Ontra Senior Legal Engineer at Ontra focused on AI-native services and Contract Automation. Collaborate with product and service teams to develop AI-powered legal workflows and create enablement materials.
Responsibilities
Ontra is seeking a Senior Legal Engineer focused primarily on our AI-native services and Contract Automation businesses, reporting to our General Manager, Legal Engineering. This is a multifaceted role: part prompt engineer, part legal workflow designer, part product advisor, and part builder.
We’re looking for someone excited to collaborate with product and service delivery teams and customers to develop AI-powered legal workflows, create and deliver comprehensive enablement materials, monitor industry trends to keep our products cutting-edge, and spearhead initiatives to enhance operational efficiency using AI.
If you are a detail-oriented systems thinker who moves fast, experiments, and enjoys brainstorming how AI can make legal work faster and more accurate while retaining a human touch, we’d love to get to know you!
Product Development Collaboration: Work closely with Product and service delivery teams to develop and refine contract review, drafting, and negotiation workflows, ensuring they align with client needs and industry standards.
Enablement Material Creation: Develop and deliver training materials such as webinars, 1:1 training, and self-directed courses to educate Ontra employees and legal network members on contract workflows and practical AI use.
Market Monitoring: Keep an eye on relevant markets, including legal AI, contract automation, and legal service delivery to inform workflow improvements.
Efficiency Initiatives: Drive operational efficiency by piloting AI-first legal workflows, evaluating outputs against legal playbooks, and measuring quality and turnaround time. Experiment with prompts and prototypes, iterate quickly on feedback, and turn promising ideas into practical improvements.
Stakeholder Consultation: Act as a technical subject matter expert by providing consulting support on AI-native services and Contract Automation projects, participating in meetings with product managers, development teams, and clients.
What You’ll Bring
Relevant Experience: 3+ years of directly relevant legal experience with a focus on transactional law. Experience drafting, reviewing, or negotiating NDAs, vendor contracts, and other commercial contracts, and conducting M&A due diligence, is a plus. Experience in private practice and/or in-house in an investment bank or asset manager is a plus.
Educational Background: Possession of a JD, LLM, or LLB, with US qualifications preferred but not mandatory.
Communication Skills: Exceptional verbal and written communication abilities; prior experience in a customer-facing role is advantageous.
