Legal Engineer (AI)

Location: United States; hybrid. Other locations: Arizona, Austin, and New York City.

Salary: £190K–£270K annually, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global is an AI-native law firm operating in the US and UK, providing law firms with an agentic operating system, AI legal support, marketing, and operational services.

What you will do

• Lead removal defense subject-matter work, mapping matter lifecycles from intake and NTA review through hearings, relief applications, BIA appeals, and bond.
• Translate immigration expertise into product requirements, workflows, acceptance criteria, prompts, templates, and quality checks.
• Design evaluation sets from real matters and assess AI outputs against professional legal judgment.
• Work with partner-firm attorneys, paralegals, and intake teams to configure the platform, improve adoption, and run training and workshops.
• Measure time per matter, filing turnaround, and matters handled per attorney, bringing partner feedback into product priorities.
• Create configuration and support playbooks for immigration firms and help extend the model to other practice areas.

Requirements

• JD and active admission to at least one US state bar.
• 3+ years practicing removal defense with an individual immigration-court caseload, including detained or non-detained matters, master and individual hearings, relief applications, and appeals.
• Familiarity with federal court work for immigration clients, including habeas petitions and mandamus actions.
• Understanding of where immigration practices lose time and how to improve those workflows.
• Hands-on technology experience, such as building workflows, templates, or automations, configuring case-management systems, or seriously using generative AI; programming experience is not required.
• Sound judgment about AI risks in high-stakes legal practice, including what can be automated, what requires attorney review, and how to distinguish between them.
• Clear communication with attorneys and engineers, including explaining legal standards to developers and data models to managing partners.
• Comfort with ambiguity and setting priorities in a fast-moving team.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work in the United States.
• Premium healthcare plan with 100% employee coverage and 50% dependent coverage.
• 20 vacation days, 11 federal holidays, and one birthday leave day.
• 401(k) matching contribution of up to 2% of salary.
• Meaningful early-stage share options, a top-spec MacBook, and regular team-building activities and socials.
• Work from anywhere for one month.

Hiring process

• Introductory call with the Talent team, followed by a one-to-one interview with the hiring manager.
• Practical skills assessment and values interview with one of the founders.