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Ontra is an AI-powered platform for private markets that automates critical workflows across the fund lifecycle. The company transforms unstructured contract data into actionable intelligence for GPs, investment banks, law firms, and advisors—trusted by over 1,000 global firms including nine of the top ten PEI-ranked firms.
You will serve as a Legal Engineer focused on AI-native services and Contract Automation, reporting to the General Manager of Legal Engineering. This multifaceted role blends prompt engineering, legal workflow design, product advisory, and hands-on building.
Key responsibilities include:
- Collaborating with Product and service delivery teams to develop and refine contract review, drafting, and negotiation workflows aligned with client needs and industry standards
- Creating enablement materials (webinars, 1:1 training, self-directed courses) for Ontra employees and legal network members
- Monitoring legal AI, contract automation, and legal service delivery markets to inform product improvements
- Piloting AI-first legal workflows, evaluating outputs against legal playbooks, and measuring quality and turnaround time
- Acting as a technical subject matter expert, consulting on AI-native services and Contract Automation projects with product managers, developers, and clients
- Experimenting with prompts and prototypes, iterating quickly on feedback, and turning promising ideas into practical improvements
Ontra operates as a remote-first company with office hubs in NYC, Santa Barbara, and London. The role requires 3 days per week in-office in the NYC area (typically Tuesday–Thursday) to build and iterate on workflows alongside attorneys and engineers.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 1+ years of directly relevant legal experience with focus on transactional law; experience drafting, reviewing, or negotiating NDAs, vendor contracts, and commercial contracts is a plus
- Experience in private practice and/or in-house at an investment bank or asset manager is a plus
- JD, LLM, or LLB (US qualifications preferred but not mandatory)
- Strong verbal and written communication; prior customer-facing role experience is advantageous
- Demonstrated organizational excellence, high ownership, proactive problem-solving, teamwork, and results orientation
- Hands-on use of AI tools (Claude, GPT, Harvey, Legora, or similar) in legal or professional work; must be comfortable refining prompts, checking outputs for accuracy, and recognizing when human legal judgment is needed
- Experience building a reusable AI skill or custom workflow, or experimenting with Codex or Claude Code to create a small app or workflow is preferred; exploratory or personal projects welcome; coding experience not required
- Must be willing to work 3 days per week in-office in NYC area
