Clera
Senior Legal Engineer
San Francisco
- Salary
- $150,000 - $225,000 annually
- Level
- Senior
- Work type
- On-site · San Francisco
- Visa
- Not offered
Open. First seen 17 October 2026.
The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 292 open in Engineering. 226 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in March: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
LLM (135 of 292), TypeScript (131 of 292), Python (123 of 292), React (107 of 292), Machine Learning (70 of 292), PostgreSQL (58 of 292), JavaScript (55 of 292)
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- Founding Engineer posted Oct 18
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- Agent Product Manager posted Oct 18
- Founding Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 18
- Fractional Founding Designer posted Oct 18
- Software Engineer, Foundation (Mid-Level) posted Oct 18
- Senior Solutions Engineer posted Oct 18
- Product Engineer (Mid to Staff Level) posted Oct 18
- Lead Data Platform Engineer posted Oct 18
- Senior Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 18
- Senior Product Engineer posted Oct 18
- AI Infrastructure / Product Engineer posted Oct 18
- Director of IT posted Oct 18
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- Senior Data Engineer posted Oct 17
- Senior Platform Software Engineer posted Oct 17
- Senior Product Designer posted Oct 17
- Senior Platform Engineer (w/m/d) posted Oct 17
- Senior Product Manager posted Oct 17
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- GTM Engineer (Mid-Level) posted Oct 17
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- Founding DevOps Engineer posted Oct 17
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- Senior Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 10
- Senior Product Engineer posted Oct 10
- Senior Platform Engineer posted Oct 10
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From the team and dates on Clera's own job board.
About the role
About the Role
Connect legal expertise, customer needs, and product development at an early-stage legal technology company. You will help turn commercial and legal requirements into reliable AI-assisted workflows, improving the platform experience from onboarding through ongoing use.
What You'll Do
- Map customer needs into tailored legal workflows and guide clients through platform onboarding.
- Review and validate AI-flagged legal issues across customer documents and filings for accuracy and completeness.
- Turn customer feedback and legal team needs into clear product requirements for engineering.
- Improve prompts, workflow modules, and automated processes to make the platform more reliable.
- Build and refine legal workflows using AI tools, MCP servers, and command-line tools.
What We're Looking For
- At least 2 years of combined experience in legal practice, legal technology, law firm innovation, or in-house legal work, with 2 to 8 years of overall relevant experience.
- A JD or prior legal practice experience, or experience working at a legal technology company.
- Hands-on experience building with AI tools, MCP servers, command-line tools, or code-generation workflows. A computer science degree is not required.
- Experience translating legal needs into automated workflows, prompts, or product requirements.
- Sound contract judgment and the ability to assess AI-generated legal work for accuracy and completeness.
- Comfort owning problems end to end in a fast-moving startup environment.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $150,000 to $225,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.
Other openings for this role
2 open postings for this role in San Francisco, first posted 10 October 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.
- 17 October 2026 – open (this posting)
- 10 October 2026 – open
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