Role summary by JobGrid
Senior Legal AI Researcher at onit: Auckland, New Zealand; On-site. JobGrid adds normalized role facts, source context, and a path to the employer application page so candidates can compare the listing before applying.
- Location and workplace: Auckland, New Zealand, On-site
- Source freshness: checked by JobGrid on 2026-06-08.
- Application path: candidates continue to the employer application page with non-personal referral tags.
Responsibilities
Translate legal domain knowledge into actionable model requirements
Identify inefficiencies and pain points across legal processes, assessing opportunities for automation and AI-driven improvement
Contribute to evaluation design, defining quality benchmarks for legal AI and building the frameworks to measure them
Design and test internal tooling to accelerate model development workflows
Mentor junior legal ai researchers on legal concepts and best practices
What we’re looking for:
5+ years of legal practice with a focus on contract review and negotiation, including strong familiarity with the full contract lifecycle and its stakeholders
Exceptional communication skills across diverse audiences, with the ability to distil complex legal concepts for non-legal stakeholders
Demonstrated interest in and understanding of AI technologies
Ability to thrive in ambiguity
In-house experience at an enterprise organisation (preferred)
Experience managing legal spend and billing (preferred)
Experience collaborating with software engineers or technical teams (preferred)