Lead AI Engineer
About The Position
Our client is building the next generation of contract intelligence software for the enterprise. Their platform is focused on transforming contracts from static archive documents into active business systems that help power enterprise workflows, decision-making, and automation. Following a recent acquisition, the team is operating as a focused, founder-led group inside a larger enterprise software company. This gives engineers the opportunity to work with the speed and ownership of a startup while benefiting from the reach, resources, and customer base of an established market leader. The enterprise legal technology market is at a major inflection point, and our client is building AI-native products to help define the next era of contract management and contract intelligence.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience building AI products or AI-powered software
- Strong full-stack engineering experience across backend, frontend, databases, and production systems
- Professional experience with Python, SQL, databases, CI/CD, and Git
- Experience with AI agent frameworks such as LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, or similar tools
- Daily use of AI coding tools such as Cursor, Codex, Claude Code, or similar platforms
- Comfort working in ambiguous, fast-changing environments
- Strong ownership mindset and desire to have meaningful impact on the business
- Ability to architect and ship high-quality software in a small, focused team
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering, product, and design
- Interest in enterprise software, legal tech, contract intelligence, or AI workflow automation
Nice To Haves
- Startup experience or experience operating in a small, high-ownership product team
- Experience building AI agents, RAG systems, workflow automation, or enterprise AI applications
- Experience with legal tech, contract lifecycle management, procurement software, or enterprise SaaS
- Experience working in founder-led teams or post-acquisition product environments
- Experience shaping technical roadmaps and engineering standards in early-stage environments
Responsibilities
- Build full-stack product experiences for enterprise contract intelligence software
- Work directly with the founding team in a focused, high-impact product group
- Architect, develop, and own user-facing applications from concept through production
- Design intelligent solutions across frontend, backend, data, and AI agent systems
- Build with AI agent frameworks and modern AI-native development workflows
- Help define technical strategy, engineering standards, and product roadmap execution
- Promote strong engineering practices across architecture, code quality, testing, CI/CD, and reliability
- Initiate, influence, and drive meaningful technical projects
- Partner with product, design, and engineering to shape product direction
- Help define success metrics and measurement systems for the engineering team
- Contribute to products serving enterprise legal, procurement, and contract workflows
Benefits
- Opportunity to work with the speed and ownership of a startup
- Benefit from the reach, resources, and customer base of an established market leader
- Work directly on best-in-class AI agent technology
- Build products in a large and rapidly evolving enterprise legal tech market
- Own meaningful product and technical decisions from day one
- Help shape the future of contract intelligence and enterprise contract automation
- Operate with startup-level ownership while benefiting from enterprise reach and resources
- Build alongside a focused team working directly with senior leadership
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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