This role is open to candidates in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, LA, Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
The Cornerstone Research Data Science Center is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, harden, and scale infrastructure that powers AI applications across the firm. This is a hands-on role within a versatile software engineering team that operates with a high degree of autonomy and scope.
You will co-own the platform layer beneath the firm’s AI tooling, including inference gateways, containerized environments, and observability tools. The work is a mix of building new capabilities and hardening existing infrastructure in a domain where confidentiality, isolation, and reliability are critical.
This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys building products and services for other developers: someone equally comfortable standing up a new service, tracing a request across the platform to determine why it was slow, figuring out why a container works locally and fails on the host, and replacing a manual deployment step with a pipeline. You will work closely with engineers who own the platform layer and developers who build on it.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
EXPERIENCE/SKILLS/EDUCATION
Required
Preferred
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Cornerstone Research will provide visa support to full-time candidates. If you are applying from within the US, candidates should have at least 12 months remaining of work authorization.
ABOUT CORNERSTONE RESEARCH
Cornerstone Research is at the forefront of economic and financial consulting, delivering the rigorous analytical solutions required to navigate complex disputes. The firm draws from an extensive network of prominent academic and industry experts to support each matter effectively. Pairing a deep understanding of economics and finance with a suite of industry-leading artificial intelligence and machine learning tools, Cornerstone provides clients with a sophisticated, tailored approach. A reputation for innovation, precision, and excellence has defined Cornerstone since 1989. That momentum continues with over 1,000 professionals collaborating across nine offices in the US, UK, and EU.
ABOUT DATA SCIENCE CENTER
The Data Science Center (DSC) is the Cornerstone Research's center of excellence for advanced analytics, data infrastructure, and AI-enabled innovation. The DSC sits at the intersection of economics, data science, and litigation. We partner with consultants to build practical, AI-powered products that reshape how Cornerstone delivers. The DSC brings together deep domain expertise, direct access to real user problems, and strong distribution channels, creating the conditions for legal technology that lasts.
Cornerstone Research offers a market-leading compensation and benefits package. The base salary for the Senior Software Engineer role is $215,000-$235,000. In addition to the base salary, new Software Engineers will be eligible for a signing bonus depending on skills, education, and experience. Software Engineers are also eligible for discretionary bonuses based on case performance, firm contributions, and other factors. Previous relevant work experience will be taken into consideration in determining compensation. Information about our benefits, including health and wellness and family support, can be found on the Careers page of our website.
Cornerstone Research provides Equal Employment Opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to legally protected categories, such as age, sex, gender, gender identity, race, color, creed/religious belief, medical condition, predisposing genetic characteristics or genetic information or testing, disability, marital status, pregnancy status, military status, veteran status, arrest or conviction record (except where permitted by law), sexual orientation, ethnic background, citizen status, ancestry, national origin, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local law.
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