Legal Engineer / Midtown / AI + ex Lawyer

New York, NY, US • Posted 30+ days ago • Updated 27 minutes ago

Full Time

On-site

$170000 - $220000/yr

Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC

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Skills

Research
User Experience
Specification Gathering
JD
Management
Fluency
Scripting
Mapping
Reasoning
Electronic Discovery
Machine Learning (ML)
Product Innovation
Systems Design
Roadmaps
Law
Collaboration
Research and Development
Startups
Acquisition
Litigation
Regulatory Compliance
Workflow
Legal
Artificial Intelligence

Summary

Legal Engineer - AI for Litigation, Investigations & Corporate Legal
Location: Hybrid, NYC (4 days onsite)
Team: Advanced AI Platform / AI Labs
Type: Full-Time

A fast-moving AI team is building next-generation systems for litigation, investigations, compliance, and corporate legal work-and is looking for a Legal Engineer who blends real legal experience with strong technical instincts. This role sits at the intersection of law, product, AI research, and user experience.
What You'll Do

Shape legal datasets representing litigation, investigations, compliance, privilege review, ECA, and corporate workflows.
Define product capabilities by translating authentic legal processes into structured workflows, task specs, and agentic patterns for AI systems.
Work directly with clients to explain capabilities, gather feedback, and help position the platform to in-house legal teams and law firms.
Prototype and build using LLMs, scripting, and rapid experimentation to turn ideas into functional demos or workflows.
Execute quickly in a fast-paced environment with high ownership and tight iteration cycles.

What We're Looking For
Required

JD + active/prior bar membership.
2-8+ years in litigation, investigations, regulatory/compliance, e-discovery, or adjacent corporate legal work.
Hands-on experience with real workflows: privilege review, depositions, factual development, custodian interviews, matter management, etc.

Technical / Product Orientation

Fluent working with engineers and product teams.
Ability to prompt LLMs, analyze outputs, use AI tools, or write light scripts.
Strong intuition for mapping legal reasoning ? data, rules, workflows, and model behaviors.

Mindset

Builder/hacker mentality; creative but rigorous.
High execution, comfortable with ambiguity, iteration, and rapid experimentation.
Motivated to help invent the next generation of legal AI-not just use it.

Nice to Have

Experience with e-discovery platforms or investigative workflows.
Exposure to ML/AI concepts, synthetic data, or structured knowledge systems.
Background in legal tech, product, innovation, or R&D-style roles.

Why Join

Work with top AI researchers and engineers on a first-of-its-kind legal AI platform.
Directly shape system design, roadmap, and capabilities used by major enterprises and leading law firms.
High-impact, startup-style environment with rapid iteration, ownership, and deep collaboration.
Build foundational technology that will define the future of legal practice.

About the Team (Concise)
A small, highly technical R&D group operating like a startup inside a globally respected legal services organization. Born from a cutting-edge AI acquisition, the team builds advanced systems for litigation, investigations, compliance, and complex corporate workflows-moving fast, experimenting constantly, and pushing the boundary of what's possible in legal AI.

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Dice Id: 10105282
Position Id: 801692
Posted 30+ days ago

Company Info

About Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC

Motion Recruitment delivers IT Talent Solutions for Contract, Direct Hire, Managed Solutions and Statement of Work to all of North America from our 21 delivery centers. Our high-touch, specialized, team-based recruitment model’s success is proven through our exemplary track record in filling the most challenging IT positions for startup and enterprise clients alike. Our hyper-specialized tech focus results in a truly consultative approach for both our clients and candidates, within our recruiting areas of expertise: Software, Mobile, Data, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Product + UX and Functional.

Motion also delivers IT Consulting Solutions through the Motion Consulting Group (MCG) that create true digital transformation for IT projects in Agile Development & Coaching, DevOps & DevSecOps Solutions, and Managed Services for IT Operations.

We’re also the proud creators of Tech in Motion and the Timmy Awards, our North American community platform, events series and award program that connects over 250,000 tech enthusiasts to meet, learn, and innovate.

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