Clera
From company careers site
Legal Engineer
- Location
- San Francisco
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
About the job
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join an early-stage legal technology team as the bridge between legal, customers, and product. You will turn legal needs into reliable AI-powered workflows and help ensure customers are onboarded successfully.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Map customer commercial needs into tailored legal workflows on the platform.
- Review and validate AI-flagged legal issues for accuracy and completeness across documents and filings.
- Translate customer feedback and lawyer needs into clear product requirements for engineering.
- Improve prompts, modules, and automated workflows to make the platform more useful and reliable.
- Build and refine legal workflows using tools such as Claude, MCP servers, and CLI tools.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- At least two years of combined experience in legal practice, legal technology, law firm innovation, or an in-house legal function. Relevant experience is expected to be within the two-to-eight-year range.
- A JD or prior legal practice experience, or experience working in legal technology.
- Hands-on experience building with AI tools such as Claude, MCP servers, CLI tools, or code-generation tools; a computer science degree is not required.
- Experience translating legal needs into automated workflows, prompts, or product requirements.
- Strong contract judgment and the ability to assess AI-generated legal work for accuracy and completeness.
- Comfort working independently in a fast-moving, early-stage environment.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Base salary is $150,000 to $225,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
LOCATION
On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.
From Clera's careers page (Ashby), checked 29 Oct 2026.
How to apply
- Select Apply on getclera.com. It opens Clera's own application form in a new tab, run on Ashby.
- Fill in the form and upload your résumé there. Jobiwork never sees your application.
- Clera will reply to you directly. No real employer asks you for money to apply.
Posted 25 Oct 2026 · checked 29 Oct 2026 · Report this job