Legal Engineer, Sydney

The role

Legal Engineers bridge customers, sales, and product to support sales strategy and product development. They work with lawyers to uncover workflow pain points and translate feedback into product direction.

What you will do

• Work with lawyers at current and prospective customers to uncover workflow pain points and recommend solutions.
• Serve as the voice of the customer by translating feedback into product direction.
• Partner with product, engineering, sales, and marketing to shape the product roadmap.
• Build and refine product demonstrations, workflows, and use cases.
• Introduce new capabilities tailored to each customer.
• Provide competitive and market intelligence for the APAC legal tech landscape.
• Strengthen Harvey's reputation in the APAC region.

Required qualifications

• Based in Sydney and eligible to work in Australia.
• Australian practising certificate (or equivalent common-law qualification).
• At least 3 years of experience as a qualified lawyer at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house.
• Strong exposure to complex legal workflows and client expectations.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment and make well-reasoned recommendations.
• Ability to operate across legal, product, and sales contexts.
• Executive presence and relationship-building skills.
• Comfort engaging partners, senior associates, in-house counsel, and legal leadership.

Nice to have

• Sales, customer-facing, or law firm business development experience

Benefits

• Structured hybrid working arrangement: 3 days in Sydney office, 2 days working from home
• Fully covered private hospital insurance, plus extras for dental, optical, physio, mental health, and more
• Support for fertility treatments, adoption, and surrogacy through Carrot
• Comprehensive coverage designed to support long-term well-being
• Paid annual leave, sick leave, and fully paid parental leave for all parents
• Daily in-office lunch
• Wellness memberships through Wellhub
• Monthly commuting support
• Annual support for courses, certifications, conferences, and books
• Monthly support for home office, internet, and phone expenses
• Four-week paid sabbatical after four years

Before you apply

• Must have valid Australian work rights
• Harvey does not currently offer visa sponsorship for this role

About the company

Harvey is transforming how legal and professional services operate by combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise.