Legal Engineer, In-house - Sydney

Legora
Sydney, Australia
On-site

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for in-house legal professionals with corporate experience who identify pain points and drive process innovation.

Best fit for

  • In-house legal professionals with 4+ years of experience and a top law firm background
    — “4+ years PQE, with a strong in-house background within a corporate”
  • Individuals who can influence product development and demonstrate technical understanding
    — “Share critical insights from your in-house experience to directly shape product development, technical enhancements and future roadmap priorities”

Things to consider

  • This role demands a deep understanding of AI-native tools and their application in legal workflows
    — “Our AI-native workspace lets legal professionals move faster, think more clearly, and operate with sharper precision”
  • Candidates should be prepared to engage in change management and demonstrate ROI of technology in legal departments
    — “Drive change management by helping legal teams understand the ROI and competitive edge that advanced technologies and AI bring to in-house legal”

How to stand out

  • Highlight specific process innovations you've implemented in past in-house roles
    — “identifying pain points and uncovering high-value opportunities for process innovation across the full legal workflow”
  • Demonstrate experience in delivering training and demos on legal tech platforms
    — “Deliver engaging product demos and training sessions, showing how technology can streamline everything from drafting and playbook-based review to risk assessment and reporting to the business”
  • Showcase your ability to collaborate with General Counsel and legal ops teams on tailored solutions
    — “Collaborate with General Counsel, legal ops and in-house lawyers to design and implement tailored solutions on the Legora platform”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • trusted advisor for in-house legal teams
  • tailored solutions on the Legora platform
  • drive change management
Typical background
4+ years PQEtop law firm training

Skills & requirements

Required

Legal EngineeringIn-house Legal ExperienceAi-native Workspace

Preferred

Product DevelopmentTechnical Enhancements

Stack & domain

LegalTechnology

About the role

Original posting from Legora via Ashby

ABOUT US

Legora is redefining how legal work gets done. Not built for lawyers, built with them. We work alongside the world’s best legal teams, who expect excellence, precision, and speed, and we hold ourselves to the same bar.

Our AI-native workspace lets legal professionals move faster, think more clearly, and operate with sharper precision. By analysing thousands of documents in minutes and powering end-to-end workflows, we cut through complexity, teams can focus on what matters: judgment, strategy, and outcomes.

2,100+ customers across 80+ countries trust us, including Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, Linklaters, White & Case, Dentons, and Barclays. We’ve scaled to $200M+ in ARR, with teams across Europe, North America and APAC, and continue to expand through acquisitions including Qura, Walter AI, Graceview, Cadastral, and Wexler.

We partner with world-class performers: including Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees, Ludvig Åberg (and his caddie), and campaigns featuring Jude Law.

Joining Legora means three things.

  • We lean in: ownership over titles, outcomes over intentions.
  • We fight for excellence: high standards, direct, ego-free feedback.
  • We grow together: as a team and with our customers.

Mission before ego. Everyone contributes. No one coasts.

If you’re driven by impact, pace, and raising the bar. This is the place.

Legal Engineer (In-House)

We are seeking a Legal Engineer with a strong in-house background to help corporate legal teams transform how they deliver legal work. Your experience inside a corporate legal function (ideally 4+ years PQE, with a grounding in a top law firm) will allow you to:

  • Act as a trusted advisor for in-house legal teams, identifying pain points and uncovering high-value opportunities for process innovation across the full legal workflow, from contract review and commercial negotiation to regulatory compliance, matter management and internal knowledge sharing.
  • Collaborate with General Counsel, legal ops and in-house lawyers to design and implement tailored solutions on the Legora platform, addressing unique challenges like high contract volumes, business stakeholder demands, limited resources and tight commercial deadlines.
  • Share critical insights from your in-house experience to directly shape product development, technical enhancements and future roadmap priorities, ensuring our offerings meet the real-world needs of corporate legal departments.
  • Deliver engaging product demos and training sessions, showing how technology can streamline everything from drafting and playbook-based review to risk assessment and reporting to the business.
  • Drive change management by helping legal teams understand the ROI and competitive edge that advanced technologies and AI bring to in-house legal, including improvements in efficiency, accuracy, cost control and strategic decision-making.

About you

  • 4+ years PQE, with a strong in-house background within a corporate
  • Ideally trained or practised at a top law firm
  • A passion for leveraging technology to transform legal services

Legora is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Legora, we believe great teams are built on diversity of thought and experience. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive, high-performance culture where everyone can do their best work. We welcome people of all backgrounds and don’t discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Source: Legora careers (Ashby)

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