Senior Legal Engineer (Legal Tech/Automation)

JOB DESCRIPTION
Insight Global is seeking a Legal Engineer to bridge the gap between legal expertise and technology for our client in West Hollywood, California. This role is ideal for someone who understands legal workflows and is passionate about building scalable, tech-enabled solutions that enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and modernize legal operations. As a Legal Engineer, you will partner closely with attorneys, legal operations, and technical teams to design and implement automated workflows, deploy LegalTech tools, and integrate AI-driven solutions. Your work will directly impact how legal services are delivered—freeing up legal professionals to focus on high-value, strategic work. Main responsibilities include:
•Workflow Design & Automation: Map and build automated workflows for tasks.
•Process Optimization: Analyze existing legal processes to identify inefficiencies; redesign them to be more streamlined and user-friendly.
•Legal Technology Implementation: Research, evaluate, and integrate tools including document automation platforms.
•Legal Operations Support: Collaborate with ops teams to reduce costs and align legal processes with business goals.
•AI & Innovation: Integrate AI-powered tools into daily workflows; test and introduce emerging technologies such as machine learning and natural language processing.
•Risk & Compliance Tooling: Build tools that improve data accuracy and visibility into legal risk and compliance obligations across multiple jurisdictions.
•Change Management: Lead adoption of new tools and processes across the team, translating technical solutions for non-technical stakeholders.
•Cross-functional Collaboration: Work alongside law firm staff, developers, product managers, and legal ops professionals to build integrated, strategic legal systems.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

5+ years of experience as a Legal Engineer Experience with document automation tools (e.g., HotDocs, Clio, Docassemble, Ironclad, etc.) Strong data structuring, analysis, and workflow design capabilities Familiarity with legal practice management systems and integrations Exposure to automation tools (e.g., Zapier, Power Automate, APIs) Understanding of legal processes (pre-litigation, litigation, or transactional workflows) Familiarity with compliance requirements and regulatory frameworks Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical conceptsacross legal, product, and operations teams Solid project management skills with ability to manage multiple initiatives

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Prior experience working for a Plaintiff-side PI firm Additional experience from certifications, bootcamps, or real-world projects
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