Lead Gen AI Engineer

Job Responsibilities

• The role will be responsible for the deployment, maintenance, and optimisation of the firm’s generative AI (GenAI) applications and technology stack.
• This role ensures the seamless operation of critical Gen AI systems and productivity tools that support legal workflows.
• The role requires someone with good commercial experience and the ability to communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, obtain buy-in, build trust and strategize an AI initiative fit for purpose across the business.
• The role reports to the firms' IT Director and also has a dotted line report to our CEO based in Washington DC in respect of some AI initiatives.
• Developing GenAI-backed services and applications (assistants, copilots, agents, document workflows).
• Integrating LLMs via APIs/SDKs into the firm’s technology stack.
• Monthly reporting on latency, cost, error rates, quality metrics, and model/feature usage amongst our people.
• Leading on the successful technical design and implementation of new GenAI applications.
• Evaluating emerging GenAI tools for potential adoption.

Skills Required

• 3+ years experience in GenAI engineering within a law firm.
• Strong knowledge of the primary foundational models from Open AI (GPT), Google (Gemini), Anthropic (Claude) and Meta (Llama).
• Extensive Experience with GenAI platforms, including prompt engineering and AI governance.
• Understanding of tokenisation/cost drivers, latency trade-offs, and evaluation methods.
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment with a clear client service ethos.

This role offers hybrid working - 2 days WFH weekly.