AI Developer

Summary

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is looking for an AI Developer to join their DeNovo Innovation Incubator team. The role involves designing and building intelligent applications that integrate generative AI with legal processes, collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance legal workflows.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and deploy LLM-powered applications (Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, LangChain, etc.) that integrate with firm systems
• Implement retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, prompt-management frameworks, and secure APIs
• Collaborate with practice-group leaders to design solutions that enhance matter intake, document automation, and client collaboration
• Translate legal and operational workflows into elegant, maintainable code
• Partner with IT and data teams to ensure scalability, governance, and security
• Document standards, mentor peers, and help define De Novo’s AI engineering culture

Skills

• 3+ years in software development with strong experience in Python, TypeScript/Node.js, or C#
• Practical knowledge of Azure AI, OpenAI API, Bedrock, or Claude; experience with vector databases (Pinecone, FAISS, Azure AI Search)
• Familiarity with RAG architectures, prompt engineering, and model evaluation
• Proven ability to integrate AI with enterprise systems (e.g., M365, NetDocuments, 3E)
• Comfort working in rapid-prototype environments that iterate weekly
• Strong communication and collaboration skills—able to talk code with engineers and value with lawyers

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3+ years in software development with strong experience in Python, TypeScript/Node.js, or C#
• Practical knowledge of Azure AI, OpenAI API, Bedrock, or Claude; experience with vector databases (Pinecone, FAISS, Azure AI Search)
• Familiarity with RAG architectures, prompt engineering, and model evaluation
• Proven ability to integrate AI with enterprise systems (e.g., M365, NetDocuments, 3E)
• Comfort working in rapid-prototype environments that iterate weekly
• Strong communication and collaboration skills—able to talk code with engineers and value with lawyers

Benefits

• Choice of health and vision insurance plans
• 2 paid volunteer days for qualifying community service work
• Dental plan
• Fertility and adoption benefit
• Paid sabbatical after 13 years of service
• Tuition reimbursement
• Commuter benefits
• Retirement contribution
• Full time employees may be eligible for a bonus
• Health insurance with an optional HSA
• Long term disability
• Vision care
• Telemedicine
• Virtual short term solution based counseling services
• Life insurance
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Subsidized backup care and caregiving resources
• 401(k)
• Vacation
• Sick time
• 11 paid holidays each year
• An employee assistance program
• For full-time employees, the initial vacation benefit is 15 days per year and 11 days of sick leave per year, accrued bi-weekly.
• Additional voluntary programs include: voluntary accident insurance, voluntary life, voluntary disability, voluntary long term care, and pet insurance.
• Commuter and Transit programs are also available.
• Full time employees may be eligible for a bonus, health insurance with an optional HSA, short term disability, long term disability, dental insurance, vision care, telemedicine and virtual short term solution based counseling services, life insurance, Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, subsidized backup care and caregiving resources, 401(k), vacation, sick time, and an employee assistance program.
• Additional voluntary programs include: voluntary accident insurance, voluntary life, voluntary disability, voluntary long term care, and pet insurance.
• Commuter and Transit programs are also available.
• Remote or hybrid work arrangement based on your preference and ability to perform effectively
• While this position allows full flexibility to work remotely, we require that you live within a reasonable commuting distance of one of our offices.