AI Engineer

Summary :

The AI Engineer, a member of the AI Engineering team, is responsible for developing and implementing cutting-edge legal AI solutions that drive efficiency, improve decision making, and provide valuable insights across various administrative business groups and legal practices. This role will leverage expertise in AI engineering, natural language processing, and machine learning to design, develop, and deploy innovative solutions that capitalize on both structured and unstructured data.

Duties and Responsibilities :

• Prototype and test AI solutions using Python and Streamlit with a focus on natural language processing and text extraction from documents (PyPDF, Azure Document Intelligence)
• Develop plugins and assistants using LangChain, LlamaIndex, or Semantic Kernel, with expertise in prompt engineering and semantic function design
• Design and implement Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) stores using a combination of classic information retrieval and semantic embeddings stored in vector and graph databases
• Develop and deploy agents using AutoGen, CrewAI, LangChain Agents, and LlamaIndex Agents
• Use Gen AI to distill metadata and insights from documents
• Fine tune LLMs to optimize for domain and cost
• Collaborate with stakeholders to implement and automate AI powered solutions for common business workflows
• Enhance documentation procedures, codebase, and adherence to best practices to promote and facilitate knowledge sharing and ensure the upkeep of an organized and reproducible working environment

Qualifications :

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the Duties and Responsibilities (Duties) above satisfactorily and meet the requirements below. The requirements listed below are representative of the minimum knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. If you need such an accommodation, please email staffrecruiting@sidley.com (current employees should contact Human Resources).

Education and / or Experience :

Required :

Preferred :

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The following will also be required of the successful candidate :

Sidley Austin LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer