Legal Knowledge Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Convert legal reasoning, workflows, and procedural requirements into organized AI-driven systems.

• Create decision trees, escalation frameworks, workflow logic, and prompt structures specifically for family law processes.

• Work alongside attorneys and operational teams to discover opportunities for automation and enhance processes.

• Assist in structuring and maintaining repositories of institutional legal knowledge, workflow playbooks, and operational guidance systems.

• Develop and enhance AI prompts, retrieval systems, and workflow orchestration logic.

• Aid in the creation of AI-based intake systems, document automation workflows, and client communication platforms.

• Collaborate with product managers, developers, and AI engineers during implementation and testing phases.

• Help establish quality assurance, human-review, and escalation protocols for AI-generated outputs.

• Monitor AI outputs to ensure consistency, quality, compliance, and operational efficiency.

• Engage in testing, iteration, and optimization of AI-supported legal workflows.

• Assist in documenting legal workflows, system logic, and governance procedures.

• Keep abreast of emerging AI technologies, trends in legal tech, and changing regulatory considerations affecting AI in legal services.

⛳️ Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD), paralegal certification, legal operations experience, or equivalent practical experience in legal workflows.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in legal operations, legal technology, workflow design, legal process engineering, product operations, or related areas.

• Strong comprehension of legal workflows, procedural systems, and the design of operational processes.

• Outstanding analytical skills and systems thinking capabilities.

• Ability to translate intricate legal concepts into structured workflows and operational frameworks.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong organizational skills and project management expertise.

• Comfortable in highly collaborative, cross-functional work environments.

• A keen interest and enthusiasm for AI, automation, and the future landscape of legal services.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)

• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)

• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)

• Short Term & Long Term Disability

• Training & Development

• Work From Anywhere -- eligible after 6 months