Senior Legal Engineer

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

Job summary

Clera is seeking a skilled professional to connect legal expertise with customer needs and product development in an early-stage legal tech company. You will translate requirements into reliable AI-assisted workflows, enhancing the platform from onboarding through ongoing use.

Responsibilities include mapping needs to custom workflows, validating AI-flagged issues, and turning feedback into engineering-ready product requirements.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in legal practice, legal tech, law firm innovation, or in-house legal work.
• JD or prior legal practice experience, or experience at a legal technology company.
• Hands-on experience building with AI tools, MCP servers, command-line tools, or code-generation workflows.
• Experience translating legal needs into automated workflows, prompts, or product requirements.
• Sound contract judgment and ability to assess AI-generated legal work for accuracy and completeness.
• Comfort owning problems end to end in a fast-moving startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Map customer needs into tailored legal workflows and guide clients through platform onboarding.
• Review and validate AI-flagged legal issues across customer documents and filings for accuracy and completeness.
• Turn customer feedback and legal team needs into clear product requirements for engineering.
• Improve prompts, workflow modules, and automated processes to make the platform more reliable.
• Build and refine legal workflows using AI tools, MCP servers, and command-line tools.

Skills

Legal practice

Legal tech experience

Product requirements translation

AI tools / prompts

Startup environment

Education

Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent

Tools

AI tools

MCP servers

Command-line tools

Code-generation workflows

Job description

About the Role

Connect legal expertise, customer needs, and product development at an early-stage legal technology company. You will help turn commercial and legal requirements into reliable AI-assisted workflows, improving the platform experience from onboarding through ongoing use.

What You'll Do

• Map customer needs into tailored legal workflows and guide clients through platform onboarding.

• Review and validate AI-flagged legal issues across customer documents and filings for accuracy and completeness.

• Turn customer feedback and legal team needs into clear product requirements for engineering.

• Improve prompts, workflow modules, and automated processes 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 in-house legal work, with 2 to 8 years of overall relevant experience.

• A JD or prior legal practice experience, or experience working at a legal technology company.

• Hands-on experience building with AI tools, 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.

• Sound contract judgment and the ability to assess AI-generated legal work for accuracy and completeness.

• Comfort owning problems end to end in a fast-moving startup environment.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $150,000 to $225,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

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