transformed the industry in the UK to legal and real estate professionals across the country.

Bolstered by the support of some of the world's largest real estate, insurance companies, and VCs such as LocalGlobe, Seedcamp, JLL, First American Financial, and Investec, we’re on the lookout for exceptionally talented people to join us in shaping the future of property transactions.

Our vision

We believe that property transactions in this century shouldn't still rely on busy lawyers checking through documents and writing reports. We're building an automated AI solution for property diligence to make transactions more efficient and transparent for everyone.

Our mission

Our mission is to help any professional or individual involved in a property transaction to properly understand what they are getting into, from the outset, before incurring legal fees.

Our values

• We are Bold & Ambitious (changing an entire industry is hard!)
• We give Power to our People (we give exceptional people autonomy to succeed)
• We Question or Commit (we welcome debate, but love reaching quick decisions)
• … and we Eat that Frog! (we take on the hardest thing first)

Role Overview

Are you excited about using your experience as a real estate attorney to redefine how legal technology supports the property industry in the US? As a Legal Solutions Architect, you’ll play a key role in shaping how top law firms and corporate legal departments leverage AI to transform their day-to-day workflows. You’ll serve as a trusted advisor to prospective and current clients, helping them understand the tangible value of our solutions in the context of their legal practice. Your focus will be on empowering our commercial teams—Sales, Customer Success, and Business Development—to deliver impactful solutions to our clients as we expand into the US market while also using your expertise to help develop our product.

This role is ideal for a US-qualified real estate attorney with a passion for client-facing commercial activities and an interest in technology and product.

You’ll get a chance to:

• Partner closely with Account Executives to drive the legal “win” during the sales process by aligning our solutions to real-world legal workflows across practice areas.
• Engage with attorneys at law firms, title agencies, and real estate companies to uncover pain points and identify high-impact use cases for AI in legal work.
• Support tailored product demonstrations and discovery sessions that resonate with specific legal teams and practice groups.
• Build consultative, trust-based relationships with legal stakeholders by applying your legal training and experience.
• Translate customer feedback into actionable insights for product, sales, and marketing teams, acting as the legal “Voice of the Customer.”
• Contribute to go-to-market efforts by helping develop practice-area-specific content and collateral that speaks to lawyers’ unique needs.
• Collaborate with engineers and data scientists to provide ongoing feedback on product performance and ensure our solutions solve the right problems.
• Conduct market research and competitor analysis to inform sales strategies and product positioning.
• Help reinforce our market presence as a credible and forward-thinking legal technology partner.

Requirements

You should apply if:

• You are a US-qualified attorney with 4+ years in legal practice, specifically in Real Estate Law.
• You’re passionate about technology and working directly with product and engineering teams.
• You enjoy being customer-facing with sales, customer success, and business development teams.
• You have a strong understanding of how legal workflows operate and can effectively communicate these processes to both clients and internal teams.
• You are highly computer literate and excited about technology’s role in transforming legal services.
• You’re curious about AI and software development, particularly in the context of Large Language Models (LLMs), and have a strong desire to leverage these tools in your work.
• You’re adaptable and thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment.

It would also be nice if you:

• Have experience working with legal software or LegalTech tools, especially in a client-facing capacity.
• Have some in-house experience as a lawyer.
• Have experience training or onboarding clients, conducting demos, or hosting workshops.
• Have dabbled in programming, no-code tools, software integrations/plugins, or complex SaaS tools for work or personal projects.

Benefits

Salary Range: $140,000 - $190,000 (with OTE of $175,000-$237,500)

This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range and on target earnings for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on several factors, which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and business requirements.