Senior Legal Engineer, CoCounsel FDE

FDE Times

Frisco (TX)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Vacation

Mental Health Days

Headspace App Access

401(k) With Company Match

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Incentive Programs

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Holidays

Parental Leave

Sabbatical Leave

Fitness Reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible Spending Account

Health Savings Account

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Adoption and Surrogacy Assistance

Commuter Benefits

Paid Volunteer Days

Job summary

FDE Times is seeking an experienced software engineer to design, build, test, and deploy secure AI-powered solutions for legal workflows in collaboration with legal customers.

You will evaluate AI outputs, optimize prompts, and ensure robust cloud deployments while mentoring engineers and aligning with product, engineering, legal, and design teams.

Qualifications

Requires a JD, formal legal training, or equivalent legal-practice experience.
At least five years of professional software engineering experience with strong Python skills.
Experience with distributed and cloud-native systems, AI and LLM evaluation, legal-domain prompt engineering, and secure engineering.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

Design, build, test, and deploy secure, scalable software and AI solutions for legal workflows.
Partner with legal customers to translate needs into technical products.
Evaluate and optimize legal AI outputs and prompts; support reliable cloud deployments.
Mentor engineers and collaborate across product, engineering, legal, and design teams.

Skills

Python

Software Engineering

Legal Domain Expertise

Distributed Systems

Microservices

Cloud-Native Architecture

API Development

AI and LLM Evaluation

Prompt Engineering

DevOps

Infrastructure as Code

Containerization

Orchestration

Secure Engineering

Legal Workflow Analysis

Technical Mentoring

Education

JD or equivalent legal training

Tools

Cloud-Native Systems

AI/LLM Evaluation Tools

Job description

Design, build, test, and deploy secure, scalable software and AI solutions for legal workflows, partnering directly with legal customers to translate their needs into technical products. Evaluate and optimize legal AI outputs and prompts, support reliable cloud deployments, manage technical debt, mentor engineers, and collaborate across product, engineering, legal, and design teams.

Requirements

Requires a JD, formal legal training, or equivalent legal-practice experience, fluency in legal terminology, and at least five years of professional software engineering experience with strong Python skills. Candidates should have experience with distributed and cloud-native systems, AI and LLM evaluation, legal-domain prompt engineering, and secure engineering, along with strong communication and collaboration skills.

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