7+ years of backend software engineering experience in production systems at scale.
Working knowledge of legal concepts and some experience in legal operations or paralegal work.
Strong business judgment and practical problem-solving skills.
Experience building scalable processes and foundational systems from scratch.
Fluency with modern legal tech and AI tools, and human-in-the-loop practices.
Excellent communication skills with senior legal and executive stakeholders.
Entrepreneurial drive and agility in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
Responsibilities
Architect and build the Legal and Operations Engineering platform to automate high-volume legal work.
Own the enterprise contracting automation system from start to finish.
Ship in-product legal surfaces powered by proprietary technology.
Consolidate ad-hoc legal bots into a documented, reusable platform.
Serve as the technical partner to the General Counsel, translating legal complexities into engineered solutions.
Evaluate and potentially replace third-party tools with purpose-built internal systems.
Set a precedent for deploying engineering solutions in non-technical functions.
Benefits
Unique opportunity to shape foundational systems in a high-growth AI technology company.
Collaborative environment working closely with senior leaders, including the General Counsel.
Opportunity to build scalable legal processes from the ground up.
Exposure to cutting-edge technology and innovative legal solutions.
Possibility to influence and develop practices across various organizational functions.
Full Job Description
About the Role
Responsibilities
Architect and build Perplexity's Legal and Operations Engineering platform - a coherent stack of agents, workflows, and evaluation infrastructure that replaces manual, high-volume legal work across commercial contracting, e-discovery, enterprise redlining, subsidiary governance, vendor onboarding, and litigation and matter management.
Own the enterprise contracting automation system end-to-end.
Ship the in-product legal surfaces built on Perplexity and Computer itself
Consolidate today's ad-hoc legal bots, prompts, and scripts into a documented, observable, and reusable platform with clear conventions for personas, tools, evals, guardrails, and human-in-the-loop patterns.
Serve as the technical partner to the General Counsel. Translate complex, judgment-heavy legal workflows into engineered systems, and translate engineering constraints back to non-technical stakeholders.
Evaluate, retire, or replace third-party tools where a purpose-built internal system gives us a structural advantage.
Be the case study for forward-deployed engineering in non-engineering functions at Perplexity. Success here becomes the playbook for Legal, Recruiting, People, Workplace, and Operations.
What You'll Bring
3+ years of backend software engineering experience with a track record of shipping production systems at meaningful scale.
A working knowledge of legal concepts, with some experience in legal operations or paralegal work is desired.
Strong business judgment and practical problem-solving; comfortable making operational calls with incomplete information and calibrating risk in real time.
Track record building scalable processes and foundational systems from scratch, not maintaining a mature function.
Fluency with modern legal tech and AI tools; disciplined human-in-the-loop practices.
Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to work directly with senior legal, finance, and executive stakeholders.
Entrepreneurial drive, intellectual curiosity, and agility to thrive in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment.
Preferred Experience
Prior experience at an AI-native, SaaS, or consumer technology company operating at Perplexity's pace.
Familiarity with e-billing platforms (e.g., Brightflag), matter management, CLM, and entity management systems.
Comfort with ambiguity, rapid context-switching, and a builder mentality.
