Legal Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Serve as the subject-matter expert for removal defense, overseeing the complete matter lifecycle from intake and NTA review to master and individual hearings, relief applications, BIA appeals, and bond proceedings.

• Translate legal expertise into product specifications, workflows, and acceptance criteria tailored for engineers.

• Create, test, and enhance prompts, templates, and checks for the AI agent's immigration tasks, including EOIR filings, I-589 and cancellation of removal submissions, evidence indexes, and country conditions research.

• Develop evaluation sets based on actual matter types and assess output quality from a practitioner's perspective.

• Ensure the product remains up-to-date with changes in policy, EOIR practices, and agency guidance, working in conjunction with the Legal Data librarian to maintain the firm's contextual framework.

• Collaborate with attorneys, paralegals, and intake teams to identify inefficiencies and enhance the product or firm setup.

• Conduct training sessions and workshops, monitor platform adoption, and evaluate time spent per matter, filing turnaround, and the number of matters addressed by each attorney.

• Provide firm feedback to the Product team and assist in prioritizing future development initiatives.

• Develop playbooks for configuring and supporting immigration firms.

• Assist in exploring how the model can be adapted to other immigration practice areas.

⛳️ Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree and active admission to at least one state bar in the US.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in removal defense, managing your own caseload in immigration court, including detained and non-detained cases, master and individual hearings, as well as relief applications and appeals.

• Familiarity with federal court processes for immigration clients, including habeas petitions and mandamus actions.

• A comprehensive understanding of where immigration practices experience inefficiencies, along with innovative solutions to address them.

• Comfort with technology and hands-on experience in building workflows, templates, or automations, setting up case management systems, or utilizing generative AI in your practice without needing to be a programmer.

• Strong judgment regarding AI risks in high-stakes legal environments: knowing what can be automated, what requires attorney oversight, and how to differentiate between the two.

• Excellent communication skills with both attorneys and engineers, capable of articulating a cancellation of removal standard to a developer and explaining a data model to a managing partner.

• Ability to navigate ambiguity and establish your own priorities within a dynamic team setting.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits: 'Premium' plan with 100% coverage for employees and 50% coverage for dependents.

• Vacation package: 20 days plus 11 Federal holidays and 1 day of Birthday leave.

• 401k plan with matching contributions up to 2% of your salary.

• Meaningful early-stage share options.

• Opportunity to work remotely for one month.

• High-spec MacBook provided.

• Regular team-building activities and social events!