AI Solutions Architect - Legal Workflows

McDermott Will & Schulte; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 93,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

McDermott Will & Schulte LLP is seeking an Applied AI Solutions Analyst to shape the firm's AI strategy and deliver practical AI-enabled workflows for our legal professionals and clients.

You will partner with attorneys and operations teams to identify pain points, design AI solutions, and orchestrate end-to-end deployment using modern AI foundations, APIs, and enterprise platforms. This is a hands-on role in a remote-first, fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years delivering software-based solutions in a Business Analyst, solutions, or technical product role.
• Demonstrated AI building experience — delivered AI tools, workflows, or agents professionally or personally
• Deep prompt engineering skill; proficiency with at least one leading AI foundation platform
• API integration experience — REST, JSON, and cloud environments (Azure preferred)
• Excellent communication skills — can explain model behavior to a managing partner
• BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Partner with attorneys and operational leaders to surface workflow pain points and translate them into AI use cases
• Design and build AI solutions using state-of-the-art AI foundation platforms — from conversational tools to full document automation
• Orchestrate agentic workflows that autonomously handle multi-step legal and business processes via integration frameworks and APIs
• Use prompting to engineer bespoke applications and solutions with high-quality output
• Integrate AI solutions with M365 applications, Enterprise Data Warehouse, the firm's Document Management System and other enterprise applications
• Run iterative feedback loops with stakeholders; validate solution designs and maintain clear documentation throughout delivery
• Monitor the LLM landscape and bring actionable AI innovations back to the team

Skills

Software delivery

AI development

Prompt engineering

API integration

Communication skills

Education

BS in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

Azure

REST APIs

Job description

McDermott Will & Schulte LLP is seeking an Applied AI Solutions Analyst to shape the firm's AI strategy and deliver practical AI-enabled workflows for our legal professionals and clients.

You will partner with attorneys and operations teams to identify pain points, design AI solutions, and orchestrate end-to-end deployment using modern AI foundations, APIs, and enterprise platforms. This is a hands-on role in a remote-first, fast-moving environment.