Legal Knowledge Engineer Transactional
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
20 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins is one of the worlds leading global law firms advising the businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. We are the market leaders in major financial and business centers around the world. Our investment in people commitment to innovation and focus on the future empower you to build an incredible career and thrive as an exceptional professional in a supportive culture. If you aspire to be the best and work with the best this is where you belong.
About the Role
The Legal Knowledge Engineer - Transactional is an integral part of Lathams Legal Innovation team. This role will be responsible for developing and curating the knowledge foundations that power artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled legal workflows while creating and maintaining evaluation datasets test cases and quality benchmarks for AI-powered tools to support systematic assessment of output accuracy and consistency. This role will be located in either our New York Boston or Silicon Valley offices. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.
Responsibilities & Qualifications
Other key responsibilities include:
- Developing and implementing quality assurance protocols and evaluation frameworks for AI outputs establishing standards for accuracy completeness and alignment with attorney expectations
- Translating transactional practice requirements into structured knowledge repositories prompt templates and context specifications that optimize AI system inputs for highquality outputs
- Analyzing AI output quality across workflows by identifying patterns gaps and opportunities to improve context inputs and evaluation criteria
- Monitoring and reporting on quality metrics accuracy measures and evaluation results for AIpowered workflows using datadriven insights to guide knowledge asset refinement and context optimization
- Conducting research to identify best practices for knowledge curation context management and AI evaluation methodologies while staying current with advances in retrievalaugmented generation and legal AI applications
- Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive confidential privileged financial and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains
Wed love to hear from you if you:
- Possess strong expertise in knowledge engineering and AI systems with the ability to curate and structure information to optimize AI inputs and outputs for accuracy consistency and alignment with legal practice standards
- Demonstrate a solid understanding of transactional legal practice including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) finance and capital markets workflows with the ability to translate practice expertise into structured knowledge assets and evaluation criteria
- Exhibit strong knowledge curation capabilities including developing reference libraries context repositories evaluation datasets and quality assurance frameworks for AIpowered transactional tools
And have:
- A bachelors degree or equivalent preferably in law computer science information systems or a related field
- A minimum of three (3) years of experience in legal technology knowledge management or legal practice with demonstrated experience in knowledge curation artificial intelligence (AI) evaluation or quality assurance
Benefits & Additional Information
Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Lathams comprehensive benefit program which includes:
- Healthcare life and disability insurance
- A generous 401k plan
- At least 11 paid holidays per year and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
- Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services mindfulness and resiliency medical resources well-being events and more)
- Professional development programs
- Employee discounts
- Affinity groups networks and coalitions for lawyers and staff
Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles) color religion sex age national origin sexual orientation gender identity veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era) gender expression marital status or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute.
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Required Experience:
IC
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About Company
Latham & Watkins, a global law firm, advises the businesses and institutions that power the global economy. We leverage our vast global resources to work relentlessly and efficiently to accomplish client goals.
