General Counsel – Technology Transactions & Legal AI (Remote $90–$200/hour)

Overview

Contractor/Part-Time Project opportunity for experienced in-house legal professionals to support a Legal AI training and evaluation initiative focused on technology transactions and contract-redlining workflows.

Location

Remote

Engagement

Contractor / Part-Time Project

Compensation

USD $90–$200/hour

Responsibilities

• Conduct simulated contract negotiations and redlining exercises based on realistic commercial scenarios.
• Review and assess AI-generated responses to complex contract scenarios.
• Evaluate whether AI-generated contract revisions appropriately identify and address legal and commercial risks.
• Provide structured expert feedback to improve model accuracy, reasoning, and output quality.
• Apply professional legal judgment when reviewing contractual provisions and proposed redlines.
• Develop objective evaluation frameworks and grading criteria to assess AI performance on contract-related tasks.
• Ensure evaluation criteria are rigorous, consistent, and grounded in real-world legal practice.
• Collaborate with product and research teams to improve training data, guidelines, evaluation methodologies, and best practices for AI-driven contract review.
• Contribute insights drawn from real-world in-house legal practice to improve the precision and commercial relevance of AI contract-review systems.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of in-house legal experience, with a strong focus on technology transactions.
• Deep hands-on experience negotiating MSAs, NDAs, DPAs, and other commercial technology agreements.
• Strong contract drafting, review, negotiation, and redlining capabilities.
• Excellent legal judgment and ability to identify meaningful commercial and contractual risks.
• Strong analytical ability and capacity to translate complex legal reasoning into clear, actionable feedback.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Ability to evaluate legal work objectively and consistently against defined criteria.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional or multidisciplinary teams in fast-paced environments.
• Strong interest in the intersection of law, technology, and artificial intelligence.
• Ability to work independently in a remote project environment.

U.S. legal credentials may be required for this opportunity; candidates should review the official application requirements regarding J.D. and U.S. bar admission before applying.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior exposure to AI, LegalTech, or AI training/evaluation initiatives.
• Experience using AI-enabled legal or contract-review technologies.
• Experience with technology companies, SaaS businesses, or other sophisticated commercial environments.
• Strong understanding of data privacy and technology-related contractual issues.
• Experience developing legal playbooks, evaluation criteria, or structured contract-review methodologies.
• Experience at a corporate law firm in areas such as M&A or private-equity fund formation is advantageous.

Core Contract Experience

Substantial hands-on experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and redlining commercial and technology agreements, particularly:

• Master Services Agreements (MSAs)
• Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)
• Data Processing Agreements (DPAs)
• SaaS and software agreements
• Technology transactions
• Commercial services agreements
• Data/privacy-related contractual provisions
• Other sophisticated B2B technology contracts

Key Skills

• Technology Transactions
• Commercial Contracting
• Contract Drafting
• Contract Review
• Contract Redlining
• Contract Negotiation
• In-House Legal Experience
• Legal Risk Assessment
• MSAs, NDAs, DPAs
• SaaS / Technology Agreements
• Legal Analysis
• Legal AI Evaluation
• Structured Feedback
• Attention to Detail

Why This Opportunity

This project supports work at the intersection of law and advanced artificial intelligence, leveraging real-world legal expertise to help improve AI interpretation of sophisticated commercial agreements, enhance AI-assisted contract-review/redlining capabilities, and establish rigorous benchmarks for evaluating AI legal reasoning.

Previous AI experience is not required; professional legal judgment and technology-transactions experience are the primary qualifications.