Legal AI Engineer, Corporate

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is seeking a Legal AI Engineer, Corporate to join its Practice Systems & Applied AI team. This onsite role in New York, NY supports corporate practice and client work by helping lawyers and clients apply artificial intelligence responsibly across legal workflows.

Role overview

Working alongside the Head of Practice Systems & Applied AI, you will help execute the firm’s AI strategy and expand responsible AI use across corporate practices and client engagements. You will also lead and support client conversations on AI concepts, capabilities, risks, and legal use cases, translating legal and client needs into clear requirements for technical partners.

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Head of Practice Systems & Applied AI to implement the firm’s AI strategy and broaden responsible use of AI in corporate practices and client engagements.
• Independently prepare for and lead client-facing presentations, meetings, demonstrations, trainings, and continuing legal education programs covering AI concepts, capabilities, risks, and legal use cases.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert for lawyers advising clients on the firm’s AI capabilities, approach, governance, and experience.
• Advise corporate clients on practical AI application in legal departments and matter teams, including use-case development, workflow design, adoption considerations, and responsible-use practices.
• Partner with Partners, Counsel, and Associates in the Corporate Department to understand legal workflows, identify high-value AI opportunities, and develop approaches for integrating AI into corporate client work.
• Apply corporate legal practice knowledge to assess how AI may support drafting, review, diligence, transactions, fundraisings, M&A, capital markets, private equity matters, and other corporate legal processes.
• Provide hands-on support for AI use on specific matters, including use-case selection, workflow design, prompt development, quality control, and attorney review.
• Develop corporate practice-specific AI guidance, demonstrations, use cases, talking points, playbooks, and training materials for lawyers and client teams.
• Support business development efforts by contributing AI-related content and presenting the firm’s approach in pitches, requests for proposals, client alerts, panel discussions, and related activities.
• Educate attorneys on speaking with clients about AI accurately and credibly, including how to discuss capabilities, limitations, risks, governance, and potential value.
• Translate legal and client needs into business and functional requirements for the Applied AI Engineering & Solutions team and other technical stakeholders.
• Assess new AI tools for relevance to legal practice, develop adoption strategies, and help lawyers incorporate approved capabilities into their work.
• Contribute to the Applied AI roadmap by identifying corporate practice and client priorities, evaluating potential impact, and recommending initiatives for research, development, or implementation.
• Prepare communications, briefings, and recommendations for firm leadership and other stakeholders on AI adoption, corporate client activity, practice opportunities, and emerging legal-industry developments.
• Stay current on advances in AI, legal technology, legal-service delivery, client expectations, professional responsibility, and industry practices to keep guidance practical and up to date.

Required qualifications

• J.D. required, with a minimum of three years working as a practicing attorney, legal innovation professional, knowledge management attorney, practice support attorney, or similar law firm professional.
• Demonstrated knowledge of corporate legal practices, transactional matter workflows, attorney work product, and delivery of legal services in a corporate practice context.
• Proven ability to independently lead presentations, meetings, trainings, and substantive discussions with clients, lawyers, and senior stakeholders.
• Experience advising lawyers or clients on AI, legal technology, knowledge management, innovation, legal operations, or technology-enabled legal-service delivery.
• Strong working knowledge of generative AI, large language models, prompt design, AI-assisted legal workflows, and the opportunities and limitations of AI in legal practice.
• Experience developing legal or business requirements and working with technical teams to design, evaluate, or implement technology solutions.
• Understanding of confidentiality, privilege, data governance, professional responsibility, privacy, and ethical considerations related to AI use in legal services.
• Proven track record leading complex, cross-functional initiatives from opportunity identification through implementation, adoption, and ongoing support.
• Exceptional presentation and public-speaking skills with the ability to lead credible and engaging discussions with clients, Partners, firm leadership, attorneys, and professional staff.
• Deep understanding of corporate legal practice areas and the ability to analyze workflows across corporate matter types, transactions, and stages of legal work.
• Strong understanding of AI concepts and legal use cases, with the ability to explain capabilities, limitations, risks, and technical concepts in clear, practical language.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to develop executive briefings, client materials, training content, demonstrations, and practice-specific guidance.
• Strong judgment, professional credibility, and interpersonal skills to influence senior stakeholders and navigate sensitive client, practice, and organizational considerations.
• Ability to translate legal and corporate client needs into use cases, functional requirements, implementation priorities, and recommendations for technical teams.
• Strong organizational and project-management skills to manage multiple corporate client, practice, training, and implementation initiatives in a fast-paced environment.

Technologies

• Generative AI
• Large language models
• Prompt design
• AI-assisted legal workflows

Compensation and location

• Location: New York, NY (onsite)
• Salary: USD 240,000 - 300,000 per year

How to apply

• A resume is required.
• Please include your salary requirements and where you saw the position posted.
• Send required materials to Human Resources: [email protected], 212.909.8310.