R&D Attorney Legal AI

Job Description

Job Description

Salary range: $150K - $240K

Location: New York, San Francisco, South Bay Area, Los Angeles, Boston, Seattle, Texas, Chicago, Washington DC, Denver, Florida, Minnesota, Sacramento, Canada

Visa Sponsorship Details: Not open to any visas (e.g. US citizen, Green Card holders)

Remote work policy: Hybrid (3 days/week in office, Tue/Wed/Thu) for candidates within 50 miles of our San Mateo, CA, Provo, UT, or New York, NY offices. All other candidates can work remotely, with priority given to those in hub cities (SF Bay Area, Salt Lake City/Lehi/Provo, NYC, Toronto, Chicago, Waterloo, Seattle, Austin, Boston, DC/NoVA, LA/OC, Atlanta, Raleigh-Durham, Denver/Boulder, Vancouver, San Diego, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Miami), then those near a major airport.

About this role

We are looking for an R&D Attorney with 5+ years of legal experience to sit at the intersection of law and product — embedded directly with engineering teams to shape the AI features that in-house legal teams rely on every day. You'll bring deep legal expertise and a builder's mindset to help our client define what excellent legal AI actually looks like, from running evals to shipping new features alongside engineers.

What will you be doing?

• Embed with engineering squads to co-develop new features and products, serving as the legal voice and product partner throughout the build cycle

• Design and run rigorous evaluations (evals) to benchmark AI output quality against top-tier legal standards and competing models

• Translate real in-house legal workflows and customer feedback into clear product requirements and acceptance criteria

• AI-code using tools like Cursor and Claude to ship fixes, improvements, and new capabilities directly into the product

• Train internal sales and solutions teams on new features so they can confidently represent the product to customers

Key Requirements

• Licensed attorney with meaningful law firm training (AmLaw 100 firm strongly preferred) plus some in-house experience

• Top 50–100 law school pedigree; top undergrad or technical undergrad a plus

• Deep substantive expertise in at least one area of law (e.g. fintech, corporate/commercial, privacy, compliance, employment — non-tech industry backgrounds especially welcome)

• Genuine comfort using AI tools (Claude, Cursor, etc.) and a builder mentality — willingness to vibe-code and ship PRs within the first month

• Strong project management and cross-functional communication skills; no job-hopping (tenure matters)