Mercor is partnering with leading AI labs on Project Atlas — an initiative to build realistic enterprise environments that frontier AI agents are trained and evaluated in. We're seeking experienced legal-operations and legal-technology professionals from AmLaw 100 firms, Fortune 500 in-house legal departments, and major legal-tech vendors to recreate the digital workspaces they run every day and design the tasks that genuinely challenge state-of-the-art AI. You'll bring your expertise in legal operations, e-discovery, contract lifecycle management, and matter / spend management to build a high-fidelity environment that mirrors the tools, files, and cross-functional workflows of a sophisticated legal department or law firm — and then author tasks grounded in the programs you actually run today. Key Responsibilities - Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use day-to-day — the process maps, intake forms, matter-management reports, CLM rollouts, e-discovery plans, vendor-evaluation decks, and email threads that reflect how you actually organize your work — with some representation of the platforms that support it (e.g., Icertis or HotDocs, Relativity, Clio / MyCase) - Design multi-step tasks grounded in your real workflows that require navigating multiple apps, files, and stakeholders in a way that meaningfully challenges frontier AI agents - Collaborate with other legal-operations and legal-tech experts in your field to design the environment, shape task scope, and review each other's scenarios for realism and rigor - Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for legal-tech agent benchmarks - Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking — the work you produce directly informs how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems Ideal Qualifications - 3+ years of full-time experience in legal operations or legal technology at an AmLaw 100 firm, Fortune 500 in-house legal department, or major legal-tech vendor - Background in one or more areas such as : - Legal operations, process improvement, and legal-spend management - E-discovery and review workflows - Contract lifecycle management - Matter management and e-billing - Legal intake, knowledge management, and enterprise-wide legal program design - CLOC / ACC Legal Ops involvement a plus - Day-to-day use of Relativity, Icertis, HotDocs / Contract Express, and Clio / MyCase - Strong analytical thinking and writing — able to translate legal-ops workflows into structured task specs Compensation Note This project is expected to begin on an effective hourly rate, but will transition to a model where experts are compensated based on throughput of quality work rather than a flat accruing hourly rate. About Mercor Mercor is a talent marketplace that connects top experts with leading AI labs and research organizations. Backed by investors including Benchmark, General Catalyst, Adam D'Angelo, and Jack Dorsey. Thousands of professionals across domains contribute to projects shaping the next generation of AI systems.