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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 Senior Legal Engineer, reporting to the General Manager of Legal Engineering. This multifaceted role blends prompt engineering, legal workflow design, product advisory, and hands-on building. You'll collaborate with product and service delivery teams to develop AI-powered legal workflows, create comprehensive enablement materials (webinars, training, self-directed courses), monitor legal AI and contract automation trends, and drive operational efficiency by piloting AI-first workflows and measuring quality outcomes.
Key responsibilities include:
- Partnering with Product and service delivery to develop and refine contract review, drafting, and negotiation workflows aligned with client needs and industry standards
- Creating training materials to educate Ontra employees and legal network members on contract workflows and practical AI use
- 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, providing consulting support on AI-native services and Contract Automation projects
- Experimenting with prompts and prototypes, iterating quickly on feedback
Ontra is remote-first with office hubs in NYC, Santa Barbara, and London. This role requires a hybrid schedule: 3 days per week (typically Tuesday–Thursday) in the NYC office, building and iterating on workflows alongside attorneys and engineers.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 3+ years of directly relevant legal experience with focus on transactional law (drafting, reviewing, or negotiating NDAs, vendor contracts, commercial contracts; M&A due diligence experience 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)
- Exceptional 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 is required; 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 NYC office
