Subject Matter Expert - Legal

Overview

Evaluate AI legal outputs and improve accuracy in workflows.

About the hiring company

Based in San Francisco, California, the hiring company is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises deploying advanced AI systems. The hiring company supports customers in two ways: first, by accelerating frontier research with high-quality data, advanced training pipelines, plus top AI researchers who specialize in coding, reasoning, STEM, multilinguality, multimodality, and agents; and second, by applying that expertise to help enterprises transform AI from proof of concept into proprietary intelligence with systems that perform reliably, deliver measurable impact, and drive lasting results on the P&L

Role Overview

We’re hiring experienced legal professionals to evaluate and improve how AI systems handle legal research, contracts, litigation workflows, and legal operations. You’ll use your hands-on experience with tools like LexisNexis, Litify, DocuSign, and NetDocuments to create realistic legal scenarios, assess AI outputs, and improve model accuracy.

What does day-to-day life look like?

• Create legal workflow prompts and synthetic case/contract scenarios
• Evaluate AI-generated legal reasoning, citations, and workflows
• Identify edge cases such as missed deadlines, hallucinated citations, contract conflicts, and billing discrepancies
• Build evaluation rubrics and expert reasoning traces

Requirements

• 4–9+ years in legal research, litigation, contracts, legal ops, or legal systems
• Strong experience with

LexisNexis, Litify, DocuSign, and/or NetDocuments

• Excellent legal writing and analytical skills
• Familiarity with AI tools like ChatGPT or Claude

JD, paralegal certification, or legal ops

experience preferred

Nice to have

• AI evaluation or RLHF experience
• Experience with Clio, Westlaw, Relativity, Ironclad, or iManage
• Understanding of legal ethics, privilege, and AI compliance

Perks of Freelancing With the hiring company

Work in a fully remote environment.

Offer Details

Commitments Required

40 hours per week with overlap of 4 hours with PST.

Engagement Type

Contractor assignment (no medical/paid leave)

Duration of contract

: 4 weeks; [expected start date is next week]