Legal Workflow Engineer - Transactional at Latham & Watkins

Compensation

$155,000 – $190,000/yr

Setup: Hybrid
Location: New York, New York · Boston, Massachusetts · +1
Type: Full-time
Posted: Mar 25, 2026

Description

The Legal Workflow Engineer - Transactional at Latham & Watkins designs, develops, and optimizes AI-powered workflows for legal practice groups, focusing on transactional areas like M&A, finance, and capital markets. This role involves creating and maintaining prompt engineering standards, workflow templates, and quality assurance protocols to ensure high-quality AI outputs. The engineer will execute on strategic AI visions, translating practice requirements into AI specifications, monitoring KPIs, conducting R&D for AI enhancements, and protecting sensitive information.

Required Skills

AI systems
prompt engineering
workflow optimization
large language models
legal practice
knowledge management
KPIs
quality metrics
attorney satisfaction measures

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: Three years of experience in legal technology, knowledge management, or legal practice, with demonstrated experience in AI systems, prompt engineering, or workflow optimization.
Preferred Qualifications: Strong expertise in AI systems and prompt engineering, capable of optimizing large language model outputs for accuracy, consistency, and adherence to legal practice standards.
Solid understanding of transactional legal practice, particularly M&A, finance, and capital markets workflows, enabling effective translation of practice requirements into AI workflow specifications.
Strong knowledge engineering capabilities, encompassing the development of prompt libraries, workflow templates, knowledge repositories, and quality assurance frameworks tailored for AI-powered transactional tools.