Member of Technical Staff, Legal Research

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This is a fully remote position open to candidates based in United Arab Emirates.

Pay: $400000$800000/yr

Job Title: 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 youll 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.

You will conduct applied research develop methodologies for assessing legal intelligence in AI systems and partner closely with researchers and engineers to shape the next generation of enterprise AI.

What Youll Be Doing

1. 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.
2. Conduct original research on legal reasoning statutory interpretation legal analysis and workflow automation.
3. Develop and curate datasets case studies and benchmark environments that reflect real-world legal challenges.
4. Collaborate with AI researchers and engineers to evaluate and improve legal-focused models and agentic systems.
5. Analyze model performance reasoning quality and failure modes across legal use cases.
6. Publish internal research findings best practices and evaluation methodologies.
7. Stay current with developments in legal technology jurisprudence regulatory environments and AI research.
8. Help establish industry-leading standards for legal AI evaluation and benchmarking.

What Were Looking For

1. Advanced degree in Law (JD LLM SJD PhD in Law or equivalent).
2. Deep expertise in one or more legal domains including corporate law contracts litigation regulatory compliance intellectual property employment law or public policy.
3. Demonstrated experience conducting legal research analysis or policy work.
4. Experience developing structured methodologies for assessing legal arguments legal outcomes or research quality.
5. Exceptional analytical reasoning and written communication skills.
6. Experience working across interdisciplinary teams involving research technology or legal operations.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Experience with legal technology legal operations or AI-enabled legal workflows.
2. Background in legal benchmarking legal research methodology or legal knowledge management.
3. Published legal scholarship policy research or contributions to legal standards and frameworks.

Compensation & Benefits Notice

The national pay range for this full-time position is base salary of $200000 $250000. All employees are eligible for equity compensation and employees may also receive performance-based bonuses dependent on role and subject to company policies. The company provides a comprehensive benefits package including up to 100% reimbursement for health-insurance premiums paid time off a 401(K) plan with a company match and additional benefits designed to support a high-performing remote-first workforce.

the company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex (including pregnancy sexual orientation or gender identity) national origin age disability genetic information veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation during the application process reach out to us by replying to our email.

Our hiring process utilizes artificial intelligence tools to assist in candidate screening and assessment. Our AI tools are designed to complement not replace human decision-making.

Disclaimer

The information contained in this job posting including but not limited to role responsibilities qualifications compensation and benefits is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute a binding offer of employment. the company reserves the right to amend modify or withdraw any portion of this posting at its sole discretion and without prior notice. All employment decisions are made in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

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