Legal and Product Engineer (Japanese-Speaking)

Job overview

The Legal and Product Engineer (Japanese-Speaking) role is hybrid in New York, NY, with regular travel to Japan; the posting also lists London as a possible base. Compensation is $100,000–$220,000 per year. Solve Intelligence is building AI-powered infrastructure for the global intellectual property landscape, with growing demand from Japanese IP teams. This role bridges patent practice and AI product development, helping ensure the platform’s legal reasoning and technical performance meet practitioner needs. It works with the AI team on patent-focused outputs, builds evaluation benchmarks, translates client insights into product priorities, and leads technical discussions and pilots with Japanese clients.

What you'll do

• Partner with the AI team to improve algorithms and prompt engineering for patent tasks
• build datasets and evaluation frameworks against patent-office requirements
• translate client insights into product features
• support pilots and product discussions with IP teams
• document AI adoption practices
• lead Japanese-language demos and technical discussions with Japanese firms and corporate IP departments
• and help ensure the AI handles Japanese-language patent documents and Japan Patent Office practice.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

legal and product engineer

japanese-speaking

new york ny

hybrid

solve intelligence

patent law

ai product

patent prosecution

japanese language

japan market

regular travel to japan

$100k–$220k/year

visa sponsorship

equity

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Significant equity, full visa sponsorship, private medical insurance, and free meals.

Why this role

Requires admission to practice before the USPTO, EPO, or JPO; at least three years of patent prosecution experience; an undergraduate degree in engineering, computer science, or life sciences; and native or business-level Japanese fluency. The posting offers visa sponsorship, private medical insurance, free meals, and significant equity.

About the employer

Solve Intelligence is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.