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About the Role

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is seeking a Senior Innovation Engineer to join the Information Technology Department in Palo Alto, San Francisco, or Los Angeles. This role will support the AI & Innovation team by designing and delivering secure, scalable AI and low-code solutions to assist attorneys, business professionals, and clients. The position involves shipping AI workflows, developing low-code solutions, conducting AI working sessions, and serving as an AI advisor. Collaboration with the Learning & Technology Adoption team for enablement and training is key. This role requires three days a week in the office with some travel.

Responsibilities

Design, build, test, and deploy Harvey workflows (Assistants, Vaults, and Workflow Builder automations) in partnership with practice groups.
Develop Power Automate and Power Platform low-code solutions to connect Harvey, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and firm systems.
Build and maintain Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) knowledge bases for firm-approved AI tools.
Contribute to the firm’s library of reusable workflows, prompt patterns, and integration templates.
Apply the firm’s Responsible AI principles—privacy, transparency, accountability, and human oversight—in all builds.
Help design and deliver interactive AI working sessions, office hours, and enablement programs.
Act as a hands-on technical contributor during interactive sessions and office hours.
Capture session outputs, adoption metrics, and impact data for leadership.
Contribute to the firmwide content pipeline (case studies, demo videos, prompt patterns).
Serve as the trusted AI voice for the California offices.
Host Tech Office Hours in-person and remotely.
Partner with the Learning & Technology Adoption team to support rollout and change management.
Demo new workflows and AI capabilities in practice group meetings.
Stay current on AI developments, Harvey releases, and Power Platform capabilities.
Track workflow adoption, usage, and business impact using Harvey and Power BI analytics.
Partner with internal teams to scope, design, implement, and sustain innovation projects.
Translate attorney and business-professional requirements into actionable technical plans.
Share observations and user feedback with internal product, engineering, and governance teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Legal Studies, Data Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
3–6 years of experience in legal technology, enterprise solutions, knowledge innovation, or a comparable professional services environment.
Hands-on experience building with at least one generative AI platform—Harvey strongly preferred—including prompt design, Assistants/Agents, and workflow orchestration.
Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft 365 and the Power Platform, particularly Power Automate and Power Apps.
Working knowledge of RAG patterns, vector stores, and grounding techniques for legal content.
Comfort with REST APIs, JSON, and integration basics.
Strong facilitation and communication skills.
Strong grounding in data governance, responsible AI, and information security principles.
Familiarity with other legal-tech platforms is preferred.
Prior experience running working sessions, demos, or technology coaching in a professional services environment is preferred.
Ability to sit at a desk most of the working day and walk short distances.
Needs manual dexterity, speed and accuracy in handling office equipment.
Ability to work efficiently and accurately in an atmosphere of frequent interruption.
Ability to work in close proximity to other individuals.
Ability to carry light to moderate objects.
Must be able to lift, carry and move objects up to 40 lbs.

Skills

Harvey workflows
Power Automate
Power Platform
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Microsoft 365
SharePoint
REST APIs
JSON
Power BI
SQL fundamentals
JavaScript
Python
Facilitation
Communication
Data governance
Responsible AI
Information security
Legal technology
Enterprise solutions
Knowledge innovation
Prompt design
Assistants/Agents
Workflow orchestration
Power Apps
Vector stores
Grounding techniques
Low-code platforms
CSS

Location

Palo Alto
San Francisco
Los Angeles

Work Type

In-office (3 days/week)
Hybrid
Some travel required

Experience Level

Senior
3-6 years of experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Legal Studies, Data Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

Salary/Compensations

USD $190,000.00 - USD $215,000.00 /Yr.

Benefits

Highly competitive compensation package
Exceptional benefits
Comprehensive suite of benefit programs

About the Company

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is an elite international law firm with approximately 1,300 lawyers and 16 offices in six countries.
We believe great people are the key to our success.
We offer a friendly, collaborative environment that affords unique opportunities to expand professional development.

Equal Opportunity

Willkie Farr & Gallagher is an Equal Opportunity employer.
We do not discriminate based upon actual or perceived: race (including hair texture, protective hairstyles and other traits associated with race), color, age, religious creed, citizenship, citizenship status and alienage, nationality, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity or creed, disability, genetic information or medical condition, reproductive health decision making, pregnancy or maternity, paternity, marital or civil partnership status, caregiver status, gender (including gender identity, expression, nonconformity, gender reassignment or status as a transgender individual), sex, sexual orientation or preference, veteran or military status, height, weight, any other characteristic protected by law or any combination thereof.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process.
Pursuant to the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO) and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicant with arrest and conviction records.