Senior Legal Expert

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Senior Counsel — Legal Domain Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $85–$120/hour
Location: Hybrid, Bay Area, California
Commitment: 40 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Evaluate the quality of legal knowledge work tasks and AI model outputs. Identify missing behaviors and thin reasoning.
• Develop high-quality instruction specs and golden solutions to legal problems. Define new legal tasks reflecting real-world practices.
• Design challenging legal tasks and evaluation sets. Collaborate with the research team to build legal-specific skills and tools.
• Work with client researchers and specialists to maintain consistent standards. Translate tacit legal judgment into explicit, teachable criteria.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
• 8 to 15 years of substantive post-qualification legal practice.
• Current or past counsel, senior associate, senior in-house counsel, or Assistant General Counsel level.
• Specialization in a substantive practice area like corporate, litigation, regulatory, intellectual property, employment, or tax.
• Admission to at least one U.S. state bar, in good standing.
• Hands-on experience with large language models in professional work.
• Ability to commit to 40 hours per week for 6 months.
• Reside in the Bay Area, California, and work on-site as required.

Compensation & Legal

• W-2 employment with Cincinnatus LLC.
• Hourly contractor, paid weekly.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.