Legal Knowledge Engineering Associate - Finance & Securities

Job Description

Are you a talented, experienced lawyer looking to use the knowledge you've gained in your field in a new way? Do you love the intellectual challenge of understanding complicated agreements, but feel like you are ready to take your career in a new direction and have more control over your time?

Kira Systems is looking for a Finance and Securities lawyer to help our clients train our artificial intelligence software, Kira, to find information in their documents. In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a cutting edge industry and a company that is making a tremendous impact in your field. You will help us build positive experiences for our clients, which include some of the world’s best law firms, professional service firms, and corporations. We are experiencing unprecedented growth and this is an environment where your contribution and expertise will be supported, acknowledged, and rewarded.

Interested? Let's talk.

Your day-to-day

As a Legal Knowledge Engineering Associate, you will be responsible for teaching Kira (our software) to find the information our clients seek in their documents. We teach Kira by highlighting information in diverse sets of documents. Kira studies the examples, uses machine learning algorithms to figure out patterns, and then finds similar information in new documents. By joining us, you will become an expert in using Kira Systems' artificial intelligence software and help us provide exceptional service on time sensitive projects for our clients.

What You'll Be Doing

• Develop new “smart fields” (machine learning algorithms that can find information) for documents relating to securities and/or financing transactions .
• Maintain a thorough understanding of developments in your legal domain, and continuously identify new opportunities to build smart fields.
• Work with Legal Knowledge Engineering managers to ensure clients get the most from Kira's out-of-the-box capabilities, while obtaining feedback to incorporate into the software.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, gain efficiencies, and share best practices.
• Work collaboratively with other teams at Kira Systems, such as product, design, sales and customer success.

What You Bring

• You have two or more years of law practice experience in securities and/or financing transactions , ideally gained at a law firm, in house, or at a legal service provider.
• Your legal finance and/or securities experience includes exposure to capital markets and documentation of transactions such as bond issues, credit facilities, structured finance, hybrid finance, IPOs, refinancing facilities, or similar transactions.
• Experience with legal operations, legal program management, and/or contract management systems is an asset.
• You have strong client service skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• You have the ability to learn new technologies quickly and are not intimidated by trying something new.
• You have extraordinary attention to detail and are highly organized.
• You are relentless and a creative problem solver, and your analytical skills are exceptional.
• You have strong time management skills and can successfully juggle multiple priorities.
• You are highly responsible, self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision.
• You empathize with people. Your first instinct when asked for something is to try to find a way to say yes.

Why Join Kira Systems?

• Team. Our team is filled with smart, curious, independent, self-motivated, and nice people. Together, we have a happy and fun team culture.
• It's early stage. So there’s still a lot to discover and develop, which makes for a great learning environment where you can build experiences and dig into loads of opportunities.
• Personal Development. We work on complex problems in a collaborative environment. It's challenging, in a good way.
• Technology and Design. Machine learning is driving a new industrial revolution, and we believe great design can contribute to great customer experiences.
• Lots of benefits and perks - you can read about them here: www.kirasystems.com/careers

Kira Systems believes that at the foundation of our success are the people who work here. We are an equal opportunity employer and believe our diversity is a driver of success at our company. Any race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation or identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status are welcome here. Accommodations are available on request for all aspects of the selection process.

Please be aware that due to the nature of our business all successful candidates must clear a background check before beginning employment