Legal Workflow Engineer - Transactional

Latham & Watkins LLP • Boston, MA

9d • $155,000 - $190,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Legal Workflow Engineer - Transactional is an integral part of Latham’s Technology & Information Services team. This role will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing AI-powered workflows that support a legal practice group, while developing and maintaining prompt engineering standards, workflow templates, and quality assurance protocols for AI-powered tools, ensuring consistent, high-quality outputs. This role will be located in either our New York, Boston, or Silicon Valley offices. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Requirements

• Demonstrate strong expertise in AI systems and prompt engineering, with the ability to optimize large language model outputs for accuracy, consistency, and alignment with legal practice standards
• Possess solid understanding of transactional legal practice, including M&A, finance, and capital markets workflows, with the ability to translate practice requirements into AI workflow specifications
• Display strong knowledge engineering capabilities, including developing prompt libraries, workflow templates, knowledge repositories, and quality assurance frameworks for AI-powered transactional tools
• A minimum of three (3) years of experience in in legal technology, knowledge management, or legal practice, with demonstrated experience in AI systems, prompt engineering, or workflow optimization
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent, in Law, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, preferably

Responsibilities

• Executing on the strategic vision for AI-enabled workflows, contributing to multi-year roadmaps for AI optimization initiatives aligned with firm strategy, practice group priorities, and attorney needs
• Translating practice requirements into AI workflow specifications, prompt libraries, and knowledge repositories, ensuring AI outputs align with attorney expectations and legal best practices
• Providing input on AI workflow priorities and optimization efforts, balancing practice group needs, technical feasibility, quality standards, and long-term strategic value
• Monitoring and reporting on KPIs, quality metrics, and attorney satisfaction measures for AI-powered workflows, using data-driven insights to guide optimization and iteration
• Conducting research and development efforts to identify opportunities for AI enhancement in workflows, staying current with advances in large language models, prompt engineering techniques, and legal AI applications
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Benefits

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional development programs
• Employee discounts
• Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff

What This Job Offers

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