Litera · 2 months ago
AI Search Engineer
USA-Colorado
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$135K/yr - $180K/yr
5+ years expLitera is a leader in legal tech innovation, aiming to transform the legal profession through AI-forward solutions. They are seeking an innovative AI Search Engineer to design and implement advanced search features for their Azure AI Search solution, focusing on improving legal workflows for enterprise law firms.
Customer ServiceDocument ManagementInnovation ManagementLegalLegal Tech
Responsibilities
Architect and implement advanced search features including natural language queries, faceted navigation, and intelligent result ranking
Build and optimize RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines for AI-powered legal workflows
Design intuitive React-based search interfaces using Fluent UI that delight enterprise users
Collaborate on data pipeline design to ensure search indexes are performant and current
Implement semantic and vector search capabilities to surface relevant content across massive document repositories
Work with cross-functional teams to understand user needs and translate them into technical solutions
Contribute to architecture decisions around scalability, performance, and reliability
Qualification
Required
5+ years of software engineering experience (or equivalent demonstrated expertise)
Proven experience building search-heavy applications in production
Strong portfolio of work demonstrating technical depth and product sense
Excellent communication skills—you can explain complex technical concepts clearly
Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience building production search systems
Deep understanding of Azure AI Search or similar enterprise search platforms (Elasticsearch, Solr, etc.)
Proficiency in React/TypeScript for building responsive, accessible UIs
Solid backend development skills in .NET/C# or similar statically-typed languages
Experience with both relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (CosmosDB) databases
Understanding of information retrieval concepts: ranking algorithms, relevance tuning, semantic search
Preferred
Experience with legal tech, document management systems (iManage, NetDocuments), or highly regulated industries
Contributions to open-source projects
Experience with SOC2 compliance and enterprise security requirements
Background in ML/NLP or information retrieval research
AI-Native Development: You actively use AI coding assistants like Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or Cognition Devin in your daily workflow. You understand how to leverage these tools to accelerate development while maintaining code quality and architectural vision
Innovation Mindset: You stay current with emerging AI/search capabilities and proactively explore how new techniques could solve user problems
Enterprise Awareness: You understand the compliance, security, and scale requirements of enterprise software (bonus: legal tech or document management experience)
Full-Stack Thinking: You can move fluidly between backend architecture and frontend UX concerns
Benefits
Health insurance
Retirement savings plans
Generous paid time off
Supportive work-life balance
Comprehensive benefits package
Incentive and recognition programs
401k contribution
Company
Litera
Litera is a legaltech firm that provides of document lifecycle and transaction management solutions.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$102MKey Investors
HgK1 Investment Management
2021-11-05Private Equity
2021-01-07Series Unknown· $2M
2019-05-08Private Equity
Leadership Team
Avaneesh Marwaha
CEO
Bryan Smith
Director of Product Management
Recent News
2025-12-03
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