About the Role
The Legal Technology Solutions Architect will advance the firm’s Legal Technology and Artificial Intelligence initiatives by designing, implementing, and maintaining technology solutions to enhance productivity and business workflows for practitioners and business services teams. This role focuses on developing AI-enabled solutions, including prompt engineering frameworks and synthetic datasets, to support legal and operational use cases. The architect collaborates with attorneys, Information Technology, Knowledge Management, and other internal stakeholders to build scalable tools, evaluate emerging technologies, and support AI adoption. This role reports to the Manager and Attorney of Legal Technology and Artificial Intelligence.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement information systems and AI-enabled solutions to improve legal and business workflows.
- Develop and maintain prompt engineering frameworks for consistent generative AI outputs.
- Create synthetic datasets using AI tools for testing, experimentation, and proof-of-concept initiatives.
- Collaborate with legal and business teams to identify technology and automation opportunities.
- Build and maintain internal and client-facing intranet sites, ensuring usability, accessibility, and professional design.
- Assist in evaluating emerging legal technology and AI tools through pilot programs and testing.
- Develop and maintain documentation, playbooks, and best practices for AI-enabled workflows and technology implementations.
- Create training materials and provide guidance on AI tools and legal technology solutions.
- Work with cross-functional teams (IT, Knowledge Management) to ensure solution integration and policy compliance.
- Support ongoing improvements to internally developed AI tools, including prompt refinement, output testing, and user experience enhancement.
- Monitor legal technology and AI developments for innovation opportunities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, data science, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- 4+ years of professional experience in AI prompt engineering, workflow automation, applied technology, programming, engineering, or related technical roles.
- Experience with legal technology, enterprise software, or AI-enabled solutions in a law firm, professional services, or technology organization.
- Demonstrated experience with prompt engineering, designing prompts and workflows for consistent, high-quality AI outputs.
- Experience creating or working with datasets for testing, experimentation, or AI development, including synthetic data generation.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to translate business or legal requirements into technical solutions.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and supporting technology adoption initiatives.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced professional environment.
- Experience with generative AI platforms, large language models, or AI-enabled workflow tools.
- Familiarity with web technologies for internal portals or intranet sites.
- Experience developing training materials or conducting training sessions for technology solutions.
- Exposure to legal technology platforms (knowledge management, document management, workflow automation tools).
- Basic familiarity with APIs, data pipelines, or integrations between enterprise systems.
- Programming, database, and web development experience.
Skills
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Written communication skills
- Verbal communication skills
- Project management
- Programming
- Database management
- Web development
- Web technologies
- Legal technology platforms
- APIs
- Data pipelines
- Enterprise system integrations
Location
- Any U.S. office
Experience Level
- 4+ years of professional experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, data science, or a related technical discipline
- Equivalent professional experience
Salary/Compensations
- $150,000 - $200,000
Benefits
- Health care
- Retirement benefits
- Paid days off (sick time, vacation time)
- Parental leave
- Basic life insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Discretionary, performance-based bonuses
About the Company
- Gibson Dunn is a leading global law firm advising clients on significant transactions and disputes.
- Teams craft and deploy creative legal strategies tailored to complex or high-stakes matters.
- The firm’s work is distinguished by a unique combination of precision and vision.
Equal Opportunity
- Gibson Dunn will consider qualified Applicants with Criminal Histories consistent with local law.
- Committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities.
- Strives to ensure an inclusive and accessible hiring experience.
- Provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities for the application and recruitment process, unless doing so would impose undue hardship.
- Contact recruiting-accommodations@gibsondunn.com for accommodation requests.
