One thing defines this role: you turn a customer's real problem into a specification a machine can build from. Ambiguity gets resolved once, by you, not constantly re-surfaced over time. Fully remote, UK-based. Up to £80k plus EMI equity.
There's an age-old problem in professional services: not enough information gets written down. This leads to inefficiency, missed opportunities and people spending their days on duct-taping work instead of anything meaningful or fulfilling. We're using the latest agentic AI to solve this problem; voice-first capture paired with agent-driven use, and we're starting with law firms.
Founded in 2025, we're already live with several national and international firms and scaling quickly. Product-market fit is proven, as is the market's willingness to buy. The next step is building faster and better.
You'd be our first hire beyond the four of us. That means direct exposure to some genuinely novel product work, and a real chance to test yourself on problems that don't have obvious answers.
One thing defines this role: you turn a customer's real problem into a specification a machine can build from. Ambiguity gets resolved once, by you, not constantly re-surfaced over time.
AI agents have collapsed the cost of writing software to almost nothing. They haven't touched the cost of deciding what to build, proving it's safe, or convincing a law firm to trust it. The binding constraint has moved from generating code to understanding, verifying and judging, and that's still human work, and what we want from this role.
We don't do sprints. A formally-verified specification does the alignment work standing meetings would, decisions get written down once, and single artefacts provide the transparency.
You run the discovery conversation and come out with these structured, machine-readable briefs, precise enough that an agent-assisted engineer, or an agent, can build against it without going back to the customer.
That means:
Six months in, we'd expect you to have:
You'll be great in this role if:
We're hiring for attitude and potential more than exact track record. If the job interests you but you don't tick every box, we still want to hear from you.
You probably won't enjoy this role if you want a backlog handed to you and a definition of done written by someone else; if you'd rather write a feature list than resolve the ambiguity underneath it; or if you treat a compliance questionnaire as paperwork to clear rather than a promise to a client.
You'll report to Sam (CEO), with a strong working relationship with Edu (CTO). Start date: September, ideally. Flexible for the right person.
Send a short note to [email protected] telling us:
Two rounds:
For finalists, we offer a paid trial engagement of four to six weeks on a real piece of work. Not compulsory, but strongly encouraged. It de-risks the decision for both sides.
Equal opportunities. Legal Engine is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Hiring decisions are made on merit.
Right to work. You must have the right to work in the UK. We aren't currently able to sponsor visas.
Reasonable adjustments. If you need adjustments at any stage of the process, extra time, a different format, accessibility support, tell us when you apply and we'll make it work.
How we handle your data. We use the information you send us solely to assess your application. We keep applicant data for six months after the process closes, then delete it. If you'd like a copy of what we hold, or want it deleted sooner, email [email protected].