Tax Insights Associate, Blue J Legal
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Machine learning-powered tax & legal analysis
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Machine learning-powered tax & legal analysis
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Stock options
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To bring absolute clarity to the law, everywhere and on-demand.
Role
Who you are
- JD or CPA designation
- 3–7 years of professional experience in US federal tax — at a firm, in-house, government, or a tax-focused research or content role
- Strong writing skills, with the ability to explain complex tax concepts clearly for a practitioner audience
- Comfort using AI tools as part of your day-to-day workflow, and real enthusiasm for making it core to how you work
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and consistently hit deadlines
- Intellectual curiosity and a genuine interest in how technology can improve the tax profession — prior tech experience not required
What the job involves
- This is a unique opportunity to research, draft, and refine practitioner-facing articles for Blue J's growing content library, covering the full breadth of US tax law, with an eye toward providing additional context and insights on high demand topics. Working with AI tools built specifically for this purpose, you'll typically produce multiple federal tax-related articles or other content pieces per week, to be included in the Blue J content database
- We're looking for a US Tax Lawyer or CPA with experience in US federal tax who is excited about what AI can do for the tax profession and wants to be part of building it
- In this role, you will be instrumental in building out a new internal product function from the ground up. If you're a tax person who's excited about technology and wants to do something genuinely different with your expertise, we'd love to meet you
- We’re a team of passionate, driven, and friendly people all working towards the same goal, and are excited to welcome a new Tax Insights Associate to our team!
- Tax Research and Writing: Research, draft, and edit multiple practitioner-facing US tax articles per week, covering areas such as corporate tax, individual tax, deductions, credits, S corporations, partnerships, trusts, exempt organizations and more
- You will adapt quickly to researching, understanding and summarizing questions across multiple areas of tax law; evaluate sources for accuracy and currency; efficiently analyze source documents to support your analysis; and assess the quality and accuracy of AI-generated tax analysis
- You'll work with AI tools throughout, and will take ownership of accuracy and quality before articles go to your manager for final review
- Validation: Perform technical review on articles produced by other contributors, checking for accuracy, currency, and alignment with Blue J's content standards. A key part of the role is helping us maintain a high bar as the Blue J content library scales
- Process Awareness: You will apply your understanding of tax firm workflows to help align our product with real-world use cases. This insight will be critical in refining our solution for broader adoption
- Teamwork: You will use your tax knowledge to work with other experienced tax professionals, and alongside a team of analysts and data scientists to develop and improve our AI tools
- You will build strong relationships with the entire tax research team and the data science team, working collaboratively and learning from each other
- You will thrive in our environment where diverse thoughts are welcome and innovation is encouraged. Experience in machine learning and data science is not necessary – just an open mind and an eagerness to collaborate
- Strategic Thinking: As an early member of this content function, you'll have real influence over how it develops. We want someone who thinks critically about quality, coverage, and how we can continuously improve what we're building
- Evolving based on customer needs: Our goal is to work in true partnership with our customer (tax professionals) by attending to their feedback, troubleshooting, and incorporating their recommendations to consistently and reliably add value. A key skill in this role is adaptability and openness to new ideas
Application process
- We anticipate a high volume of applicants for this role and are excited to grow our team. A human will review each application and get back to you as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience and look forward to connecting with you!
- Step 1: Chat with Bailey, Talent Acquisition Manager
- Step 2: Meet with members from our Legal Research Team
- Step 3: Meet with Kim, Director of Tax Research, and Susan, VP of Tax Research
- Step 4: Take Home Case Study Submission
- Step 5: Meet Ben, our CEO
Our take
Blue J Legal’s AI powered platform was created by a team of law professors and data scientists with the aim of helping fellow legal professionals gain a better understanding of individual cases, more quickly than if they researched an entire case themselves.
Having initially focused solely on legal cases, Blue J also now applies its predictive AI software to tax law – a tool which has become popular amongst tax attorneys and accountants, not just for its speed but for its junior-training applications.
While there’s been huge growth in the use of AI in the legal industry, its outcomes have not been without flaw. Blue J claims 90% accuracy for its predictive software; however, there have been some cases documented across the whole industry where AI was biased against minority demographics.
The key thing for Blue J Legal moving forward is the accuracy of its software. If the company can maintain the very highest standards and maintain its AI’s integrity, it could become not just financially successful, but socially impactful.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Education budget for continued learning
- Generous paid time off
- Parental leave
- Social events
- Team-centric environment
- Employee stock options
- Healthy work-life balance
Company HQ
CityPlace, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Benjamin Alarie
(Co-Founder & CEO)Osler Chair in Business Law, Full Professor, tenured faculty member, and former Associate Dean (2011-2015) at the law school at the University of Toronto.
Brett Janssen
(Co-Founder & CTO)Former Senior IT Architect at Odecee and The Marlo Group, former SOA Solution Architect at IBM.
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