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We need a rare hybrid - a Legal and Product Engineer who sits at the exact intersection of patent law and AI innovation to ensure our engine is technically superior and legally airtight.\nJapan is quickly becoming one of our most exciting markets. We're seeing strong inbound interest and real traction with Japanese IP teams, and we're looking for a Japanese-speaking practitioner to lead those conversations from the front.\nLocation: London or New York (hybrid), with regular travel to Japan\nThe Role: Legal and Product Engineer (Japanese Speaking)\nThis isn't your typical client-facing role or traditional R&D position. You are the bridge between the complex nuances of patent practice and the cutting-edge AI technology transforming it. You will translate the \"language of law\" into the \"logic of code.\" And for our Japanese clients, you'll translate it into Japanese too.\nWhat you'll own:\nAI Output Engineering: Partner with our AI team to iterate on algorithms and prompt engineering, specializing our LLMs for patent-specific tasks like claim analysis, prior art comparison, and obviousness assessments.\n\nLegal Benchmarking: Build proprietary datasets and evaluation frameworks to measure AI performance against real-world USPTO and international patent office requirements.\n\nProduct Roadmap: Serve as the internal voice of the practitioner. You'll translate deep client insights from global firms into high-priority product features.\n\nStrategic Partnership: Act as a technical thought partner for IP teams at firms like DLA Piper, leading pilots and ensuring our AI scales seamlessly across their prosecution and litigation workflows.\n\nPlaybook Development: Document and scale best practices for AI adoption across diverse sectors, from biotech to deep-tech software.\n\nJapan Market Lead: Be the technical voice of Solve for Japanese law firms and corporate IP departments. You'll run in-depth product demos and technical discussions in Japanese, support our team at conferences and client meetings in Japan, and lead pilots with Japanese clients.\n\nJPO Readiness: Make sure our AI handles Japanese-language patent documents and JPO practice as well as it handles the USPTO and EPO, and build the benchmarks that prove it.\n\nAbout Solve Intelligence\nWe're the fastest-growing startup transforming the IP industry.\nTraction: 20-30% MoM revenue growth; selling to 600+ global IP teams (DLA Piper, tech boutiques, and global enterprises).\n\nProven Value: Users report 50-90% efficiency gains using our AI platform.\n\nBacking: Recently featured inSifted following our $40M Series B announcement, bringing our total funding to $55M from elite investors including Y Combinator, 20VC, Visionaries and others.\n\nGlobal Momentum: Growing demand from Japan, with a live pipeline of Japanese IP teams ready for deeper technical conversations.\n\nYour Team\nYou'll work directly with a founding team of AI PhDs and systems experts:\nSanj (CRO): PhD in AI (Gatsby Unit, UCL), ex-Huawei R&D, former lead at Magic Carpet AI (acquired).\n\nChris (CEO): PhD in AI (UCL), published researcher, ex-Dyson and Alan Turing Institute.\n\nAngus (CTO): MEng Computer Science, ex-Qualcomm and Coremont (Brevan Howard).\n\nWho You Are\nWe are a high-performance culture of \"hackers\" and builders.\nBilingual: You can speak \"Patent\" to an attorney and \"Prompt\" to an engineer without losing anything in translation. In this role you're also bilingual in the literal sense, and you're comfortable with both Japanese and English.\n\nSpeed & Feedback: You want to put tools in users' hands in days, not months, and you thrive on rapid iteration.\n\nExtreme Ownership: You take responsibility for the accuracy of our AI's legal reasoning and the success of our global client deployments.\n\nDriven & Humble: You are a high-achiever willing to go the extra mile to tackle unsolved AI problems in the patent space.\n\nWhat You Bring\nMust-Haves:\nQualified Professional: Admitted to practice before the USPTO, EPO or JPO.\n\n3+ Years Experience: Direct experience in patent prosecution, understanding the \"pain points\" of the industry first-hand.\n\nTechnical Foundation: Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Life Sciences.\n\nJapanese Language: Native or business-level fluency in Japanese (JLPT N1 or equivalent). You can run a detailed technical and legal conversation in Japanese with a senior IP team.\n\nTravel: Based in London or New York and happy to travel to Japan regularly for conferences, pilots and client meetings.\n\nPreferred & Nice-to-Haves:\nAI Tinkerer: Hands-on experience with prompt engineering and LLM tools.\n\nClient-Facing Pro: Proven ability to manage relationships and lead strategic product demos.\n\nVisionary: A deep belief that AI will fundamentally redefine the legal landscape.\n\nJapanese Network: Existing relationships with Japanese law firms or corporate IP departments.\n\nWhat We Offer\nCompetitive Salary + Significant Equity: We want you to have true ownership in the success of the company.\n\nFounding Impact: You will be the architect of how AI is applied to patent law globally. 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