R&D Attorney

GC AI

R&D Attorney

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Hiring Remotely in San Mateo CA USA

In-Office or Remote

150K-260K Annually

Senior level

Artificial Intelligence • Legal Tech

The AI for in-house counsel

The Role

As an R&D Attorney you'll ensure the quality and accuracy of AI outputs for legal teams guiding product improvements with your legal expertise and collaborating with engineering.

Summary Generated by Built In

GC AI is the fastest-growing and most trusted legal AI platform for in-house legal teams. We're building the future of legal work and we're doing it fast. You'll join at a pivotal moment—when decisions matter impact is immediate and the runway to shape your career is wide open. We’re a high-performing team where you'll have real ownership and influence from day one.

More than 1500 companies use GC AI to drive their business forward including 150+ public companies 25+ unicorns and brands such as News Corp Miro Bass Pro Shops Snyk Skims Liquid Death Vercel Zscaler and TIME.

We've 10x'd revenue in 12 months raised a $60 million Series B ($555 million valuation) and are growing faster than ever. We are backed by incredible investors including Scale Venture Partners Northzone Sound Ventures and Guillermo Rauch CEO of Vercel.

If you thrive when the stakes are high and the path isn't paved you'll love it here. Our six guiding principles are: 1% better every day customer obsession ship today find a way care deeply and own it completely. Come shape the future of legal work with us.

Location

We are hiring for this role to be based in the United States or Canada. This is a remote role unless you fall within the following parameters. If you live within approximately 50 miles of our San Mateo CA or Provo UT office the position follows a hybrid schedule with in-office days on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.

About The Role

As an R&D Attorney you will shape the accuracy reliability and quality of AI outputs that hundreds of legal teams use in daily work. You will use your legal experience to guide GC AI toward practical excellence by designing legal evaluations improving system prompts validating outputs against real-world legal standards and translating substantive expertise into product improvements that build user trust.At a fast-moving product-market-fit stage startup your work will help raise the bar for how AI is tested in legal workflows and define the future of the leading legal AI platform for in-house teams

What You’ll Do

Design and run rigorous evaluations measuring the quality of our AI-generated outputs in order to ensure they meet the high standards expected by top-tier legal professionals.
Review and validate product outputs for accuracy relevance comprehensiveness helpfulness etc.
Collaborate closely with the engineering and GTM teams to identify performance gaps diagnose their causes and develop solutions.
Serve as the legal voice of quality advocating for precision consistency and clarity in AI outputs.
Bridge technical teams and legal domain expertise translating legal concepts into product requirements and product concepts back into legal terms.
Act as the bridge between technical teams and legal domain expertise translating complex legal concepts into clear product requirements and vice versa.
Provide domain-specific legal expertise that guides feature development and product roadmap decisions.
Ideate new products based on a deep understanding of legal teams' pain points.

What You've Done

Law degree and license to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction.
5+ years of legal experience with meaningful in-house experience required.
Substantive depth in one or more areas of in-house legal work such as corporate-commercial or transactional law contract drafting and negotiation product or regulatory counseling privacy compliance employment fintech or litigation work.
Experience using generative AI for legal work and evaluating generative AI outputs.
Strong analytical skills including the ability to design metrics interpret evaluation results and turn legal reasoning into logical repeatable steps.
Strong cross-functional communication skills with the ability to work closely with Engineering Product and GTM teams.

Nice to Have

You are already a GC AI user.
You are nerdy about legal tech especially prompt engineering and quality assurance.
You care about user experience especially how legal professionals interact with and trust AI assistants.
You have worked closely with software engineers before.
Ability to design and interpret evaluation metrics and to abstract legal reasoning and processes into logical repeatable steps.

A Note On Pace

We’re building something new in a once-in-a-generation shift in technology and the legal industry so we move at a relentless pace. We expect urgency ownership and good judgment even when things aren’t perfectly clear. If you need structure and consensus to do your best work this isn’t the right place for you. If you thrive in ambiguity and growth work with intensity and want real responsibility keep reading. We’re excited to meet you.

Compensation

GC AI's compensation package includes a competitive base salary benchmarked against real-time market data as well as meaningful equity and excellent benefits for all full-time roles.

US-based compensation range for this role: $150000 - $240000.

Canadian-based compensation range for this role: CAD $165000 - CAD $260000.

This range spans multiple levels. Final compensation will vary based on leveling market conditions geographic location and candidate qualifications including relevant knowledge skills and experience assessed during the interview process.

These compensation bands are just the starting point. After someone joins and proves they’re an exceptional performer we adjust quickly to ensure their compensation aligns with their impact.

Equal Opportunity Employment

GC AI is an equal opportunity employer that supports workplace diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion gender identity/expression national origin age military service eligibility veteran status sexual orientation marital status physical or mental disability or any other protected class. GC AI is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. #LI-GCAI

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To protect yourself against phishing and recruitment fraud please note that GC AI only accepts job applications through our official careers page at https://gc.ai/careers and through sponsored jobs on LinkedIn. All legitimate communication from our team regarding job opportunities will come from a GC AI team member with a @gc.ai or @getgc.ai email address.

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If you are contacted by someone claiming to be from GC AI via an unofficial channel or from a suspicious email address please do not share any information. Mark the communication as "phishing" or "spam" and do not respond.

Skills Required

Law degree and license to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction
5+ years of legal experience with meaningful in-house experience
Substantive depth in corporate-commercial or transactional law contract drafting and negotiation product or regulatory counseling or related areas
Experience using generative AI for legal work
Strong analytical skills to design metrics and interpret evaluation results
Strong cross-functional communication skills

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The Company

HQ: San Mateo California

100 Employees

Year Founded: 2023

What We Do

GC AI is the leading legal AI platform built specifically for in-house teams to solve the high-precision workflows they face every day. With powerful features like Easy Prompt™ Exact Quote™ citations and native Microsoft Word integration GC AI enables legal professionals to be strategic business partners through faster and more accurate drafting reviewing researching and redlining. Purpose-built for sensitive high-stakes matters the platform leverages five large language models while maintaining enterprise-grade security as a SOC 2 Type II certified provider that never uses confidential data for training. Founded by three-time General Counsel Cecilia Ziniti and AI engineer Bardia Pourvakil GC AI is trusted by over 1600 legal teams globally including brands like News Corp Skims TIME Inc. Liquid Death and Vercel. Discover the difference of becoming an AI-powered lawyer. Try it free or book a demo at gc.ai.

Why Work With Us

GC AI offers a rare opportunity to join a high-growth category leader at the intersection of generative AI and deep legal expertise. Our culture is defined by a "1% better every day" philosophy favoring curious customer-obsessed builders who thrive in a high-ownership environment where they can see the immediate impact of their work.

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Hybrid Workspace

Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

Many roles are eligible for remote work in the U.S. and Canada. For folks who live within 50 miles of our San Mateo CA or Provo UT offices we value in-person collaboration and work in the office on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.

Typical time on-site: 3 days a week

HQSan Mateo CA

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