Senior Legal AI Researcher

Responsibilities

Embedded within the Models team, you will collaborate closely with AI scientists, engineers, and legal researchers to bridge legal expertise and model development. 

• Translate legal domain knowledge into actionable model requirements 

• Identify inefficiencies and pain points across legal processes, assessing opportunities for automation and AI-driven improvement 

• Contribute to evaluation design, defining quality benchmarks for legal AI and building the frameworks to measure them 

• Design and test internal tooling to accelerate model development workflows 

• Mentor junior legal ai researchers on legal concepts and best practices 

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years of legal practice with a focus on contract review and negotiation, including strong familiarity with the full contract lifecycle and its stakeholders 

• Exceptional communication skills across diverse audiences, with the ability to distil complex legal concepts for non-legal stakeholders 

• Demonstrated interest in and understanding of AI technologies 

• Ability to thrive in ambiguity 

• In-house experience at an enterprise organisation (preferred) 

• Experience managing legal spend and billing (preferred) 

• Experience collaborating with software engineers or technical teams (preferred)