Member of Technical Staff, Legal Research

Overview

This full-time role is remote and involves applied research focused on AI-powered legal reasoning. You will work with a research team at the intersection of large language models, agentic systems, and legal workflows—developing rigorous evaluation frameworks to measure, benchmark, and advance AI performance across complex legal tasks.

Responsibilities

• Design, own, and evolve evaluation frameworks for AI agents operating in legal domains, including benchmark suites, scoring methodologies, quality rubrics, and research-grade evaluation protocols.
• Conduct original research on legal reasoning, statutory interpretation, legal analysis, and workflow automation.
• Develop and curate datasets, case studies, and benchmark environments that reflect real-world legal challenges.
• Collaborate with AI researchers and engineers to evaluate and improve legal-focused models and agentic systems.
• Analyze model performance, reasoning quality, and failure modes across legal use cases.
• Publish internal research findings, best practices, and evaluation methodologies.
• Stay current with developments in legal technology, jurisprudence, regulatory environments, and AI research.
• Help establish industry-leading standards for legal AI evaluation and benchmarking.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in Law (JD, LLM, SJD, PhD in Law, or equivalent).
• Deep expertise in one or more legal domains, including corporate law, contracts, litigation, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, employment law, or public policy.
• Demonstrated experience conducting legal research, analysis, or policy work.
• Experience developing structured methodologies for assessing legal arguments, legal outcomes, or research quality.
• Exceptional analytical reasoning and written communication skills.
• Experience working across interdisciplinary teams involving research, technology, or legal operations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with legal technology, legal operations, or AI-enabled legal workflows.
• Background in legal benchmarking, legal research methodology, or legal knowledge management.
• Published legal scholarship, policy research, or contributions to legal standards and frameworks.

Compensation & Benefits

• National pay range (full-time): base salary of $200,000 $250,000.
• Equity compensation: all employees are eligible for equity compensation.
• Bonuses: employees may also receive performance-based bonuses, dependent on role and subject to company policies.
• Benefits package includes:
  • Up to 100% reimbursement for health-insurance premiums
  • Paid time off
  • A 401(K) plan with a company match
  • Additional benefits designed to support a high-performing, remote-first workforce

Location

Remote