Staff AI Engineer - Lead AI Strategy for Legal Tech

Everlaw; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 228,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity program

401(k) retirement plan

Health, dental, and vision

FSA for health and dependent care

Job summary

Everlaw in Oakland, CA is seeking a Staff AI Engineer to shape and execute our AI strategy for a trillion-token scale legal tech platform. You will lead a core squad of AI engineers and guide the broader engineering organization.

This role emphasizes collaboration with security, data science, product design, and cloud infrastructure, staying on the cutting edge of frontier models, and mentoring others. If you have 6+ years in ML/AI, 8+ years in software, and proven production experience with

Qualifications

• At least 6 years in ML/AI and 8+ years in software engineering
• Led significant AI projects including production use of LLMs and NLP
• Proficient in a scripting language (Python)
• Strong appetite for continuous learning and knowledge sharing
• Excellent collaboration across teams and functions

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of Everlaw's AI strategy and frontier-model engagements
• Guide engineers across the company in applying AI and sharing learnings
• Collaborate with security, data science, product, and design teams to drive AI leadership
• Identify and prototype AI-enabled opportunities that advance the product and business

Skills

ML/AI experience

Software engineering

LLMs in production

Python scripting

Leadership

Job description

Everlaw in Oakland, CA is seeking a Staff AI Engineer to shape and execute our AI strategy for a trillion-token scale legal tech platform. You will lead a core squad of AI engineers and guide the broader engineering organization.

This role emphasizes collaboration with security, data science, product design, and cloud infrastructure, staying on the cutting edge of frontier models, and mentoring others. If you have 6+ years in ML/AI, 8+ years in software, and proven production experience with