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Microsoft will pay up to $279K for a lawyer who can build AI
Microsoft is seeking a lawyer who can shape how its legal department uses AI. The hire will build agents, sharpen prompts, and train attorneys.
TL;DR
- Microsoft is seeking a principal legal engineer to shape AI adoption within its legal department.
- The hire will build AI agents, sharpen prompts, and train attorneys in the Customer & Partner Solutions group.
- The legal industry is seeing pressure from clients to use AI tools like Harvey and Claude for Legal for faster, less expensive work.
- In-house legal teams are exploring AI for tasks like contract editing and policy writing to reduce reliance on outside counsel.
- Microsoft lawyers already use Copilot for routine work, including contract review.
- Microsoft is also rolling out Harvey across its broader legal organization.
- The legal engineer role is gaining traction in corporate legal departments and AI software startups.
- Palantir recently posted a similar job for an embedded legal engineer.
- Microsoft's preferred candidate has a law degree, at least seven years of attorney experience, and hands-on experience with AI legal tools.
- The base pay for the role ranges from $147,000 to $278,900 annually.