Burford Capital · 4 hours ago
AI Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$130K/yr - $150K/yrBurford Capital is a leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law. They are hiring an AI Engineer to join their Software & Data team, which is responsible for designing and building AI-driven systems that process legal documents and support investment decision-making.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Build and enhance Burford’s AI-driven systems for processing real-time legal documents
Ensure reliability, scalability, and accuracy across complex data pipelines – including web scrapers, external/internal APIs, and constantly evolving collections of data from business users
Proactively identify and implement opportunities for improving system performance and efficiency
Contribute to long-term improvements in Burford’s AI and data infrastructure
Develop features that help decision-makers access insights quickly and intuitively
Work directly with underwriting, business development, and legal teams to translate needs into practical, effective tools
Approach challenges with initiative and persistence, leveraging a wide range of resources—including colleagues and modern AI-assisted development tools—to find solutions
Adapt quickly to new responsibilities and areas of focus as business needs evolve
Seek continuous growth in both technical and business knowledge
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Data Science, or related technical field
Fluency in Python and familiarity with modern development practices
Experience in building, testing, and deploying LLM-based applications, as well as experience using relevant AI stack (e.g. LLM frameworks, vector databases, etc.)
Experience with databases (e.g. PostgreSQL) and the basics of frontend development (React / Typescript)
Strong analytical and problem-solving ability; some minimal level of mathematical fluency is essential (e.g. comfortability with vectors, matrices, probability, etc.)
Demonstrated initiative and persistence in tackling new challenges
Collaborative working style with the ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical colleagues
Ability to adapt quickly and learn new concepts in a dynamic environment
Preferred
Familiarity with AI tools for development is a plus (e.g. Cursor)
Experience with machine learning is a plus (e.g. fine-tuning models, building neural nets from scratch, etc.)
Comfort with cloud environments is a plus (e.g. Azure)
Evidence of interest in the law or the social sciences is a plus
Benefits
Discretionary annual bonus
Welcome Restricted Stock Units
Competitive health care benefits
401k matching program
Company
Burford Capital
Burford Capital operates as a finance and professional services company.
Founded in 2009
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.71B2026-01-12Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2025-07-08Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2024-01-16Post Ipo Debt· $275M
Leadership Team
Christopher Bogart
Chief Executive Officer
Elizabeth Shin
Senior Vice President, Head of Korea
Recent News
2026-01-22
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2025-12-31
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