Legal Engineer, BetterUp
$170-268.4k
Salary varies depending on location
2+ days a week in office
AI-driven employee coaching platform
Open for applications
AI-driven employee coaching platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$170-268.4k
Salary varies depending on location
2+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock greater clarity, potential, purpose, and passion for every one of their members, with an innovative approach to coaching and leadership development.
Role
Who you are
- 6-10 years shipping production software with recent AI/ML implementation experience
- Deep expertise in API development, system integration, and workflow automation
- Fluency in Python and JavaScript/TypeScript
- Track record of building reliable systems where accuracy is non-negotiable
- Ability to ship MVPs in days that evolve into production-grade systems
- Direct stakeholder engagement without product management layers
- Vision for how LLMs and AI agents can transform manual workflows
- Pride in code that's both innovative and bulletproof
- Bonus: Experience with Ironclad, DocuSign CLM, or enterprise CLM platforms
- Bonus: Background in regulated environments where bugs have real consequences
What the job involves
- We're seeking a Legal Engineer to architect and build the AI-native legal function of the future. This role goes beyond contract automation—you'll methodically examine every aspect of legal operations, identify AI transformation opportunities, and rapidly ship solutions that redefine what's possible for a legal team
- You'll report directly to our General Counsel with a dotted line to Engineering, giving you both the strategic mandate and technical infrastructure to push the boundaries of legal technology
- Transform how legal work gets done. Start with the obvious wins—contract automation, AI-powered intake, self-service tools. Then push into uncharted territory: AI agents handling complex legal reasoning, predictive risk assessment, multi-agent workflows
- Your MVPs will ship in days, evolve into production systems, and eventually become the industry benchmark for what AI can do in legal
- This isn't incremental improvement. It's rebuilding legal operations from first principles with AI at the center
- Map legal workflows. Identify AI opportunities. Build prototypes. Ship to production. Measure impact. Repeat
- Your first 90 days: Automate contract routing based on risk parameters. Build AI intake that understands urgency. Deploy GPT-powered self-service tools
- Your first year: Create AI agents that draft legal responses. Implement predictive analytics for risk. Build natural language interfaces for policy questions. Establish systems that learn from every decision
- The end state: Legal operates at 10x capacity without adding headcount. 80% of routine work runs autonomously. BetterUp becomes the case study for AI transformation in legal
- Our General Counsel has a clear vision for an AI-native legal function and the budget to build it
- You'll have access to the same AI infrastructure our product engineering teams use, plus their technical mentorship. You'll define what "AI-native legal" means in practice and build systems that become industry benchmarks
Our take
Companies are becoming increasingly informed regarding the importance of mental health in the workplace, especially when it comes to improving the interpersonal and leadership skills of their employees. Whilst many online platforms provide coaching services to help people excel in the workplace, existing options generally focus on career-based skills as opposed to overall mental wellness.
BetterUp connects employees with online career coaches, working directly with companies to improve mental health and enthusiasm in the workplace. The online service leverages AI analysis of questionnaire results to match employees with personalized video coaching sessions and career development services, providing support in areas often neglected by employers such as sleep, parenting, and overall mental fitness.
BetterUp has seen substantial success, and has the world's largest network of coaches (with over 3,000), offering coaching in 46 languages across 90 countries. The multi-unicorn company has ample opportunity to see further growth and expansion.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2021
$300m
SERIES E
Feb 2021
$125m
SERIES D
Total funding: $579m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 401k
- Flexible Time Off
- Paid parental leave
- Personalized BetterUp Coach
- $360 each year for wellness programs
- Annual $1K learning and development stipend
- Equity package
- 5 volunteer days and 4 paid Inner Work™ days a year
Company HQ
Govalle, Austin, TX
Leadership
Alexi Robichaux
(CEO)Studied Political Science at USC, and then worked in Business Insight at the Walt Disney Company. Was a Product Manager at Socialcast, and Director of Product Management at VMware.
Eduardo Medina
(COO)Studied Business at USC and Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Worked as an Associate Consultant at Bain, and as an Associate at Altamont Capital Partners.
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