Legal Researcher for AI Model Evaluation

Join a dynamic research team as a Member of Technical Staff in Legal Research, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of AI-powered legal reasoning. This position focuses on the intersection of large language models, agentic systems, and legal workflows, emphasizing the development of rigorous evaluation frameworks to measure and enhance AI performance in complex legal tasks.

• Design, own, and evolve evaluation frameworks for AI agents 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.

• Advanced degree in Law (JD, LLM, SJD, PhD in Law, or equivalent).
• Deep expertise in one or more legal domains, such as 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.

• 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.

Full-time position, remote work environment.

The national pay range for this position is a base salary of $350, 000, $500, 000 USD. All employees are eligible for equity compensation and may receive performance-based bonuses, subject to company policies.

This organization is an equal opportunity employer, welcoming applicants from diverse backgrounds.