Legal Knowledge Engineer
Position Overview
Agiloft, an AI-powered Contract Lifecycle Management Platform and Gartner Magic Quadrant leader, is looking for an experienced lawyer or legal professional with a background in commercial practice and hands-on experience implementing or leveraging artificial intelligence.
At Agiloft, we are driven to build products that deliver maximum value and return on investment for our customers. Our customers use AI to speed up the import of legacy contract data into their Agiloft instance, streamline third-party paper negotiations, and flag departures from their organization’s accepted contractual language.
We are looking for an individual with significant experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts, along with practical experience applying artificial intelligence in a legal or contract-focused context, to support the evolution of Agiloft’s AI capabilities. This role will include developing a deep understanding of our customers’ AI use cases, contributing to the design and refinement of AI-driven workflows and agentic solutions, and conducting structured evaluation and validation to ensure high-quality, reliable outputs. Your work will directly shape the value our customers derive from Agiloft’s products.
Position Overview
Agiloft, an AI-powered Contract Lifecycle Management Platform and Gartner Magic Quadrant leader, is looking for an experienced lawyer or legal professional with a background in commercial practice and hands-on experience implementing or leveraging artificial intelligence.
At Agiloft, we are driven to build products that deliver maximum value and return on investment for our customers. Our customers use AI to speed up the import of legacy contract data into their Agiloft instance, streamline third-party paper negotiations, and flag departures from their organization’s accepted contractual language.
We are looking for an individual with significant experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts, along with practical experience applying artificial intelligence in a legal or contract-focused context, to support the evolution of Agiloft’s AI capabilities. This role will include developing a deep understanding of our customers’ AI use cases, contributing to the design and refinement of AI-driven workflows and agentic solutions, and conducting structured evaluation and validation to ensure high-quality, reliable outputs. Your work will directly shape the value our customers derive from Agiloft’s products.
Agiloft offers a comprehensive benefits package for US employees including but not limited to the following:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Short term and long-term disability
- Life insurance and AD&D
- Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
- Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position.
- Paid parental leave
- Voluntary benefits including pet insurance
Why this Role is Exciting
Job Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years commercial legal experience (law firm, in-house, or legal service provider) or 2+ years of hands-on experience as a legal knowledge engineer or in a similar role.
- JD from an accredited law school is a plus; admission to and in good standing with the bar of at least one U.S. state or Canadian province/territory is an additional plus.
- Extensive experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating commercial contracts.
- Experience with prompt engineering, including designing, refining, and validating LLM prompts to produce high-quality, reliable outputs.
- Familiarity with agentic AI concepts or experience working with agentic workflows is a plus.
- Experience with contract management solutions and/or legal operations is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to cross-functional initiatives spanning legal, product, and technical teams.
- Proven experience in collaborating effectively with peers, including legal knowledge engineers or similar roles.
- Experience working with distributed, global teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly.
- Exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills, and time management.
- Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and advancements.
- High degree of ownership, independence, and accountability.
- Ability to maintain substantial overlap with Eastern Time Zone working hours.