Job Summary :
Burford Capital is a leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law. They are hiring an AI Engineer to join their Software & Data team, which is responsible for designing and building AI-driven systems that process legal documents and support investment decision-making.
Responsibilities :
• Build and enhance Burford’s AI-driven systems for processing real-time legal documents.
• Ensure reliability, scalability, and accuracy across complex data pipelines – including web scrapers, external/internal APIs, and constantly evolving collections of data from business users.
• Proactively identify and implement opportunities for improving system performance and efficiency.
• Contribute to long-term improvements in Burford’s AI and data infrastructure.
• Develop features that help decision-makers access insights quickly and intuitively.
• Work directly with underwriting, business development, and legal teams to translate needs into practical, effective tools.
• Approach challenges with initiative and persistence, leveraging a wide range of resources—including colleagues and modern AI-assisted development tools—to find solutions.
• Adapt quickly to new responsibilities and areas of focus as business needs evolve.
• Seek continuous growth in both technical and business knowledge.
Qualifications :
Required :
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Data Science, or related technical field.
• Fluency in Python and familiarity with modern development practices.
• Experience in building, testing, and deploying LLM-based applications, as well as experience using relevant AI stack (e.g. LLM frameworks, vector databases, etc.)
• Experience with databases (e.g. PostgreSQL) and the basics of frontend development (React / Typescript).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability; some minimal level of mathematical fluency is essential (e.g. comfortability with vectors, matrices, probability, etc.)
• Demonstrated initiative and persistence in tackling new challenges.
• Collaborative working style with the ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Ability to adapt quickly and learn new concepts in a dynamic environment.
Preferred :
• Familiarity with AI tools for development is a plus (e.g. Cursor)
• Experience with machine learning is a plus (e.g. fine-tuning models, building neural nets from scratch, etc.)
• Comfort with cloud environments is a plus (e.g. Azure)
• Evidence of interest in the law or the social sciences is a plus.
Company :
Burford Capital operates as a finance and professional services company. Founded in 2009, the company is headquartered in New York, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.