US Contract Attorney — Transactional

Confidential; United States; Remote; USD 124,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Zekai is seeking experienced US transactional attorneys for an evergreen talent pool with a leading AI lab. This fully remote contract role offers ongoing opportunities as new AI and legal data projects launch; applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and matched to suitable work.

You will evaluate AI-generated responses to transactional tasks, draft concise justifications grounded in US law, and help design realistic prompts and model answers drawn from your practice in M&A, finance, or

Qualifications

• Active US bar membership is required.
• 3+ years of US transactional practice (M&A, finance, commercial contracts, corporate matters).
• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.
• Clear writing and meticulous attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Compare AI-generated responses to transactional tasks and decide which is stronger with reasoning.
• Write concise justifications grounded in source documents and US law.
• Create realistic legal prompts, fact patterns and model answers from transactional experience.
• Flag errors, gaps and risky advice in AI-generated content.
• Attend onboarding and calibration sessions.

Skills

US transactional practice

Active bar membership

Education

J.D. from ABA-accredited law school

Job description

About the Role

our partner is partnering with a leading AI lab to train frontier models on high-quality legal reasoning data. This is an evergreen talent pool for experienced US Transactional attorneys — by applying, you join a standing bench and are considered for ongoing and upcoming legal-AI projects as they launch. We review applications on a rolling basis and reach out when work that fits your background comes up.

Typical work includes recurring side-by-side evaluations and legal dataset generation: you'll compare AI-generated legal work, judge which response is stronger and why, and create realistic transactional tasks and reference answers.

What You'll Do

• Compare pairs of responses to transactional tasks (contract drafting, redlines, issues lists, due diligence summaries and deal analyses) and decide which is stronger, with clear reasoning




• Write concise justifications grounded in the source documents and applicable US law




• Create realistic legal prompts, fact patterns and model answers drawn from your transactional experience




• Flag errors, gaps and risky advice in AI-generated legal content




• Attend onboarding and calibration sessions

You're a Good Fit If You

• Are admitted to practice in at least one US state (active bar membership)




• Have 3+ years of US transactional practice, such as M&A, finance, capital markets, commercial contracts or corporate matters




• Hold a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school




• Write clearly and pay close attention to detail

Bonus Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience at an AmLaw 100 firm (strongly preferred)




• Prior work on legal AI projects with our partner




• Prior data annotation, AI evaluation or legal-benchmark experience

Role Highlights

• Evergreen talent pool — apply once and be considered for ongoing projects as they launch




• Fully remote, flexible hours; recurring tasks as new work comes up




• Applications reviewed on a rolling basis

This is a 100% remote contract role. Applicants must be located in: United States.