Dentons Business Services EMEA is the operational backbone of Dentons, supporting the world's largest law firm in delivering exceptional service to clients across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. As a crucial component of Dentons' global network, our EMEA business services team plays a key role in driving efficiency, innovation, and collaboration.

At Dentons Business Services EMEA, we are committed to excellence in supporting legal professionals with cutting-edge solutions. Our dynamic and diverse team collaborates seamlessly to provide a wide range of services, including finance, IT, human resources, marketing, and more. We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of continuous improvement and adaptability.

About the opportunity

The legal market is changing quickly, and our clients increasingly expect legal services that are efficient, data-informed and enabled by technology. We now have an exciting opportunity to join our Europe Legal Tech Enablement team as a Legal Engineer. In this role, you will help support the design, configuration, deployment and delivery of practical legal technology solutions, including AI-enabled tools, working closely with lawyers, legal and other stakeholders across Europe.

You will support the Legal Tech Enablement team by:

• Supporting the design, creation, deployment and implementation of internal and client-facing legal technology solutions, with a particular focus on AI-enabled tools, including workflow automation, matter management tools and document automation;

• Assisting with the configuration, testing, improvement and day-to-day operation of legal workflows, AI-enabled solutions, online questionnaires, automated templates and data extraction processes, including the day-to-day management of different tool instances, across multiple levels, from user access and permissions to operational coordination and communications with technology vendors;

• Helping legal teams adopt technology and AI solutions in a practical, responsible and user-friendly way, with guidance from more experienced Legal Engineers and senior stakeholders;

• Supporting eDiscovery, litigation support and technology-assisted review projects, including project set-up, coordination, tracking and operational delivery.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone at an early stage of their legal technology career who is curious, organized and excited by the opportunity to work at the intersection of law, AI and technology. The role offers hands-on, delivery-focused experience, with opportunities to develop expertise in legal engineering, eDiscovery, automation and AI-enabled solutions, while developing practical project management skills within an international law firm environment.

Responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of legal engineering projects across Europe, including AI-enabled solutions, workflow automation, transaction management, litigation case management, compliance matters and document automation;

• Assist with requirements gathering, process mapping and documentation of legal workflows, helping translate legal working and business needs into clear requirements for technology, automation and AI-enabled solutions under the guidance of Legal Engineers and senior team members;

• Create and maintain automated templates, online questionnaires, simple workflow configurations and AI-supported use cases using the Firm’s approved legal technology platforms;

• Test automated documents, workflows, AI-enabled tools and technology-enabled processes, record issues clearly, support troubleshooting and help implement fixes or enhancements;

• Support eDiscovery projects from initiation to close, including matter intake, scoping support, project planning, tracker preparation, status reporting and coordination with legal teams, clients, vendors and internal technology teams;

• Coordinate day-to-day eDiscovery project activity, including tracking deadlines, monitoring review progress, escalating risks, maintaining project documentation and supporting delivery of review outputs;

• Provide operational support for technology-assisted review, AI-supported data extraction, litigation support and other efficiency projects across Europe;

• Prepare user guides, training materials, project notes and other documentation to support adoption and knowledge sharing;

• Help run user testing, gather feedback and support continuous improvement of deployed solutions, AI use cases and project processes.

Requirements

• This role might suit a junior lawyer, paralegal, legal operations professional, legal technologist, litigation support analyst or recent graduate who is curious about how AI and technology are transforming legal service delivery and process improvement, with a strong interest in law;

• A degree or qualification in law, technology, engineering, information management, legal operations or a related discipline would be beneficial;

• Some experience in a law firm, legal department, professional services environment, litigation support, eDiscovery or legal operations would be helpful, but we are open to candidates with the right aptitude and learning mindset;

• Interest in legal technology tools such as legal AI, document automation, workflow automation, eDiscovery platforms, technology-assisted review, data extraction or matter management solutions;

• Ability to understand legal processes, follow structured workflows and translate user needs into clear requirements or project tasks;

• Strong attention to detail, organization and follow-through, particularly when supporting projects with multiple stakeholders, deadlines and moving parts;

• Good communication skills, including the ability to explain issues clearly, ask thoughtful questions and keep project stakeholders informed;

• Proactive, collaborative and comfortable learning new tools, working with data and supporting practical, responsible and user-friendly technology-enabled solutions;

• Ability to work both as part of a team and independently, with appropriate supervision, and to prioritize tasks under pressure.

Benefits

• Remuneration and benefits package will reflect the successful candidates experience and country where hired.