Applied Legal Researcher

Role Overview

We are looking for a legal researcher with a strong understanding of how law firms, financial institutions, large corporations, and other organizations deliver professional services and execute complex legal and knowledge work tasks. We have incredible product-market fit and demand across diverse customer profiles. Executing on this demand requires a strong understanding of our customers' workflows and how those workflows can be accelerated by AI systems.

What You'll Do

• Develop and deliver subject-matter expertise to support AI research
• Work closely with our engineering, product, and design teams to define and develop AI systems
• Build and improve AI systems through prompt engineering, fine tuning, and other techniques
• Build proprietary benchmarks and datasets to evaluate models and model systems
• Possess direct client interaction skills to understand their workflows, identify pain points, and translate complex business and legal requirements into technical solutions

Requirements

• JD or equivalent post-graduate qualification
• 3-7 years of experience at a law firm, financial institution, or equivalent professional service provider
• Demonstrated ability to deliver high quality work product on demanding deadlines
• Ability to effectively communicate with a variety internal and external stakeholders and translate complex problems effectively between them
• Deep intellectual curiosity and eagerness to learn across domains
• Willingness and desire to do work in the trenches - e.g., grading hundreds of answers, breaking down thousands of documents - getting the models to do junior associate work requires a lot of things that look like junior associate work

Compensation

Compensation Range: $180,000 - $220,000 USD Depending on your location, an Applicant Privacy Notice may apply to you. You can find all of our Applicant Privacy Notices [here].

About the role

At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.