Associate, Legal Knowledge Engineering

Litera•Raleigh, ON

5d•CA$115,000 - CA$133,000•Hybrid

About The Position

At Litera, we don’t just build software, we transform how the world’s top law firms operate. Every day, we Raise The Bar™️ for what’s possible through AI, innovation, and solutions that power millions of legal professionals worldwide. If you’re energized by scale, real impact, and meaningful challenges, you’ll feel right at home here. As our Associate, Legal Engineering, you'll play a key role in shaping how Litera's AI-powered products understand and analyze complex legal documents. You'll partner closely with product, engineering, and design teams to drive the development of intelligent features grounded in real legal workflows, and your work will directly influence the accuracy, usability, and value our tools deliver to the world's leading law firms, professional service firms, and corporations. This is a high-visibility role ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-moving, collaborative environment and wants to make a measurable difference from day one.

Requirements

JD with active bar admission in at least one U.S. state or Canadian province.
Two or more years of transactional law experience at a law firm, in-house legal team, or legal service provider.
Strong interest in legal technology and artificial intelligence, with a willingness to experiment with new tools.
Exceptional attention to detail, analytical skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills paired with a client-service mindset.
Self-motivated and able to work independently while collaborating effectively across cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience in debt financing transactions.
Background in legal operations, legal program management, or contract management systems.
Hands-on exposure to AI, machine learning, or generative AI tools.
Prior experience working with or within a legal technology company.

Responsibilities

Partner with product, engineering, and design teams to define the roadmap for Kira and other Litera legal tech products, ensuring every feature reflects how lawyers actually work.
Develop and refine "smart fields" — ML algorithms that automatically locate key provisions in securities, financing, and other transactional documents — so clients spend less time on manual review.
Experiment with and validate LLM-driven prompting within Litera products, raising accuracy and usability for end users.
Maintain deep awareness of developments in transactional law and continuously identify new document types and data points worth building into the platform.
Advise engineering teams on how legal processes work in practice, preventing design choices that would create friction for attorneys.
Train and validate models across diverse document sets, ensuring consistent, reliable output that clients can trust at scale.
Identify inefficiencies in current workflows and recommend changes that accelerate delivery and improve product quality.
Translate complex legal concepts into actionable product requirements that deliver measurable value to the world's leading firms and corporations.