Hybrid Data Scientist, Applied AI for Legal Tech

DLA Piper; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

DLA Piper is seeking a Data Scientist, Applied AI Solutions in the United States with a hybrid work schedule across U.S. offices.

The role collects, analyzes large datasets to design and deploy data models and ML solutions, translating business, legal, and regulatory requirements into practical analytic approaches with measurable impact. You will collaborate with lawyers, clients, and cross-functional teams to deliver data-driven results, establish testing methods for AI systems, and scale

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, statistics, applied mathematics or related field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience applying data science and ML to complex business problems, including production models.
• Specialization in machine learning, artificial intelligence, cognitive science or data science is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops and applies algorithmic testing methods to evaluate AI systems, models, and tools for bias, accuracy, reliability, robustness, and performance.
• Creates novel testing techniques, metrics, and evaluation frameworks for emerging AI systems and risks when established methods are insufficient.
• Translates legal, regulatory, and business requirements into analytic objectives, testable criteria, data specifications, and practical technical solutions.
• Works with internal stakeholders, lawyers, and clients to identify opportunities to leverage organizational and client data to address business, legal, investigative, and regulatory needs.
• Prioritizes, scopes, and manages multiple concurrent data science projects and client engagements, with accountability for delivery quality, timelines, measurable business outcomes, and commercially valuable solutions.
• Designs, builds, deploys, and supports production machine learning models and data science solutions at scale, including solutions for privilege review and related legal workflows.
• Coordinates with legal, technical, and business teams to implement solutions, monitor outcomes, and refine models and testing methods.

Skills

Machine learning

Data science

Python

SQL

Communication

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, statistics, applied mathematics or related field

Tools

Python

SQL

SAS

Excel

Tableau

Power BI

Jupyter

NLTK

Scikit-Learn

Job description

DLA Piper is seeking a Data Scientist, Applied AI Solutions in the United States with a hybrid work schedule across U.S. offices.

The role collects, analyzes large datasets to design and deploy data models and ML solutions, translating business, legal, and regulatory requirements into practical analytic approaches with measurable impact. You will collaborate with lawyers, clients, and cross-functional teams to deliver data-driven results, establish testing methods for AI systems, and scale