[Hiring] Legal AI Engineer @Axiom Talent Platform

Role Description

We are currently seeking an experienced Legal AI Engineer to lead the design and development of a practical, scalable enterprise risk taxonomy and operating model for a large, complex organizations.

• Define and implement AI/GenAI capabilities within CLM and legal technology platforms, including automated contract review, risk scoring, clause extraction, comparison, and natural language analysis.
• Lead requirements workshops to map contract workflows, identify automation opportunities, and translate Legal and business requirements into technical solutions.
• Configure AI-enabled CLM workflows and optimize contract templates, clause libraries, playbooks, and fallback positions.
• Develop and curate legal datasets and annotation standards supporting AI model development and performance improvement.
• Partner with Data Science and Engineering teams to develop, fine-tune, test, and improve AI models for contract analysis and legal workflows.
• Evaluate model outputs against ground-truth data, identify performance gaps, and provide structured recommendations for improvement.
• Define AI use cases across contract review, drafting, negotiation, compliance, risk assessment, and Legal Operations.
• Develop and execute testing and quality-assurance protocols to validate AI functionality, accuracy, and regulatory alignment.
• Establish appropriate human-review, validation, and governance controls for AI-assisted legal workflows.
• Develop documentation and training materials and support adoption of AI-enabled legal technology across Legal and business teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in legal AI engineering, legal knowledge engineering, CLM, contract automation, legal technology, or AI-enabled Legal Operations.
• Hands-on experience implementing AI/GenAI capabilities within CLM or contract management platforms.
• Ability to translate legal concepts into structured data, AI workflows, and technical requirements.
• Strong understanding of commercial contracts, clause structures, negotiation playbooks, contract risk, and lifecycle workflows.
• Experience developing, annotating, curating, or evaluating legal datasets for AI/ML models.
• Experience testing AI models against ground truth and partnering with Data Science and Engineering teams to improve performance.
• Strong workflow mapping, requirements gathering, process design, and stakeholder facilitation skills.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI, human review, data quality, privacy, compliance, and model governance.
• Proven ability to work across Legal, Procurement, Product, Data Science, Engineering, and business teams.

Requirements

• The estimated total compensation for full-time Axiom attorney roles is $104,500-325,000 per year and for non-attorney roles is $71,250-309,750 per year.
• Compensation decisions are based on various factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skills, certifications, location, and business needs.
• Employees may be eligible for additional benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance; paid holidays and PTO; flexible work arrangements; and professional development opportunities and tools.

Company Description

For over 25 years, Axiom has pioneered the alternative legal services industry, now serving more than 1,500 legal departments globally with our unique blend of world-class legal talent and advanced AI tools, delivering innovative solutions that combine top-tier talent with cutting-edge technology.

• We tackle complex legal matters across 12 practice areas for clients ranging from Fortune 100 to SMBs.
• Our Talent NPS score of +71% and our Client NPS score of +64% highlight our commitment to excellence.
• Axiom is the global leader in high-caliber, on-demand legal talent covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC.
• Diversity is core to our values and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.