Legal Engineer - AI & Legal Automation (Hybrid)

Clara is the leading platform in Latin America for companies to execute and manage every payment operation. More than 50,000 leading and fast-growing businesses run on our corporate cards, bill pay, financing and B2B payments, and in 2025 the Financial Times named Clara the region’s fastest-growing company. We’re passionate about helping every company we work with become more effective—and, through that, raising the region’s competitiveness. We’re ~400 people, backed by Notable Capital, Coatue, Kaszek, monashees, DST Global, ICONIQ, General Catalyst and Goldman Sachs, among others.

What you'll do We're looking for a Legal Engineer — AI & Legal Automation to help reinvent how in-house legal work gets done at Clara. You will bridge the gap between legal expertise and technology, joining a team that combines best-in-class legal experts, engineers, and AI agents to push the boundaries of legal service delivery.

Your primary responsibilities will include

• Advise Clara on the overall enhancement of the in-house legal function through the use of technology and automation.
• Identify repetitive, manual, and time-consuming legal tasks that can be simplified, automated, or eliminated.
• Build, experiment with, and deploy AI-powered legal workflows, agents, scripts, and internal tools using platforms like N8N.
• Support and develop technology-driven solutions for corporate, litigation, employment, intellectual property, data privacy, commercial, financial, and fintech legal matters.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Finance, Sales, and Operations to identify cross-functional interactions and build secure, maintainable solutions that integrate with our existing processes.
• Validate AI-generated legal analysis, designing workflows with appropriate human review, escalation paths, auditability, and quality controls to protect confidential information.
• Turn institutional knowledge into reusable systems, structured knowledge bases, and reliable workflows.
• Measure the impact of automation through time saved, reduced turnaround times, and increased team capacity.

Who you are

• “We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.”
• Must haves
• A law degree in at least one jurisdiction with experience in corporate, commercial, financial, regulatory, or fintech law.
• Experience or interest in AI tools to automate workflows.
• Strong legal writing, analytical reasoning, and contract drafting skills with a deep understanding of legal frameworks.
• A builder mindset: you enjoy creating things, testing ideas, and improving systems rather than accepting existing processes as fixed.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, with the ability to explain complex legal issues clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Adaptability to fast-changing environments with high ownership, intellectual curiosity, and attention to detail.
• Proven role-specific execution in balancing professional legal judgment with technological innovation.
• Nice to haves
• Basic proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese (when it's not the country's main language) or a desire to learn it.
• Independent analytical skills using spreadsheets, SQL, or Python.
• An active Github profile, personal projects, open-source contributions, scripts, or prototypes you can share.
• Familiarity with APIs, large language models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or AI-assisted development.
• Experience advising in the fintech or technology sectors, with knowledge of capital markets, AML/CFT, data protection, or cybersecurity.
• A good sense of humor.

Why Clara

• A high talent-density team driven to make an impact in Latin America — low ego, high ownership.
• Competitive salary and stock options (ESOP) from day one.
• An annual learning budget and accelerated development paths.
• English is our working language, with Spanish and Portuguese every day.

How we work

• Clarity — Open and direct communication: we say what we mean and give context where it matters.
• Simplicity — If it can be simpler, it should be.
• Ownership — We own everything we do, end to end. When something needs to happen, we don't wait.
• Pride — We hold ourselves to a high standard, and it shows in what we deliver.
• ABC (Always Be Changing) — We adapt fast, embrace change, and keep learning.
• Inclusivity — Diverse ideas, stories and perspectives build a better Clara.
• If you meet the must-haves, apply — the nice-to-haves are a bonus, not a requirement.