AI-Driven Legal Solutions Architect

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 698,000 - 955,000; Full time

Job summary

Freshfields US LLP invites talent to help shape AI-enabled legal solutions across the firm. You will design, prototype, and deliver AI-powered workflows that enhance knowledge management, research, drafting, and operational efficiency.

You will collaborate with lawyers, product managers, and engineers to translate business needs into scalable architectures while ensuring security, governance, and compliance. This role emphasizes rapid prototyping, adoption, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience integrating LLM APIs across enterprise providers.
• Proficient in Python in a professional environment.
• Experience with Git/Git-flow, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps).
• Strong English communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience with retrieval-enabled/document workflows, RAG, OCR, and tool use.
• Experience building production services with Python and Django or similar frameworks.
• Familiar with PostgreSQL schema design, migrations and performance.
• Prior work in legal tech or professional services preferred.
• Knowledge of Azure Cloud services (AKS, Service Bus, OpenAI, Form Recognizer) and Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Partner with lawyers and stakeholders to identify AI and legal tech opportunities.
• Translate requirements into solution designs with architecture, security, governance reviews.
• Design end-to-end AI-enabled solutions to enhance legal services and efficiency.
• Build prototypes and PoCs to validate designs before engineering effort.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineers to define requirements and guide delivery.
• Evaluate emerging AI capabilities and practical applications for the firm.
• Ensure solutions meet security, governance, privacy, and compliance standards.
• Lead workshops and user testing to drive adoption and scale solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement to standardize and expand legal tech usage.

Skills

LLM API integration

Python

DevOps

English communication

Retrieval-enabled workflows

PostgreSQL

Agile

Security & compliance

Azure OpenAI

Docker

Git / Git-flow

CI/CD (Azure DevOps)

Terraform

Azure Cloud AKS / Service Bus

Form Recognizer

Tools

Azure OpenAI

Docker

Git

Azure DevOps

Terraform

AKS

Service Bus

Form Recognizer

Job description

Freshfields US LLP invites talent to help shape AI-enabled legal solutions across the firm. You will design, prototype, and deliver AI-powered workflows that enhance knowledge management, research, drafting, and operational efficiency.

You will collaborate with lawyers, product managers, and engineers to translate business needs into scalable architectures while ensuring security, governance, and compliance. This role emphasizes rapid prototyping, adoption, and continuous improvement.