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GRC Engineer

Join Legora as a GRC Engineer to build assurance platforms and automate compliance workflows in a fast-paced AI-driven environment.

Location
New York City
Compensation
Not disclosed
Level
senior
Type
full time · On-site

Posted by employer 3 months ago

First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago

Last verified on the company career page 19 hours ago

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Role intensity

70% hands-on coding

AI in the day-to-day

Hands-on experience building LLM/agent workflows and daily use of AI in your own work.

Requirements

Experience
6–8 years

Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.

Benefits

401k Match Unlimited PTO Health Insurance Parental Leave

Joblaze summary

The GRC Engineer at Legora is responsible for developing and maintaining the platform that supports the company's assurance program, focusing on automating evidence collection and compliance checks. This role requires expertise in software engineering, particularly in scripting and building workflows, alongside a solid understanding of security compliance frameworks. Ideal candidates have 6-8 years of experience in software or automation engineering with a GRC focus, making this position suitable for those who can bridge technical and compliance domains. Legora's emphasis on high standards and collaboration suggests a dynamic environment for those driven by impact and excellence.

Joblaze insights

  • Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Legora's careers page October 29, 2026.
  • Python appears in 40.3% of 345 comparable senior security roles in United States; ISO/IEC 42001 appears in 0.3% of 345 comparable senior security roles in United States.

Quick facts

Is the GRC Engineer role remote?
No — this is an on-site role in New York City.
How much experience is required?
6–8 years of relevant experience for this GRC Engineer role.
Where is the role based?
Legora is hiring for this position in New York City.
What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: CI/CD, ISO 27001, ISO/IEC 42001, Python, SOC 2, Terraform.
What seniority level is this role?
Legora targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this GRC Engineer role at Legora.

From the original posting

Joining Legora means three things.

  • We lean in: ownership over titles, outcomes over intentions.

ABOUT THE ROLE

You will build the platform Legora’s assurance program runs on: pipelines that collect evidence continuously, checks that enforce policy in CI/CD, and agents that test controls and draft audit responses. The GRC Lead owns the program and the judgment calls; you own the machinery that turns certifications into an output of normal operations.

You will sit in the Security organization and work daily with the GRC Lead, Engineering, and Corporate Security. This is an engineering seat with a compliance domain, and it exists because we sell AI agents to law firms: proving how our systems behave is part of the product.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Evidence & controls platform

  • Build the pipelines and integrations that aggregate control, asset, and identity data across our stack (cloud, IdP, HRIS, source control, CI/CD) and turn it into automated checks, live dashboards, and audit evidence.

  • Implement the unified controls library so one control satisfies many frameworks, with evidence collected once and mapped everywhere.

  • Ingest from what partners already own — Corporate Security’s technical controls, the SaaS portfolio’s system of record — rather than building parallel collectors; system owners keep their evidence, your platform makes it audit-ready.

  • Build the technical evidence base for our AI certifications (ISO/IEC 42001 and emerging AI-agent assurance standards): agent action logging, evaluation evidence, tool-call restrictions, and failure-mode documentation, working with Product and Engineering.

Continuous assurance & agentic workflows

  • Translate written policies and regulatory requirements into enforceable rules: automated checks in CI/CD and infrastructure deployment, continuous controls monitoring, and drift alerts routed to owners.

  • Instrument control effectiveness so the GRC Lead reports risk posture from live data.

  • Design and run agentic workflows for evidence analysis, control testing, and audit response preparation, with a human in the loop where assurance demands it. Anything manual twice a quarter gets automated.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

  • 6-8+ years spanning software or automation engineering and security compliance — an engineer who learned GRC, or a GRC operator who became a builder.

  • Production-grade scripting (Python or similar) against APIs — code you ship and own.

  • Hands-on experience building LLM/agent workflows and daily use of AI in your own work, with grounded judgment on what to delegate to agents, what needs a human, and how to evidence both to an auditor.

  • Enough GRC domain fluency to work inside SOC 2 / ISO 27001 control language and know what an auditor will accept as evidence.

  • Clear technical writing — your evidence and documentation will be read by auditors and customer security teams.

NICE TO HAVE

  • Experience with compliance platform APIs and when to build past them.

  • OSCAL or other machine-readable control/catalog formats.

  • Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or similar) and CI/CD pipeline engineering.

  • Prior work on AI product assurance: evals, red-teaming evidence, or model/agent documentation.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

  • Global collaboration: Partner with teams and clients across Europe, APAC, and North America.

  • In-person environment: Union Square office designed for ambitious builders and company provided lunch daily.

  • Benefits & Perks: We invest in our people with a comprehensive, thoughtfully designed benefits package:
    Medical, Dental & Vision

    • Multiple medical plan options through Aetna and Kaiser Permanente

    • HSA or Healthcare FSA (based on plan selection)

    • Dental plans via MetLife

    • Vision plans via Vision Care

    Family Support

    • Generous parental leave

    • Free access to Maven Clinic

    • Dependent Care FSA

    • Free One Medical membership for employees and dependents

    Additional Perks

    • Pre-tax commuter benefits

    • Life Insurance + STD/LTD

    • 401(K) with generous company match

    • Unlimited PTO

    • Robust voluntary benefits, including identity protection (via Aura), legal coverage via MetLife, pet savings programs, and more

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