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About the Role

As our Associate, Legal Engineering, you'll play a key role in shaping how Litera's AI-powered products understand and analyze complex legal documents. You'll partner closely with product, engineering, and design teams to drive the development of intelligent features grounded in real legal workflows, and your work will directly influence the accuracy, usability, and value our tools deliver to the world's leading law firms, professional service firms, and corporations. This is a high-visibility role ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-moving, collaborative environment and wants to make a measurable difference from day one.

Responsibilities

Define the roadmap for Kira and other Litera legal tech products, ensuring every feature reflects how lawyers actually work.
Develop and refine "smart fields" — ML algorithms that automatically locate key provisions in securities, financing, and other transactional documents.
Experiment with and validate LLM-driven prompting within Litera products, raising accuracy and usability for end users.
Maintain deep awareness of developments in transactional law and continuously identify new document types and data points worth building into the platform.
Advise engineering teams on how legal processes work in practice, preventing design choices that would create friction for attorneys.
Train and validate models across diverse document sets, ensuring consistent, reliable output that clients can trust at scale.
Identify inefficiencies in current workflows and recommend changes that accelerate delivery and improve product quality.
Translate complex legal concepts into actionable product requirements that deliver measurable value to the world's leading firms and corporations.

Requirements

JD with active bar admission in at least one U.S. state or Canadian province.
Two or more years of transactional law experience at a law firm, in-house legal team, or legal service provider.
Strong interest in legal technology and artificial intelligence, with a willingness to experiment with new tools.
Exceptional attention to detail, analytical skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills paired with a client-service mindset.
Self-motivated and able to work independently while collaborating effectively across cross-functional teams.
Experience in debt financing transactions.
Background in legal operations, legal program management, or contract management systems.
Hands-on exposure to AI, machine learning, or generative AI tools.
Prior experience working with or within a legal technology company.

Skills

Legal Tech
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Generative AI
Prompting
Transactional Law
Legal Processes
Product Requirements
Communication Skills
Analytical Skills
Client Service

Location

Toronto
Austin
Chicago
Denver
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Raleigh

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Associate
Two or more years of transactional law experience

Education Level

Salary/Compensations

$80,000 to $97,000 USD
$115,000 to $133,000 CAD

Benefits

Medical coverage
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
Retirement savings plan with company match
Incentive and recognition programs

About the Company

At Litera, we don’t just build software, we transform how the world’s top law firms operate. Every day, we Raise The Bar™️ for what’s possible through AI, innovation, and solutions that power millions of legal professionals worldwide. If you’re energized by scale, real impact, and meaningful challenges, you’ll feel right at home here.

Equal Opportunity

Litera is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
If you need accommodations at any point in the process or in the role, we’re here to support you.