Legal Engineer

Legal Engineer at Uplevyl

Uplevyl is seeking a Legal Engineer to bridge the gap between legal expertise and AI engineering. This role focuses on building evaluation frameworks for AI models, curating golden datasets, and ensuring the accuracy of legal information provided by the platform, specifically regarding US workplace rights.

Key Eligibility Criteria

• Law degree with demonstrated practice or research experience in employment, labour, or workplace rights.
• Proven experience in building AI systems (e.g., evaluation harnesses, retrieval pipelines, or scoring scripts).
• Ability to write code to perform evaluation tasks and analyze model outputs.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret statutes and identify inaccuracies in AI-generated content.

Responsibilities & Scope of Work

• Evaluation Framework: Design and build benchmark sets, scoring rubrics, and grading criteria to measure AI model performance.
• Data Curation: Develop 'golden datasets' to serve as ground truth for testing.
• Engineering Collaboration: Work within AI sprint cycles to evaluate model changes and trace regressions.
• Legal Oversight: Maintain the integrity of the knowledge layer, including source verification and jurisdictional scope definitions.

Stipend & Compensation

Compensation: Paid well above market rates.

Application Procedure

Interested candidates should apply directly through the official LinkedIn job portal. Please ensure your profile highlights both your legal practice experience and your technical experience in building AI/data systems.

Application Link: Apply via LinkedIn

FAQs

• Is US Bar admission required? No, US bar admission is not required for this role.
• Is this a litigation role? No, this is not an advisory or litigation practice; you will not be providing legal advice to clients.