Legal Ai Engineer

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OUR STORY

At ContractPodAi, we're pioneering the future of legal with Leah—the operating system for legal. Leah Agentic AI coordinates specialized AI agents across Leah’s suite of solutions, including industry-leading Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), to transform how legal teams work and create value.

Leah doesn't just automate tasks—it uncovers hidden opportunities and transforms legal knowledge into business advantage. Our platform breaks down silos between legal, business, and executive teams, helping organizations discover revenue opportunities, minimize risks, and turn legal insights into strategic decisions.

We know innovation happens when great people come together to solve business problems. ContractPodAi is a fast-growing team of innovators spread across London, New York, Glasgow, San Francisco, Toronto, Dubai, Sydney, Mumbai, Pune, and beyond. Here, you'll:

• Pioneer the future of legal AI and business transformation
• Make real impact by helping organizations unlock hidden value
• Collaborate with talented colleagues across continents

If you're excited by cutting-edge technology, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and want to help build something revolutionary, we want to hear from you.

THE OPPORTUNITY
We are looking for a Legal AI Engineer to play a key role in shaping the future of legal technology. This is a unique opportunity for a legally qualified professional with experience in prompt engineering, a strong understanding of AI, and excellent interpersonal skills.

You’ll join our Implementations Group, where you’ll collaborate with AI researchers, legal engineers, product managers, and clients to develop transformative AI-driven legal solutions. You'll act as the subject matter expert on applying GenAi to real-world legal challenges, helping redefine how legal teams work.

WHY JOIN US?

• Work at the cutting edge of legal tech and AI innovation.
• Solve meaningful challenges that directly impact legal professionals.
• Be part of a collaborative, fast-moving team that values creativity, ownership, and legal expertise.
• Help shape the future of how law and technology intersect.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Be the Legal-AI Liaison: Act as the subject matter expert bridging the gap between legal teams and AI/engineering teams, guiding the responsible application of AI in legal workflows.
• Design & Develop Prompts: Craft, test, and optimise high-quality prompts tailored to legal use cases such as contract review, risk analysis, compliance support, and clause extraction.
• Curate Legal Datasets: Identify, clean, annotate, and manage legal data for training and evaluation of AI systems, such as contracts, statutes, case summaries, or internal precedents.
• Train and Educate: Support internal, partners and client teams in understanding and effectively using AI legal tools, ensuring adoption and alignment with legal strategy.
• Test and Optimise AI Models: Collaborate with AI researchers to fine-tune LLMs, evaluate outputs, and improve prompt effectiveness.
• Build Legal Guardrails: Define frameworks to ensure AI-generated outputs adhere to legal standards and ethical boundaries.
• Support Deployment: Work closely with engineering and product teams to implement, test, and launch features into production.
• Stay Ahead of the Curve: Monitor developments in generative AI and identify opportunities for integration into our legal platform.
• Ensure Legal Alignment: Collaborate cross-functionally to align AI solutions with real-world legal needs, compliance, and user experience.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

• Qualified lawyer (e.g. solicitor, barrister, or equivalent), with in-house, private practice, or academic experience.
• Proven experience with prompt engineering and working with LLMs such as GPT.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently across technical and non-technical audiences.
• A passion for innovation and applying AI to legal processes.
• Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams including product, legal, and engineering.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently.
• A proactive mindset, keen to learn and stay up to date with AI trends.
• Bonus: Multi-lingual capabilities.
• Bonus: Experience with Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platforms, AI tools or document automation tools.

BENEFITS:

• Opportunity to work in a fast-moving, high-growth SaaS company
• Competitive Salary
• Paid Time off
• Generous Employee Referral program

At ContractPodAi we believe in creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels heard and valued. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.