Senior Legal AI Solutions Lead (Hybrid)

Franklin Fitch; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Franklin Fitch partners with a leading law firm expanding its AI team and hiring for a Legal AI Solutions Lead. You’ll write custom code, work with APIs, and build AI workflows for large-scale legal document analysis, shaping how AI is tested, measured, and trusted in a legal setting.

Reporting to the Chief AI Innovation Officer, you’ll design RAG pipelines, run evaluations, and collaborate with attorneys to turn complex legal problems into reliable AI solutions.

Qualifications

• JD is strongly preferred, ideally with time spent practising as an attorney.
• Hands-on experience building with AI; depth matters more than years (2–3 years sufficient).
• Strong Python and experience with APIs and LLMs.
• Proven experience building RAG pipelines and evaluating AI output.
• Credibility with attorneys and ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
• Track record of stable tenure with depth beyond one or two personal projects.

Responsibilities

• Write custom code and work directly with APIs to build and test AI workflows for large-scale legal document analysis.
• Design and develop RAG pipelines.
• Run AI evaluations, including tool-based verification, connecting LLMs to deterministic verification tools and building auto-evaluation metric pipelines.
• Work with attorneys and practice groups to turn legal problems into reliable, working AI solutions.
• Keep a close eye on the legal AI market and advise on how tools compare and where each fits.

Skills

Python

APIs

LLMs

RAG pipelines

AI evaluation

Stakeholder communication

Stable tenure

Education

Juris Doctor (JD) preferred

Job description

Franklin Fitch partners with a leading law firm expanding its AI team and hiring for a Legal AI Solutions Lead. You’ll write custom code, work with APIs, and build AI workflows for large-scale legal document analysis, shaping how AI is tested, measured, and trusted in a legal setting.

Reporting to the Chief AI Innovation Officer, you’ll design RAG pipelines, run evaluations, and collaborate with attorneys to turn complex legal problems into reliable AI solutions.