Principal AI Engineer - Legal Technology

Location: Remote (US/Canada)

About Us

We're building the AI operating system for corporate legal teams - combining cutting-edge LLMs with deep legal domain expertise to transform how in-house counsel operates. Backed by top-tier investors and growing at unprecedented speed ($1.5M ARR in 7 months), we're solving complex challenges at the intersection of AI and legal workflows.

The Opportunity

As our Principal AI Engineer, you'll:

1. Architect the core AI systems powering a $1T market transformation
2. Work alongside our technical leadership (ex-Replit/Shopify)
3. Define how LLMs are applied to legal reasoning and document analysis
4. Build systems that immediately impact thousands of legal professionals

What You'll Build

🔹 Legal-Specific AI Architecture - Design systems for contract analysis, compliance checks, and legal research

🔹 Multi-Agent Workflows - Create AI agents that collaborate like human legal teams

🔹 RAG Systems - Develop proprietary retrieval methods for legal knowledge bases

🔹 Evaluation Frameworks - Establish metrics for legal AI accuracy and reliability

Tech Stack & Requirements

▸ 8+ years software engineering (2+ years AI-focused)

▸ Deep expertise with:

1. LLM optimization and deployment
2. TypeScript/Node.js production systems
3. AI safety and reliability patterns

▸ Preferred Experience:

1. Legal text processing/NLP
2. Multi-agent systems
3. Vector databases/embedding architectures

Why Join?

Technical Leadership

1. Report directly to technical founders
2. Set AI strategy for the entire platform
3. Publish/blog about novel legal AI approaches

Elite Compensation

1. 170K−170K−230K base + significant equity
2. 100% covered healthcare
3. Remote-first with Bay Area hub

Growth Environment

1. Work with state-of-the-art LLMs daily
2. Mentor rising AI engineers
3. Attend leading AI conferences

Who We're Seeking

You're the ideal candidate if you:

✅ Have shipped production AI systems at scale

✅ Enjoy both high-level architecture and hands-on coding

✅ Thrive in fast-moving startup environments

✅ Want to redefine an entire profession with AI

Impact Timeline

30 Days: Master our legal domain and current AI systems

90 Days: Ship major AI capabilities to production

1 Year: Define industry standards for legal AI implementation

Apply now to build the future of legal technology.