Applied Legal Researcher

harvey· Legal
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📍 San FranciscoFullTime💰 USD 180K–220K/yr

About this role

Why Harvey

At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.

This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. With 1500+ customers in 60+ countries, strong product-market fit, and world-class investor support, we’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched.

Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you.

At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.

Role Overview

We are looking for a legal researcher with a strong understanding of how law firms, financial institutions, large corporations, and other organizations deliver professional services and execute complex legal and knowledge work tasks. We have incredible product-market fit and demand across diverse customer profiles. Executing on this demand requires a strong understanding of our customers' workflows and how those workflows can be accelerated by AI systems.

What You'll Do

To facilitate the development of these systems, you will:

  • Develop and deliver subject-matter expertise to support AI research

  • Work closely with our engineering, product, and design teams to define and develop AI systems

  • Build and improve AI systems through prompt engineering, fine tuning, and other techniques

  • Build proprietary benchmarks and datasets to evaluate models and model systems

  • Partner directly with clients to understand their workflows, identify pain points, and translate complex business and legal requirements into technical solutions

What You Have

  • JD or equivalent post-graduate qualification

  • 3-7 years of experience at a law firm, financial institution, or equivalent professional service provider

  • Demonstrated ability to deliver high quality work product on demanding deadlines

  • Ability to effectively communicate with a variety internal and external stakeholders and translate complex problems effectively between them

  • Ability to define positive outcomes in situations with underspecified success criteria

  • Deep intellectual curiosity and eagerness to learn across domains

  • Willingness and desire to do work in the trenches - e.g., grading hundreds of answers, breaking down thousands of documents - getting the models to do junior associate work requires a lot of things that look like junior associate work

Compensation Range

$180,000 - $220,000 USD

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Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing accommodations@harvey.ai

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the salary for the Applied Legal Researcher role at harvey?
The listed salary for this Applied Legal Researcher position at harvey is USD 180K–220K/yr. This is an FullTime role.
Where is the Applied Legal Researcher position at harvey located?
This Applied Legal Researcher role at harvey is based in San Francisco. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
Is the Applied Legal Researcher role at harvey full-time or part-time?
This is listed as a FullTime position. It is posted as a Applied Legal Researcher role in the Legal department at harvey.
Which team or department does the Applied Legal Researcher at harvey belong to?
This Applied Legal Researcher position is part of the Legal department at harvey. See the full job description for more information about the team structure and responsibilities.
How do I apply for the Applied Legal Researcher position at harvey?
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When was the Applied Legal Researcher job at harvey posted?
This Applied Legal Researcher position at harvey was posted on Feb 5, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
Applied Legal Researcher
harvey · 💰 USD 180K–220K/yr
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