Legal Engineer (Lawyer) - Leading Global Law Firm

A prestigious international law firm is seeking a Legal Engineer to join its expanding Innovation team in London. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced, qualified lawyer who is passionate about the intersection of law and technology, particularly artificial intelligence

Key responsibilities:

• Engage with partners, associates, trainees, and knowledge lawyers across relevant practice areas to understand how matters are run and identify processes where AI can add significant value.
• Translate legal requirements into structured prompts, workflows, and playbooks that the firm's AI platforms can execute reliably.
• Redesign traditional legal work for an AI-first approach by going beyond current AI-enabled workflows to innovate new ways of working.
• Establish credibility as a hands-on expert on legal problems solved with AI such as drafting contractual provisions, analysing filings or briefs, knowledge retrieval, and matter management.
• Design, build, prototype quickly, test rigorously for reliability, and hand over robust workflows on the firm's AI platforms to knowledge lawyers for ongoing ownership.
• Lead the firm's efforts on AI quality assurance and benchmarking by developing rigorous evaluation frameworks and ensuring high standards are maintained.
• Run regular engagement sessions with knowledge lawyers and applied AI experts to keep them updated ...