Legal Engineer – Legal AI Startup | San Francisco

  • San Francisco, California, United States
  • Full-Time
  • On-Site
  • 185,000-225,000 USD / Year

Job Description:

Lawyer who'd rather build than bill? Shape legal products that founders actually use.

A seed-stage legal-tech startup in San Francisco gives startups always-on legal support: lawyers on call, plus an AI platform that maps employment law across all 50 states, generates documents and workflows, and flags legal-health issues before they become problems. It's growing fast and is already well into seven figures in revenue. You'd be the link between customers, lawyers and engineers.

What you'll own

  • Onboarding and customisation calls with startup clients
  • Tailored legal workflows for each client (commercial contracts come up a lot), set up fast with the in-house LLM tools
  • Scoping tickets for engineering, then owning delivery, testing and output quality
  • Room to grow into head of legal engineering or a forward-deployed customer lead

Must-haves

  • A JD (strongly preferred), or real legal experience at a startup or in-house
  • Product-minded: you've scoped, shipped and owned a legal workflow or product, and can explain it in plain words
  • Experience at a startup or a very early-stage team; this isn't a role with a playbook handed to you
  • At least 3 years of experience
  • Working from the San Francisco office, 9-9-5

Bonus points

  • PM, solutions or legal-ops experience at a legal-tech or legal-AI company
  • Ex-founder or very early employee
  • Daily use of AI tools, and repeatable processes you built after doing a task once

What's in it for you

  • $185k–$225k base + 0.1–0.5% equity
  • A blank canvas at a small, fast-growing team
  • Flights covered for the on-site, and quick decisions

Good to know

  • Full-time, on-site in San Francisco, 9-9-5; no production coding required
  • Sponsorship is limited (US citizens, green card holders, H-1B, O-1, TN); please share your exact status
  • Process: intro call with the CEO → legal interview → product and workflow conversation (possibly a short assignment) → on-site → offer

When you apply, please include

  • Your CV (PDF) and your LinkedIn URL
  • Whether you have a JD, and a legal workflow or product you built, explained in a few sentences
  • Your current location, and confirmation that on-site San Francisco works for you
  • Your visa or citizenship status, and if you'll need sponsorship
  • Your base salary expectation, your notice period, and any other interview processes you're in

Does this sound like you? Apply now. If you're a match, we'll be in touch within 3 working days.

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