Real Estate Attorney (AI Legal Engineer)

About the Position

We are seeking a Real Estate Attorney (AI Legal Engineer) to join Orbital, the AI platform revolutionizing real estate legal work. You'll be instrumental in automating complex real estate legal workflows, transforming how the largest asset class is transacted.

Responsibilities

• Automate complex real estate legal workflows from initial concept to successful implementation.
• Build domain-specific knowledge bases and decision trees that translate legal processes into AI workflows.
• Develop automation blueprints for due diligence, lease reviews, and survey analysis.
• Research jurisdiction-specific nuances in US property law to ensure product accuracy.
• Collaborate with AI and software engineers to design features that match how attorneys actually work.

Requirements

• Licensed US attorney with commercial real estate experience.
• Experience with acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, or title and survey review.
• Ability to break down due diligence into structured, discrete tasks for automation.
• High level of tech literacy and curiosity about how technology supports legal work.
• Interest in how large language models can be applied to real estate law.
• Resourceful and analytical approach to solving problems without a script.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with LegalTech software or managing teams using AI tools.
• Experience with programming, no-code tools, or software integrations.

We Offer

• Salary range of $140,000 - $180,000 plus equity options and 401(k) match.
• Hybrid working pattern with some time spent in our New York office.
• $1,000 personal development budget and professional equipment.
• 20 days paid holiday plus bank holidays and additional personal days.
• The chance to fix the archaic processes that frustrated you in traditional practice.

About the Company

Orbital is a real estate transformation company using AI to fix how the world's largest asset class changes hands. Our mission is to help people involved in property transactions understand what they're getting into before they incur legal fees. We're on course to process over 1 trillion tokens a year - building for where AI is going rather than just creating another generic chatbot.

We're Series B funded and scaling from 100 to over 200 people in 2026 to disrupt a $multi-billion global market. We truly believe in our product, but we're honest about the trade-offs - the intensity is real, priorities shift, and things break. We carry the weight together, and we need people who can figure things out - sometimes without a script.

We don't have a polished corporate playbook or perfect documentation yet. What we do have is a clear view of where we're going, the capital to get there, and a team that genuinely supports each other when things get difficult. We're building something we'll look back on as a defining chapter in our careers. It's what excites us. It's what energises us. It's what gets us out of bed in the morning.

🔒 Security is everyone’s responsibility at Orbital. We ask all team members to follow our security policies, complete regular awareness training, and handle sensitive data with care in line with ISO 27001 standards. Spot something unusual? Reporting risks or incidents quickly helps us maintain the strong culture of security and compliance we all depend on.

💡 At Orbital, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We especially welcome applications from people who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, or if the right role isn’t listed yet, we’d still love to hear from you.

💰 This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on several factors, which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and business requirements.

Everyone who works with Orbital goes through background screening before they start. It's part of how we keep Orbital secure, for the people who work here and for the client information we're trusted with.