Lead AI Engineer, Jupus
AI support for lawyers
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AI support for lawyers
1-20 employees
Be an early applicant
1-20 employees
Company mission
To minimise the effort in each new mandate request for law firms.
Role
Who you are
- For an AI expert with vision and hands-on experience in generative AI and LLMs, this represents a chance to make a lasting impact on innovative, cutting-edge AI products
- Extensive hands-on experience developing and deploying generative AI systems and applications
- Deep expertise with large language models (LLMs) and their practical applications
- Experience building agentic systems that perform complex tasks autonomously
- Strong programming skills (Python) and software engineering background
- Ability to work independently as the primary technical contributor handling all aspects of development
- Comfort with hands-on coding and technical work even after building a team
- Experience mentoring and developing technical talent
- Excellent communication skills for explaining complex AI concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to create and execute AI roadmaps aligned with business objectives
- Experience translating cutting-edge AI research into practical applications
- Problem-solving mindset with focus on delivering user value through AI
- If you're passionate about pushing the boundaries of what's possible with generative AI and want to lead the technical development of innovative AI products while maintaining hands-on involvement, we'd love to hear from you!
What the job involves
- We're seeking a pioneering AI Team Lead to join one of the fastest growing legal tech companies in Europe
- With an established suite of AI-powered products already serving customers in the market, we're now expanding our AI capabilities to deliver even more value
- This role offers a unique opportunity to establish AI best practices, develop generative AI solutions, and build agentic systems for our platform
- Reporting directly to the CTO, you'll initially handle all AI development hands-on, from architecture to implementation
- As our AI initiatives grow, you'll work with the Head of Engineering to build your own team while remaining deeply involved in day-to-day coding and technical decisions
- This is a rare opportunity to shape the AI vision and infrastructure of an entire product ecosystem from the ground up
- As the founding AI Engineer, you’ll be both architect and builder—translating cutting-edge research into real-world impact. You’ll define what “AI-powered” truly means for our users, while laying the foundation for a scalable, production-ready AI function
- This role offers unmatched ownership, technical depth, and long-term growth as we expand our AI capabilities across teams and markets
- Architect and implement advanced generative AI and LLM-based solutions for our product suite
- Design and develop sophisticated agentic systems that can perform complex tasks autonomously
- Establish best practices for AI development, testing, and deployment across products
- Initially handle all AI development hands-on as the primary technical contributor
- Work with our Head of Engineering to build a high-performing AI team as our initiatives expand
- Maintain significant hands-on coding involvement even while leading the team
- Create clear processes for AI development, evaluation, and continuous improvement
- Work closely with product, design, and engineering teams to integrate AI capabilities
- Partner with the CTO and leadership on AI roadmap planning
- Translate complex AI concepts for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Leadership Visibility – Direct CTO reporting line with significant influence on technical decisions
- Foundational Impact – Drive our AI strategy and implementation from the ground up
- Team Building – Start as a hands-on individual contributor and build your own AI team with our Head of Engineering while staying involved in day-to-day coding
- Technical Ownership – Full ownership of our AI capabilities across multiple products
Our take
As with many industries, AI has sparked a change in how law firms operate. With much time and money funnelled into processing legal documents and mandates, JUPUS has become the first AI legal secretariat in Europe,. It automates the acceptance of mandates, supported by AI chatbots.
JUPUS’s automation platform also includes online appointment booking tools, automated communication with clients and automated inquiry processing. Whilst there are challengers in the US, JUPUS has a hold on the German legal market, with hundreds of firms using its platform, amounting to over 200 inquiries through JUPUS per day.
JUPUS has been quick on its feet to consolidate its European market share, having only completed pre-seed funding in 2023. Its seed funding, obtained only a year later, comes after a hiring spree and is going towards expanding its software and customer base.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
May 2025
$7.4m
SEED
May 2024
$1.5m
SEED
Total funding: $9.5m
Company benefits
- Technical set-up
- Urban Sports Club Membership
- Remote opportunities
- 30 days vacation
- Opportunity to lead and drive your own initiatives
- Gain experience in a VC-funded and fast-growing legal tech start-up
- A dynamic, motivated team
- Short decision-making processes and an employee-oriented corporate culture
- A long-term perspective with challenging tasks and creative freedom
Company HQ
Komponisten-Viertel, Köln, Germany
Leadership
Rene Fergen
(CEO)Also the Host of the Kanzleikompass podcast. Previously Founder of Legal Tech Trier, and a Sales Assistant at Thesen.
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