Senior AI Research Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Senior AI Research Engineer (AI): Developing and advancing Vincent, vLex’s groundbreaking AI, by contributing to applied research experiments that integrate cutting-edge AI, particularly large language models (LLMs), into real-world legal workflows with an accent on retrieval at scale, learning to rank with legal signals, and agentic infrastructure for legal workflows. Focus on designing and running experiments that help measure system performance against the needs of legal professionals and creating mechanisms that ensure model responses are trustworthy by anchoring them in trusted legal sources.

Location: Hybrid work environment, with expectation for local hirify.globalns (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Dublin and Sydney) to be in office min. twice per week.

Company

hirify.global is the global leader in legal AI technology, empowering legal professionals and law firms of every size to work smarter, faster, and more securely.

What you will do

• Lead complex research projects focused on LLMs, advanced information retrieval, and novel AI applications in the legal domain, working independently with minimal supervision.
• Design and implement sophisticated prototypes that demonstrate the feasibility and business value of cutting-edge research ideas, ensuring they meet production-quality standards.
• Drive the transition of research innovations from prototype to production, collaborating closely with product and engineering teams to ensure successful integration and scalability.
• Contribute to strategic research planning by identifying high-impact research opportunities and helping prioritize initiatives based on business value and technical feasibility.
• Documenting and communicating research findings through internal presentations, technical documentation, and potentially external publications or conference presentations.
• Contributing to the development of research infrastructure and best practices that enhance the team's overall efficiency and impact.

Requirements

• Masters degree or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
• Industry experience in applied AI research or engineering.
• Experience with information retrieval systems, LLM fine-tuning and evaluation, LLM hosting and inference optimization, or LLM workflow automation using prompt engineering, prompt chaining techniques, and agent orchestration frameworks.
• Track record of independently delivering complex technical projects from ideation to implementation.
• Hands-on experience in working closely with product engineering in production applications.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to build trust with both internal teams and external customers.

Nice to have

• A deep interest in how technology transforms the legal industry is highly valuable.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive, equitable salary with top-tier health benefits and dental coverage.
• Flexible time off policy.
• Pension contribution.
• hirify.globalversary recognition program with special acknowledgement at 3, 5, 7, and 10 years.
• Hybrid work environment.