Applied AI Engineer

Fenwick & West LLP is seeking an Applied AI Engineer to support its AI Innovation team. The role focuses on building and deploying production-ready AI applications, agents, and workflow automations that improve how attorneys and business professionals work.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered applications, agents, and workflow automations to address business challenges.
• Collaborate with attorneys and business teams to understand needs, define requirements, and convert high-impact opportunities into working solutions.
• Prototype ideas quickly, validate value, and mature successful efforts into production-ready systems.
• Find opportunities to improve productivity, knowledge access, client service, and operational efficiency through AI.
• Own the technical implementation of AI initiatives from concept through production deployment.
• Integrate AI capabilities with internal systems, knowledge repositories, and business applications.
• Build solutions that are reliable, secure, and maintainable, with an emphasis on organizational scalability.
• Monitor performance and continuously improve quality, accuracy, and user experience.
• Assess emerging AI models, frameworks, tools, and platforms to determine practical use within the firm.
• Create reusable patterns, frameworks, and components that help accelerate future development.
• Help establish engineering best practices for agent development, evaluation, deployment, and operations.
• Stay current with advancements in AI, agentic systems, orchestration frameworks, and enterprise AI technologies.
• Work closely with Innovation, IT, Knowledge Management, and Business Operations teams to deliver solutions.
• Explain technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Support solution adoption through documentation, demonstrations, and stakeholder engagement.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor for AI implementation opportunities.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience building and deploying business applications.
• Experience building applications using modern programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or similar technologies.
• Experience integrating APIs, data sources, and enterprise systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated curiosity and enthusiasm for AI technologies and their practical application.
• Experience building AI-powered applications using large language models and modern AI platforms.
• Familiarity with agent architectures, retrieval systems, orchestration frameworks, or workflow automation platforms.
• Experience with cloud platforms and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience evaluating and improving application performance, reliability, and quality.
• Experience working directly with business stakeholders throughout the product development lifecycle.

Technologies

• Python
• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• APIs
• Large language models
• Agent architectures
• Retrieval systems
• Orchestration frameworks
• Workflow automation platforms
• Cloud platforms

Compensation and Benefits

Location: Silicon Valley, CA (onsite)

Salary: USD 126,000 - 189,000 per year

• Healthcare
• Life Insurance
• Health Savings Accounts
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Wellbeing
• A discretionary bonus for eligible employees may be available based on performance

Compensation details: The anticipated range for this position is $126,000 - $189,000. The actual base salary offered may depend on factors including qualifications, years of relevant experience, level of education, certifications or professional licenses, and, when applicable, the applicant’s location and/or where the job will be performed.