legora

Legal Engineer - In-House

Chicago$225k–$325kfulltimemidAdded today

About this role

Legora seeks a Legal Engineer to serve as a trusted advisor to in-house legal teams, helping them maximize the platform's AI-native capabilities. You'll blend legal expertise with product knowledge to drive adoption, inform roadmap priorities, and guide corporate legal departments through digital transformation.

What you'll do

Partner with General Counsels and legal ops leaders to identify high-value opportunities and scale platform adoption across legal functions
Own client relationships end-to-end, from pilots and onboarding through department-wide rollout and training
Deliver product demos and training tailored to in-house teams, GCs, and regional legal groups
Advocate internally for in-house user needs to inform product development and strategic direction
Document best practices from leading legal departments and develop scalable playbooks
Help clients evaluate AI ROI, efficiency gains, and impact across contract management, compliance, and other functions

What they're looking for

In-house legal department experience or legal operations background
Technology implementation and process improvement expertise
Generative AI and emerging technology literacy
Cross-functional communication and stakeholder management
Product knowledge and technical fluency
Client relationship ownership and multi-stakeholder juggling
Problem-solving in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
Training and presentation delivery

Benefits

Impact-driven role at a high-growth company ($100M+ ARR)
Work with world-class legal teams from top global firms and corporations
Opportunity to shape product roadmap and strategy
Ownership-focused culture with direct feedback and excellence standards
Global exposure across Europe, North America, and APAC teams

Likely interview questions

Walk us through a process improvement or transformation initiative you led in an in-house legal setting—what was the outcome?
How would you explain generative AI capabilities to a skeptical General Counsel evaluating ROI?

Tell us about a time you had to translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders. How did you bridge that gap?
Describe your experience implementing legal technology or managing technology adoption in a legal department.
How do you prioritize and manage multiple client relationships simultaneously while maintaining quality?
What draws you to this hybrid role, and how does your background prepare you for ambiguity?
Share an example of how you've diagnosed and solved a complex legal workflow or operational challenge.

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