Member of Technical Staff, Legal Research

Job Type: Full-time Location: Remote

The Role: Join our research team as a Member of Technical Staff (MTS), Law Research, where you'll help define the frontier of AI-powered legal reasoning. This role sits at the intersection of large language models, agentic systems, and legal workflows, with a focus on building rigorous evaluation frameworks that measure, benchmark, and advance AI performance across complex legal tasks.

What You'll Be Doing:

• —Design, own, and evolve evaluation frameworks for AI agents operating 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
• —Help establish industry-leading standards for legal AI evaluation and benchmarking

What We're Looking For:

• —Advanced degree in Law (JD, LLM, SJD, PhD in Law, or equivalent)
• —Deep expertise in one or more legal domains: corporate law, contracts, litigation, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, employment law, or public policy
• —Demonstrated experience conducting legal research, analysis, or policy work
• —Exceptional analytical reasoning and written communication skills

Compensation: $180,000–$230,000 base salary plus equity, up to 100% health insurance reimbursement, 401(k) with company match.