Senior AI Engineer — Production Systems & Agents

Fenwick & West; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 126,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

Fenwick & West's AI Innovation team is building and deploying AI-powered solutions across the firm. This role focuses on turning business opportunities into production-ready AI applications, agents, and workflows that help attorneys and business professionals work more efficiently.

You will partner with stakeholders to identify high-impact use cases, design practical solutions, prototype concepts, and scale successful projects while improving productivity, knowledge access, and client service.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience building and deploying business applications.
• Experience with Python, JavaScript, TypeScript or similar languages.
• Experience integrating APIs, data sources, and enterprise systems.
• Strong problem-solving and translating business requirements to technical solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated curiosity and enthusiasm for AI technologies and practical application.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered applications, agents, and workflow automations that solve real business challenges.
• Partner directly with attorneys and business teams to understand needs, define requirements, and translate opportunities into working solutions.
• Rapidly prototype concepts, validate value, and evolve successful solutions into production-ready systems.
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity, knowledge access, client service, and operational efficiency through AI.

Skills

Software engineering

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

APIs integration

AI technologies

Communication skills

Job description

Fenwick & West's AI Innovation team is building and deploying AI-powered solutions across the firm. This role focuses on turning business opportunities into production-ready AI applications, agents, and workflows that help attorneys and business professionals work more efficiently.

You will partner with stakeholders to identify high-impact use cases, design practical solutions, prototype concepts, and scale successful projects while improving productivity, knowledge access, and client service.