Applied Legal Researcher

Why HarveyHarvey is a secure AI platform for professionals in law, tax, and finance that augments productivity and automates complex workflows. Harvey uses algorithms with reasoning-adept LLMs that have been customized and developed by our expert team of lawyers, engineers and research scientists. We’ve found product market fit and are scaling our team very quickly. Some reasons to join Harvey are:Exceptional product market fit: We have partnered with the largest law firms and professional service providers in the world, includingPaul Weiss, A&O Shearman,Ashurst, O'Melveny & Myers,PwC, KKR, and many others.Strategic investors: Raised over$200 millionfrom strategic investors including Sequoia, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and the OpenAI Startup Fund.World-class team: Harvey is hiring the besttalentfrom DeepMind, Google Brain, Stripe, FAIR, Tesla Autopilot, Glean, Superhuman, Figma, and more.Partnerships: Our engineers and researchers work directly with OpenAI to build the future of generative AI and redefine professional services.Performance: $0-30M ARR in the last 18 months.Compensation: Top of market cash and equity compensation.Role OverviewWe are looking for a legal researcher with a strong understanding of how large firms and other organizations deliver professional services and execute complex legal and knowledge work tasks. We have incredible product-market fit & demand across diverse customer profiles. Executing on this demand requires a strong understanding of our customer’s workflows and how those workflows can be accelerated by AI systems.What You'll DoTo facilitate the development of these systems, you will:Develop and deliver subject-matter expertise to support AI researchWork closely with our Machine Learning Research team to define and develop AI systemsPrompt engineer and fine-tune large language modelsBuild proprietary benchmarks and datasets to evaluate models and model systemsTackle unsolved AI problems to solve complex professional service tasksDisrupt multiple $T+ industriesWhat You Have3-7 years of experience at a large law firm or equivalent professional service providerDemonstrated ability to deliver high quality work product on demanding deadlinesAbility to effectively communicate with a variety internal stakeholders and translate complex problems effectively between themAbility to define positive outcomes in situations with underspecified success criteriaWillingness and desire to do work in the trenches — e.g., grading hundreds of answers, breaking down thousands of documents — getting the models to do junior associate work requires a lot of things that look like junior associate workHarvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.Compensation Range: $200K - $250K

Location: San Francisco

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