Research Scientist, AI and Law

Connect Legal Partners; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Connect Legal Partners is seeking a dedicated ML researcher to design experiments that test how AI systems respond to legal rules and competing obligations. You will build evaluation environments, training pipelines and runtime controls, collaborating with legal specialists to ground research in practical legal scenarios.

The role includes publishing results and releasing benchmarks or tools for the community.

Qualifications

• At least one year of research or ML engineering experience.
• Strong Python and modern machine learning skills are required.
• Evidence of work in AI safety, alignment or evaluation.
• Legal training or experience assessing model-based judges would be useful.

Responsibilities

• Design experiments to test how AI systems respond to legal rules and competing obligations.
• Build evaluation environments, training pipelines and runtime controls.
• Collaborate with legal specialists to ground research in practical legal situations.
• Own projects through publication and release benchmarks or tools for others to use.

Skills

Python

Machine Learning

AI safety

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/ML/related field

Job description

Design experiments that test how AI responds to legal rules and develop ways to evaluate the results.

The role

Design experiments exploring how AI systems respond to legal rules and competing obligations. You will build evaluation environments, training pipelines and runtime controls, working with legal specialists to ground the research in practical legal situations. The remit includes owning projects through publication and releasing benchmarks or tools that others can use to assess results.

What you will need

At least one year of research or machine learning engineering experience, alongside a relevant degree or equivalent practical experience. Strong Python and modern machine learning skills are required, with evidence of work in AI safety, alignment or evaluation. Legal training or experience assessing model based judges would be useful. The detailed brief requires US work authorisation without sponsorship.

What is on offer

• A full time, office-based San Francisco role, with attendance five days each week.
• Base salary is $185,000 to $250,000, with equity offered separately and responsibility for developing original research.