Senior Legal AI Researcher

Posted 12 Hours Ago
Be an Early Applicant
Auckland, NZL
In-Office
Senior level
Software • Business Intelligence
The Role
The Senior Legal AI Researcher will develop custom AI models for legal tasks, mentor junior researchers, evaluate legal AI benchmarks, and improve legal operations through AI.
Summary Generated by Built In
Onit’s AI Labs are building custom AI models to automate tasks in legal operations, contracts, and spend management. We’re looking for an ambitious and experienced lawyer with an interest in AI who can be a subject matter expert that ensures the quality of our models.  

Responsibilities

    Embedded within the Models team, you will collaborate closely with AI scientists, engineers, and legal researchers to bridge legal expertise and model development. 

    • Translate legal domain knowledge into actionable model requirements 

    • Identify inefficiencies and pain points across legal processes, assessing opportunities for automation and AI-driven improvement 

    • Contribute to evaluation design, defining quality benchmarks for legal AI and building the frameworks to measure them 

    • Design and test internal tooling to accelerate model development workflows 

    • Mentor junior legal ai researchers on legal concepts and best practices 

What we’re looking for:

    • 5+ years of legal practice with a focus on contract review and negotiation, including strong familiarity with the full contract lifecycle and its stakeholders 

    • Exceptional communication skills across diverse audiences, with the ability to distil complex legal concepts for non-legal stakeholders 

    • Demonstrated interest in and understanding of AI technologies 

    • Ability to thrive in ambiguity 

    • In-house experience at an enterprise organisation (preferred) 

    • Experience managing legal spend and billing (preferred) 

    • Experience collaborating with software engineers or technical teams (preferred) 

Skills Required

  • 5+ years of legal practice
  • Experience with contract review and negotiation
  • Familiarity with the contract lifecycle
  • Understanding of AI technologies
  • In-house experience at an enterprise organization
  • Experience managing legal spend
  • Experience collaborating with technical teams
Am I A Good Fit?
beta
Get Personalized Job Insights.
Our AI-powered fit analysis compares your resume with a job listing so you know if your skills & experience align.

The Company
HQ: Houston, TX
302 Employees
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

Onit is a global leader of enterprise software and artificial intelligence platforms and products for legal, compliance, sales, IT, HR and finance departments. Our software transforms best practices into smarter workflows, better processes and operational efficiencies. With a focus on enterprise legal management, matter management, legal spend management, contract lifecycle management and legal holds, we operate worldwide and help global companies and billion-dollar legal departments bridge the gap between systems of record and systems of engagement. Onit is the only company in our space with two platforms: Our leading no-code business process automation platform, Apptitude, and our business intelligence platform, Precedent. Apptitude allows customers to create, modify and deploy new software products and custom workflows. Onit’s legal AI platform, Precedent, enables our software products to read, write, and reason like a lawyer. Combined, the two platforms enable customers to digitally transform legal operations by automating processes, reducing costs and maximizing productivity with industry-leading cloud-based software.

Similar Jobs

Xero Logo Xero

Customer Experience Specialist

Cloud • Fintech • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software
Hybrid
Auckland, NZL
4500 Employees

Xero Logo Xero

Customer Experience People Lead - Melio

Cloud • Fintech • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software
Hybrid
Auckland, NZL
4500 Employees

Halter Logo Halter

Account Manager

Greentech • Hardware • Internet of Things • Machine Learning • Software • Business Intelligence • Agriculture
In-Office
Auckland, NZL
350 Employees

Airwallex Logo Airwallex

Senior Account Executive

Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Payments • Business Intelligence • Financial Services • Generative AI
In-Office
Auckland, NZL
2200 Employees

Similar Companies Hiring

Bellagent Thumbnail
Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Business Intelligence • Generative AI
Chicago, IL
20 Employees
Kepler  Thumbnail
Fintech • Software
New York, New York
6 Employees
Onshore Thumbnail
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Software • Financial Services
New York, New York
60 Employees

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account