AI Applications Engineer — Legal Tech & LLMs

Arnold & Porter Llp

Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY)

Hybrid

USD 127,000 - 165,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP seeks an AI Applications Engineer to design, develop, and implement AI-powered applications for legal workflows. The role collaborates with the AI Engineering team to translate complex legal needs into secure, scalable AI solutions.

The position may be based in Washington, DC under a hybrid schedule or fully remote in a firm-approved U.S. state. Ideal candidates will have full-stack experience and hands-on GenAI/RAG with Claude and Azure offerings.

Qualifications

Four-year degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
Minimum of three (3) years of full-stack application development or application system analysis.
Hands-on experience building LLM / GenAI applications, including RAG, prompt engineering, and agents / tool use, with Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT Codex, and/or Azure AI Foundry.
Strong understanding of RAG architecture and prompt engineering techniques.
Experience with Azure cloud services (App Service, SQL, Service Bus, Entra/AD) and on-premises deployment; Microsoft Graph a plus.
Strong analytical troubleshooting skills across multiple technical disciplines and areas.
Proficiency with Git and collaborative development practices.
Ability to identify practical solutions to complex problems, introducing new technology or refining existing solutions as needed.
Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly to non-technical, attorney-facing audiences.
Outstanding customer service, written, and verbal communication skills with stakeholders at all levels.
Strong personal initiative, judgment, and professionalism.
High level of confidentiality and discretion.
Detail-oriented, with strong organizational and time-management skills, and comfortable handling multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Develop and optimize prompts, context management strategies, and model outputs for LLM applications, primarily using Claude and Claude Code.
Integrate Claude, Azure AI Foundry, and other model APIs and RESTful services into firm applications per standards.
Apply RAG to improve AI outputs' accuracy and reliability.
Build and support internal data-driven tools, dashboards, and integrations with Azure SQL, Microsoft Graph/M365, and on-prem data sources.
Implement security practices across apps, APIs, and data flows for sensitive data.
Use Git and collaborative development to ensure code quality and delivery.
Deploy, monitor, and maintain applications on Azure App Services and on-prem servers.
Partner with attorneys and staff to translate needs into technical requirements and practical solutions.
Provide training and ongoing support to legal staff on AI apps.
Create and maintain technical and user-facing documentation.
Stay current on LLMs, web tech, AI security and related practices.