Software Engineer, Legal Prompter - Spanish Speaking
Software Engineer, Legal Prompter - Spanish Speaking
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Software Engineer Legal Prompter - Spanish Speaking
We are seeking a creative bilingual backend engineer to join the team behind CoCounsel. You will help build applications that interact with state-of-the-art Large Language Models (LLMs) that deliver cutting-edge and time-saving solutions to attorneys in LATAM. CoCounsel is already capable of writing legal research memos summarizing and reviewing documents and red-lining contracts just to name a few capabilities--all in minutes not days or weeks. And were just getting started.
As a Software Engineer Legal Prompter you will develop Python code as well as Spanish prose prompts to LLMs to help expand CoCounsels early success and localize CoCounsel to the LATAM legal market. This mix of writing instructions for an interpreter and an LLM is well-suited for someone who can produce reliable backend code and can also write creative lucid and effective prose instructions.
Our ideal candidate is a bilingual software engineer who can write high-quality Python work with APIs (consuming and serving) and also has domain knowledge of the law (JD legal industry experience such as courtroom interpreter or paralegal etc.). A legal background is absolutely necessary. Candidate must be highly proficient in spoken and written Spanish.
About the Role
In this opportunity as a Software Engineer Legal Prompter - Spanish Speaking you will:
Orchestrate LLM-driven experiences that delight our customers
Develop Python code that interacts with state-of-the-art LLMs
Write test and iterate Spanish prose prompts for the LLM that leverage your legal domain knowledge ensuring delivery of accurate legally sound and contextually appropriate responses
Develop Python code that interacts with data sources & services (APIs SQL databases etc.)
Liaise with legal professionals and other teams at Thomson Reuters to gather and understand requirements
Integrate the language models into multi-step systems assessing their performance and making necessary modifications
About You
Youre a fit for the role of Software Engineer Legal Prompter - Spanish Speaking if you have the following required qualifications:
Highly proficient in written and spoken Spanish. This can mean you are a native speaker have a BA in the language or equivalent certification or can demonstrate college-level proficiency in speaking reading and writing in that language.
Legal domain expertise experience in the LATAM legal market. This can mean experience in legal practice a JD-holder in a non-traditional legal career path a courtroom interpreter a paralegal or legal industry experience.
One to two years of production level experience in software engineering on an engineering/product team preferably at a startup
Proficiency in Python - if Python skills are low then strong experience in other programming languages is necessary
Proficiency with APIs and SQL is a major plus
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to work both independently and in a collaborative environment.
Creative and clear writing skills. Experience using large language models through code is preferred (such as model services from OpenAI Anthropic or Cohere; and/or open source models such as Llama and Mistral)
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Whats in it For You
Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities whether caring for family giving back to the community or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrows challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow lead and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation two company-wide Mental Health Days off access to the Headspace app retirement savings tuition reimbursement employee incentive programs and resources for mental physical and financial wellbeing.
Culture: Globally recognized award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging flexibility work-life balance and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers Compete to Win Challenge (Y)our Thinking Act Fast / Learn Fast and Stronger Together.
Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
Making a Real-World Impact:We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice truth and transparency. Together with the professionals and institutions we serve we help uphold the rule of law turn the wheels of commerce catch bad actors report the facts and provide trusted unbiased information to people all over the world.
About Us
Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal tax accounting compliance government and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data intelligence and solutions needed to make informed decisions and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice truth and transparency. Reuters part of Thomson Reuters is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.
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