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Legal Engineer

Genie AI
London
9 months ago
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Join the Genie Community - the legal knowledge sharing community open sourcing and automating legal contract drafting.

    • Join us on our quest to revolutionise the legal industry with the help of AI

    • You will work side by side with brilliant AI Scientists, immersing yourself in cutting-edge AI research in the legal domain

    • With your legal expertise, you will be the guardian of quality, ensuring the AI's output is as precise and powerful as the finest legal contracts


The role

The law should be accessible to everyone, and this is where your skills will shine as you craft and manage processes for the human evaluation of AI-generated legal content. You’ll work hand in hand with our Applied AI Research team, bringing your legal expertise to the creation of AI-driven contract drafting and negotiation tools.

If you’ve been dreaming of moving into a role to start learning engineering skills - whether in software development or the art of machine learning - this role offers the perfect chance to begin building your expertise (tech skills are not essential for this role). Guided by the wisdom of Alex, our Lead Machine Learning Research Scientist, and supported by Nitish, our CTO and Co-founder, you’ll be part of a user-focused, collaborative team on a quest for constant learning.


Key day to day tasks

As a Legal Engineer at Genie AI you’ll be working in a fast paced and autonomous startup environment. Some of your key day to day duties include:

  • Join forces in ideation sessions to unearth legal challenges, where you will research, analyse, and bestow your legal wisdom upon the researchers

  • Lend your expertise to test, offer feedback, and refine AI solutions as they evolve, ensuring each iteration grows ever more powerful

  • Help evaluate our legal output: Infuse our evaluation methodology with legal insights, then recruit and manage legal annotators to gather feedback

  • Produce valuable insights and reports from the evaluation research, illuminating the way forward with newfound knowledge

  • Manage interdisciplinary projects that bridge law and technology

Your existing knowledge and skills

  • A deep practical understanding of contract law and legal document analysis

  • Good drafting skills and experience in contract negotiation

  • Mastery in project management and the ability to weave together cross-functional collaboration will be key to your success

  • You possess an LLB or equivalent legal qualification, with a strong background in contract law

  • You have previously completed Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE)

(Don’t worry about ticking every single box on the list to be considered for this role.)


Unleash your magic: our interview process

  • Step 1:Meet our Talent Acquisition Specialist, Corina, to assess your motivations and baseline skills

  • Step 2:Complete our take home task

  • Step 3:Technical interview with Rafie, our Co-founder, and Alex, our Lead ML Research Scientist

  • Step 4:Culture interview with Nitish, our CTO and Co-founder, and Rosie, our Lead Product Designer


Our enchanting benefits

Here’s just some of the wishes you can look forward to when you enter the Genie’s lamp:

  • Generous Stock Options:We want all our genies to share in our success

  • Private healthcare:To help keep you fit as a fiddle

  • Fully Remote Working:Work from anywhere your heart desires

  • Unlimited book budget: Dive into an unlimited budget for business, law, or technology books. Your library will be as grand as the Sultan’s

  • Home Office Setup:Equip your home office with the best – a top-of-the-range laptop, monitor, wireless keyboard, mouse, and a comfortable office chair. Your workspace will be as splendid as a royal palace

  • Learning and Development Budget:Each Genie gets an individual £500 L&D budget annually, plus five days off for any job specific learning adventures. Expand your skills and knowledge

  • Unlimited Holiday:Take as much time off as you need to recharge your batteries

  • Parental Leave:Both genie parents get enhanced leave to welcome their little genies into the world


About Genie AI

Genie AI is a deep learning-based software company on a mission to open source the law. We're shaking up the legal world and flipping the business model on its head!

Think of what GitHub did with open source code, Instagram and TikTok with entertainment, Airbnb with hospitality, and Uber with travel – Genie AI is doing that with legal contracts. We're conjuring up a community-based AI law platform that'll change the game. Join us, and let’s make some legal magic together!

Ready to grant wishes and disrupt a £750bn industry? Rub the lamp (aka click apply) and join us in creating a world of digital wonders!

At Genie, we’re committed to creating a diverse environment. Whilst we’re on the cutting edge of innovation, it’s all about the people. We embrace differences and hire based on merit, giving equal consideration to all applications, regardless of gender, background and race.


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