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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP · 23 hours ago

Senior AI Developer

United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$237K/yr - $247K/yr

7+ years exp

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is looking for a Senior 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 create innovative legal solutions.

ConsultingEducationInternetLaw EnforcementLegalNewsPublishingSocial Media

H1B Sponsor Likely

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

Qualification

PythonAzure AIOpenAI APIRAG architecturesTypeScript/Node.jsC#Vector databasesAI integrationCommunicationCollaboration skills

Required

7+ 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

Health insurance with an optional HSA

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

11 paid holidays each year

Employee assistance program

Voluntary accident insurance

Voluntary life

Voluntary disability

Voluntary long term care

Pet insurance

Commuter and Transit programs

Company

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Purpose drives us. Davis Wright Tremaine was founded on three guiding principles: ability, integrity, and service.

Founded in 1944

Seattle, Washington, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.dwt.com/

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