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Legal Engineer, Intellectual Property

Join Legora as a Legal Engineer to help sophisticated IP teams maximize their use of an AI-native legal platform.

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

Posted by employer 3 days ago

First seen on Joblaze 2 days ago

Last verified on the company career page 30 minutes ago

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What you'll build

  • Act as a thought partner to IP partners and litigation teams
  • Run pilots with trademark, patent, and brand-protection groups
  • Deliver product demos and training
  • Document best practices from leading IP practices
  • Help IP teams navigate shifts in legal work

Must have

  • At least 3+ years of legal practice at a law firm
  • Background in IP in any of its subgroups

Nice to have

  • Registration to practice before the USPTO
  • Hands-on experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications

AI in the day-to-day

Our AI-native workspace lets legal professionals move faster, think more clearly, and operate with sharper precision.

Requirements

Experience
3+ years

Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.

Joblaze summary

In this role, the Legal Engineer focuses on enhancing the use of Legora's platform for sophisticated intellectual property teams, addressing their unique challenges and facilitating their workflows. The position requires a strong background in various IP areas, along with a tech-savvy approach to legal operations and product implementation. Ideal candidates have at least three years of legal experience and can effectively communicate across diverse stakeholders. Legora emphasizes collaboration and innovation, making this role suitable for those eager to drive change in legal practices.

Joblaze insights

  • Listed 2 days ago — first seen on Joblaze October 17, 2026. Last confirmed on Legora's careers page October 19, 2026.

Quick facts

Is the Legal Engineer, Intellectual Property role remote?
No — this is an on-site role in New York City.
How much experience is required?
At least 3 years of relevant experience for this Legal Engineer, Intellectual Property role.
Where is the role based?
Legora is hiring for this position in New York City.
What seniority level is this role?
Legora targets mid-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Legal Engineer, Intellectual Property role at Legora.

From the original posting

Joining Legora means three things.

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

What You'll Do

Let's get the tricky part out of the way: this role doesn't fit neatly into a traditional box. It's part legal ops, part product specialist, part solutions architect, and part client whisperer.

If you enjoy roles that stay static, this probably isn't it. Your mission is to help our clients — some of the most sophisticated IP teams in the world, from IP boutiques to AmLaw IP groups to in-house IP departments — get the absolute most out of our platform.

IP here means the whole practice: trademark prosecution and litigation, patent prosecution and litigation, copyright, privacy, advertising and media, and brand protection. You'll slot into whichever of those you know best, and learn the rest alongside the clients who live in them.

  • Acting as a thought partner to IP partners, prosecution leads, and litigation teams — building trusted relationships, addressing tricky pain points (the office-action response due Friday, the 200 marketplace listings using a client's mark on counterfeits, the ad claim that needs substantiation before the campaign goes live, the invalidity contentions with 40 references to run down), and identifying high-value opportunities for them to scale their use of Legora across the practice.

  • Working together with Go To Market and Customer Success in taking full ownership of client relationships — from running pilots with trademark, patent, and brand-protection groups, to onboarding new team members across the IP practice, and ultimately guiding firm-wide adoption.

  • Being the voice of IP users inside Legora — sharing insights from trademark and patent prosecutors, IP litigators, privacy counsel, and brand teams that directly inform product development, roadmap priorities, and strategic direction.

  • Delivering clear, confident product demos and training that bring the power of our platform to life — whether you're presenting to a name partner, rolling out to a global IP group, or training associates on clearance review, prior-art analysis, or takedown triage.

  • Documenting best practices from leading IP practices, contributing to the development of scalable playbooks, and helping shape how we grow this function globally.

  • Confidently helping IP teams navigate one of the biggest shifts in how legal work gets done — from evaluating the ROI and competitive advantage of AI to mapping how it will reshape prosecution, brand enforcement, portfolio management, and IP litigation.

What You Bring

You come from the world of IP — but you've never been content with how things have always been done. You may have trained as a trademark or patent prosecutor, as an IP litigator, as privacy counsel, or in advertising, media, or brand protection. Perhaps after practicing you've specialized in legal operations, innovation, or technology implementation within a firm or a corporate IP department.

Maybe you've even moved into legal tech, helping IP teams modernize and scale. Either way, you know how IP teams think, work, and (sometimes) struggle — and you're ready to help them level up with technology.

You'll thrive in this role if you:

  • Have a background in IP — in any of its subgroups: trademark prosecution or litigation, patent prosecution or litigation, copyright, privacy, advertising and media, or brand protection — gained at an IP boutique, an AmLaw IP group, or an in-house IP team.

  • At least 3+ years of legal practice at a law firm

  • Are tech-curious and product-savvy. Not necessarily a coder, but passionate about navigating technical conversations, especially around generative AI, technology implementation, innovation and productivity.

  • Communicate clearly and confidently with diverse stakeholders, from IP partners to in-house counsel, and from lawyers to engineers. Translating across disciplines is second nature to you.

  • Bring structure to ambiguity and energy to complexity — and enjoy being the calm, credible presence in a fast-moving environment.

  • Understand how to evaluate and improve existing processes as a direct result of new and emerging technologies — whether that's streamlining office-action responses, triaging a clearance search, sharpening prior-art and invalidity analysis, or running brand enforcement at scale.

  • Are proactive, self-directed, and comfortable juggling multiple client relationships at once.

  • Care deeply about quality, but don't get stuck in perfectionism — you get things done, and you make them better over time.

  • Understand the commercial realities of legal practice: leveraging teams efficiently, demonstrating value to clients, managing complex matters, and balancing technical excellence with commercial delivery.

Plus, if you're a patent prosecutor:

We're building out how Legora serves patent teams, and we'd especially like to hear from you if you bring:

  • Registration to practice before the USPTO (patent bar) and a science or engineering degree (EE, ME, CS, physics, chemistry, or life sciences). We care that you can read a claim, a specification, and a piece of prior art with a practitioner's eye.

  • Hands-on experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications. If you've written claims and responded to office actions yourself, you'll know exactly where the platform saves time — and where it doesn't yet.

What's In It For You

  • Global collaboration: Partner with teams and clients domestically and internationally.

  • Competitive package: Comprehensive salary, benefits, and tools for success.

  • Meaningful work: Your efforts shape how thousands of lawyers use AI daily.

  • In-person environment: Union Square office designed for ambitious builders.

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