Senior Legal AI Engineer - Hybrid, Production-Grade Apps

Thomson Reuters; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 109,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Mental health days

Tuition reimbursement

401k with match

Job summary

Thomson Reuters is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Legal) for the CoCounsel Forward Deployed Engineering team. You will design, build, and deploy bespoke AI solutions for law firms and in-house legal teams, turning architectural direction into robust systems trusted by legal professionals.

You’ll collaborate with AI engineers and cross‑functional partners to deliver high‑impact, production‑ready software while adhering to DevOps, testing, and security standards in a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience with Python and production‑grade software.
• Experience evaluating AI/LLM outputs for legal use.

Responsibilities

• Bridge between legal teams and engineering to define requirements.
• Collaborate with AI engineers and stakeholders to deliver solutions.
• Develop software following the SDLC with testing and documentation.
• Mentor junior engineers and lead projects using Agile/Scrum.
• Deliver end-to-end solutions for legal clients.

Skills

Software engineering

Python

Prompt engineering

LLM eval

Communication

Agile/Scrum

Mentoring

Legal tech

Education

JD or legal training

Tools

DevOps

IaC

TDD

Job description

Thomson Reuters is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Legal) for the CoCounsel Forward Deployed Engineering team. You will design, build, and deploy bespoke AI solutions for law firms and in-house legal teams, turning architectural direction into robust systems trusted by legal professionals.

You’ll collaborate with AI engineers and cross‑functional partners to deliver high‑impact, production‑ready software while adhering to DevOps, testing, and security standards in a hybrid work setting.