Legal Solutions Architect

Overview

In this role you will drive AI-enabled legal tech initiatives at Freshfields, partnering with lawyers and business stakeholders to translate workflows into scalable solutions. You will design end-to-end AI-powered services that improve knowledge management, research, drafting, and efficiency. You’ll build prototypes, validate designs, and guide adoption through cross-functional collaboration. This is a mission-driven opportunity to shape how technology accelerates legal service delivery while upholding security and governance standards.

Responsibilities

• Identify and prioritize AI and legal tech opportunities with lawyers and stakeholders
• Translate requirements into technical designs and documentation for architecture, security, and governance reviews
• Design end-to-end AI-enabled solutions for service delivery and efficiency
• Build prototypes and proofs of concept to validate designs
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineers to define requirements and guide delivery
• Evaluate emerging AI and automation capabilities for practical application
• Ensure alignment with architecture, security, privacy, and responsible AI standards
• Lead workshops, discovery sessions, and user testing to validate requirements and drive adoption
• Drive continuous improvement to scale and standardize legal tech solutions

Key requirements

• Hands-on experience integrating LLM APIs across enterprise providers (Azure OpenAI, Google Vertex AI, Anthropic)
• Understanding of traditional ML models and algorithms
• Proficiency in Python in a professional environment
• Development & DevOps experience (git, Docker, CI/CD, Azure DevOps)
• Strong English communication for cross-functional delivery
• Experience with retrieval-enabled and agentic document workflows (RAG, metadata, OCR, chunking, source citation, tool use)
• Experience building production services with Python and Django or similar frameworks (APIs, streaming, asynchronous processing)
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL) including schema design and migrations
• Knowledge of Azure Cloud (AKS, Service Bus, Azure OpenAI, Form Recognizer)
• Terraform experience for infrastructure-as-code
• Experience in agile, fast-paced environments
• Understanding of security and compliance for professional services

• Strong communication
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Problem-solving mindset
• Azure OpenAI
• Google Vertex AI
• Anthropic

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