Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI – Legal FDE
Core
Define and drive the technology strategy and roadmap for designing, building, and operating bespoke AI solutions for top law firms and corporate legal departments.
Role type
Principal Software Engineer / Architect (AI Strategy & Delivery)
Builds
Bespoke AI solutions, scalable AI systems, RAG pipelines, multi-agent orchestration workflows, and reusable AI components.
Domain
Legal Technology (LegalTech) and Artificial Intelligence
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
System design, distributed systems, AI/ML and LLM application development, orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, PydanticAI, AutoGen), RAG architectures, vector databases, Python (FastAPI), cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), Infrastructure as Code, AI evaluation, secure API development, AI-assisted development tools.
Preferred skills
Regulated industry experience, agentic AI systems, legal platforms familiarity, container orchestration, transformer model scaling, external thought leadership.
Responsibilities
Define long-term technical vision and strategy, lead complex high-risk AI initiatives from concept to production, architect scalable secure AI systems, set standards for MLOps/LLMOps, own LLM evaluation and quality benchmarks, mentor senior engineers, act as senior technical voice in client discovery.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic influence
