Legal Engineer
San Francisco
- Salary
- $150,000 - $225,000 annually
- Level
- Mid
- Work type
- On-site · San Francisco
- Visa
- Not offered
Open. First seen 2 November 2026.
About the role
About the Role
Work across legal, customer, and product teams at an early-stage legal technology company. You will turn legal needs into reliable AI-powered workflows and help ensure clients are set up for success.
What You'll Do
- Map customer commercial needs into tailored legal workflows and manage onboarding.
- Review and validate AI-flagged legal issues for accuracy and completeness across documents and filings.
- Translate customer feedback and lawyer needs into clear product requirements for engineering.
- Improve prompts, modules, and automated workflows to make the platform more reliable.
- Build and refine legal workflows using Claude, MCP servers, CLI tools, and related AI capabilities.
What We're Looking For
- At least 2 years of combined experience in legal practice, legal technology, law firm innovation, or an in-house legal function; typically 2 to 8 years of relevant experience.
- A JD, 1 to 2 years of legal practice, or relevant experience at a legal technology company.
- Hands-on experience building with AI tools such as Claude, MCP servers, CLI tools, or code-generation tools. A computer science degree is not required.
- Experience translating legal needs into automated workflows, prompts, or product requirements.
- Strong contract judgment and the ability to assess AI-generated legal output for accuracy and completeness.
- Comfort taking ownership 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.
The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 200 open in Engineering. 134 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in March: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
LLM (96 of 200), TypeScript (87 of 200), Python (81 of 200), React (75 of 200), Machine Learning (50 of 200), PostgreSQL (38 of 200), Supabase (35 of 200)
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Posting history
Reposted once since 10 October 2026: a posting for this role in San Francisco was taken down and the role was posted again.
- 2 November 2026 – open (this posting)
- 25 October 2026 – closed 1 November 2026
- 10 October 2026 – closed 28 October 2026
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