Microsoft is hiring a legal engineer to teach lawyers across the company
Microsoft is hiring a principal legal engineer to build AI agents and train its lawyers to use them, with base pay running from $147,000 to $278,900 a year. The LinkedIn listing, first reported by Business Insider, asks for a practising attorney with seven years of experience and hands-on knowledge of AI legal tools like Harvey or Copilot. Palantir posted a similar role just last month.
Microsoft has posted a job listing for a principal legal engineer, a role that blends legal expertise with software development. The position, which carries a base pay of up to $278,900 per year, is being sought by the Customer & Partner Solutions group, which supports Microsoft's commercial business. The engineer will work closely with engineering teams to build AI agents, refine prompts, and train legal staff on the use of these tools.
This is a hands-on role that requires a lawyer with software development skills, as opposed to one who merely advises from the sidelines. Microsoft's push for such a hybrid role reflects the growing trend of legal teams embracing software to streamline contract edits, policy drafting, and other tasks, ultimately reducing the need for external counsel.
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