Legal Engineer

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New York, NY, USA
Hybrid
Senior level
Legal Tech
The Role
Design, build, and implement legal technology and AI-driven contract automation solutions for clients and internal teams. Deliver CLM, document automation, and RAG/LLM integrations; structure templates and clauses; support process design, system configuration, testing, deployment, and enablement across engagements.
Summary Generated by Built In
With a legacy as a pioneer in the ALSP market, Factor leads the next evolution in legal services through AI-integrated contracting.
Factor is the market leader in Integrated Law™, combining the expertise of Traditional Law, the efficiency of New Law, and the close business integration of In-house legal to deliver complex legal work at scale.
 
Factor works alongside corporate legal departments to solve for the ever-increasing demands and complexity of transactional legal work. Our "do while transforming, transform while doing" approach combines specialist expertise, AI-powered solutions, and business process knowledge to deliver better performance, better business and legal outcomes, and a transformed contracting experience.
 
Our clients span Fortune 500 companies including global banks, major pharmaceutical companies and large technology firms.
We believe that the more diverse our team becomes — in backgrounds, skills, experiences, and perspectives — the higher our creative potential as a company. We are dedicated to growing a diverse, inclusive company where individuals of all backgrounds thrive.
 
We are comprised of more than 300 lawyers, legal specialists, technologists, and process consultants across Europe and North America – Join us!
 
The Role:

We are looking for a Legal Engineer to join our growing team, supporting both internal initiatives and client delivery. This role sits at the intersection of law, technology, and consulting, focused on transforming how legal work is delivered through automation, AI, and scalable solutions.

You will work closely with legal, technical, and business stakeholders to design, build, and implement innovative legal technology solutions, while contributing to both client engagements and internal product development.


Responsibilities

    Client Delivery & Consulting
  • Support and deliver legal tech and AI-driven transformation projects for clients
  • Work directly with clients to understand requirements and translate them into scalable legal solutions
  • Assist in the implementation of tools such as CLM systems, document automation platforms, and AI solutions
  • Contribute to process design and optimisation across contract lifecycle, compliance, and legal workflows
  • Help deliver high-quality outputs across multiple engagements, ensuring strong client experience and value delivery
  • Legal Engineering & Technology
  • Design and build automated workflows for contract management, approvals, and document generation
  • Structure legal documents into templates, clauses, and data points for reuse and automation
  • Support integration and use of AI tools (e.g. LLMs, document analysis tools, RAG systems)
  • Work with technical teams to configure, test, and deploy solutions
  • Assist in maintaining and improving internal tools, playbooks, and delivery frameworks
  • Internal Enablement
  • Contribute to the development of internal best practices, templates, and methodologies
  • Support internal teams in adopting legal tech and AI solutions
  • Work cross-functionally with legal, product, engineering, and commercial teams
  • Provide input into innovation initiatives and go-to-market offerings
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Essential Criteria

          • 5+ years’ experience in a legal engineering, legal tech, consulting, or legal innovation role
          • Background in law (qualified or non-qualified) or technical/engineering discipline with legal exposureExperience working with contracts, legal processes, or compliance workflow
          • Familiarity with legal tech tools (e.g. CLM, document automation, contract analytics platforms)
          • Exposure to AI/ML tools or LLM-based applicationsUnderstanding of process design, workflow automation, and system implementationBasic technical capability (e.g. APIs, low-code tools, data handling, or scripting) is beneficial
          • Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking
          • Ability to translate between legal, technical, and business stakeholdersExcellent communication and stakeholder management skills
          • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, client-facing environmenHighly collaborative with a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset

        

Desirable Criteria

  • Experience with tools such as Ironclad, DocuSign, ContractPod, Kira, Luminance, or similar
  • Exposure to frameworks such as LangChain, Azure OpenAI, or similar AI stacks
  • Experience working in a professional services or consulting environment

Additional Information
As a member of an ISO Compliant center, the candidate will be required to follow the policies and procedures on Information Security Management System in place at the Center of Excellence and globally at Factor. As a member of the Factor team, the applicant will have access to various company and client assets and will be required to maintain the level of security as identified for each asset.
 
Factor is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
For more, visit: factor.law

Skills Required

  • 5+ years' experience in legal engineering, legal tech, consulting, or legal innovation
  • Background in law (qualified or non-qualified) or technical/engineering discipline with legal exposure
  • Experience working with contracts, legal processes, or compliance workflow
  • Familiarity with legal tech tools (e.g., CLM, document automation, contract analytics platforms)
  • Exposure to AI/ML tools or LLM-based applications
  • Understanding of process design, workflow automation, and system implementation
  • Basic technical capability (e.g., APIs, low-code tools, data handling, or scripting)
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking
  • Ability to translate between legal, technical, and business stakeholders
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, client-facing environment
  • Follow Information Security Management System (ISO) policies and procedures
  • Experience with tools such as Ironclad, DocuSign, ContractPod, Kira, Luminance
  • Exposure to frameworks such as LangChain, Azure OpenAI, or similar AI stacks
  • Experience working in a professional services or consulting environment
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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
525 Employees
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

Over the last decade, we helped define the alternative legal services market. As an independent company, Factor defines a new category in the legal ecosystem, bringing together the strengths of Traditional Law, New Law and In-house Law to solve complex legal work at scale. We call this new category Integrated Law.

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