Legal and Product Engineer (Japanese Speaking)

Solve Intelligence • New York City, NY

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

At Solve Intelligence, we're building the AI-powered infrastructure for the global Intellectual Property landscape. We need a rare hybrid - a Legal and Product Engineer who sits at the exact intersection of patent law and AI innovation to ensure our engine is technically superior and legally airtight. Japan is quickly becoming one of our most exciting markets. We're seeing strong inbound interest and real traction with Japanese IP teams, and we're looking for a Japanese-speaking practitioner to lead those conversations from the front. This isn't your typical client-facing role or traditional R&D position. You are the bridge between the complex nuances of patent practice and the cutting-edge AI technology transforming it. You will translate the "language of law" into the "logic of code." And for our Japanese clients, you'll translate it into Japanese too.

Requirements

• Qualified Professional: Admitted to practice before the USPTO, EPO or JPO.
• 3+ Years Experience: Direct experience in patent prosecution, understanding the "pain points" of the industry first-hand.
• Technical Foundation: Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Life Sciences.
• Japanese Language: Native or business-level fluency in Japanese (JLPT N1 or equivalent). You can run a detailed technical and legal conversation in Japanese with a senior IP team.
• Travel: Based in London or New York and happy to travel to Japan regularly for conferences, pilots and client meetings.

Nice To Haves

• AI Tinkerer: Hands-on experience with prompt engineering and LLM tools.
• Client-Facing Pro: Proven ability to manage relationships and lead strategic product demos.
• Visionary: A deep belief that AI will fundamentally redefine the legal landscape.
• Japanese Network: Existing relationships with Japanese law firms or corporate IP departments.

Responsibilities

• AI Output Engineering: Partner with our AI team to iterate on algorithms and prompt engineering, specializing our LLMs for patent-specific tasks like claim analysis, prior art comparison, and obviousness assessments.
• Legal Benchmarking: Build proprietary datasets and evaluation frameworks to measure AI performance against real-world USPTO and international patent office requirements.
• Product Roadmap: Serve as the internal voice of the practitioner. You'll translate deep client insights from global firms into high-priority product features.
• Strategic Partnership: Act as a technical thought partner for IP teams at firms like DLA Piper, leading pilots and ensuring our AI scales seamlessly across their prosecution and litigation workflows.
• Playbook Development: Document and scale best practices for AI adoption across diverse sectors, from biotech to deep-tech software.
• Japan Market Lead: Be the technical voice of Solve for Japanese law firms and corporate IP departments. You'll run in-depth product demos and technical discussions in Japanese, support our team at conferences and client meetings in Japan, and lead pilots with Japanese clients.
• JPO Readiness: Make sure our AI handles Japanese-language patent documents and JPO practice as well as it handles the USPTO and EPO, and build the benchmarks that prove it.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary + Significant Equity
• Founding Impact: You will be the architect of how AI is applied to patent law globally. That includes shaping how we build out Japan, one of our most important growth markets.
• Support: Full visa sponsorship and private medical insurance.
• The Environment: Free meals and a seat at the table with an incredibly smart, ambitious team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior