About us:

Leya is working to empower lawyers and automate legal work. Our approach is to enable the lawyer of the future: a human-AI lawyer who's an order of magnitude more effective than a team of conventional legal professionals. The human-AI lawyer will iterate at the speed of their judgment, even in the most complex legal scenarios, and will out-smart and out-deliver the best pure AI system.

You are joining an early-stage scale-up with exceptional product-market fit that thousands of lawyers use daily at global institutions such as Bird&Bird, Mannheimer Swartling, and Heineken. Backed by $37M in funding from top investors like Benchmark, Redpoint, and Y Combinator, Leya is a group of exceptional engineers, lawyers, and doers. Here, you will have infinite room to grow and rethink how truly worthwhile work gets done.

The role:

As a Staff AI Engineer at Leya, you’ll drive the development of cutting-edge AI and LLM technologies, building features that redefine how legal professionals work. You’ll take ownership of our AI features across the stack, ensuring scalable and secure solutions while pushing the forefront of AI innovation.

You will mentor junior colleagues and help define the strategy for the AI engineers with the CTO and Head of Engineering. Within a short period of time, you may are expected to take on an explicit leadership role spanning multiple teams.

What you will be doing:

• Architect and implement all AI and LLM features at Leya

• Ensure we utilize the latest and greatest LLM features, agentic tools etc

• Take ownership of our codebase, balancing high-quality code, security and speed of development

• Own and drive forward PoCs and solve broad technical challenges

• Review code and mentor junior colleagues to support them in their development

Who you are:

• A passionate engineer with several years of experience implementing and evaluating AI and LLM applications

• You’re autonomous and take pride in the systems you architect

• You’re a problem solver who’s not afraid to come up with creative solutions and think holistically about applied AI
  
  

What’s in it for you:

• Career development opportunities in a rapidly evolving entrepreneurial environment.

• Direct collaboration with senior leadership and the opportunity to directly impact company growth and strategy.

• A collaborative, high-energy team environment where your ideas and contributions are valued and implemented.

• Competitive salary complemented with a transparent and highly competitive options program.

• Centrally located offices in Stockholm, designed as a space for you to do your life's work.