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Senior Legal Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
Source: Clera careers · View original posting
- Pay
- $150,000 — $225,000 USD per year
- Sponsorship
- Base salary: $150,000 to $225,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Employer job description
From Clera's posting. “We” and “our” refer to the employer.
About the Role
Connect legal expertise, customer needs, and product development at an early-stage legal technology company. You will help turn commercial and legal requirements into reliable AI-assisted workflows, improving the platform experience from onboarding through ongoing use.
What You'll Do
- Map customer needs into tailored legal workflows and guide clients through platform onboarding.
- Review and validate AI-flagged legal issues across customer documents and filings for accuracy and completeness.
- Turn customer feedback and legal team needs into clear product requirements for engineering.
- Improve prompts, workflow modules, and automated processes to make the platform more reliable.
- Build and refine legal workflows using AI tools, MCP servers, and command-line tools.
What We're Looking For
- At least 2 years of combined experience in legal practice, legal technology, law firm innovation, or in-house legal work, with 2 to 8 years of overall relevant experience.
- A JD or prior legal practice experience, or experience working at a legal technology company.
- Hands-on experience building with AI tools, MCP servers, command-line tools, or code-generation workflows. A computer science degree is not required.
- Experience translating legal needs into automated workflows, prompts, or product requirements.
- Sound contract judgment and the ability to assess AI-generated legal work for accuracy and completeness.
- Comfort owning problems end to end in a fast-moving startup environment.
Compensation
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $150,000 to $225,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.
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