Shook, Hardy & Bacon is looking to advance its AI strategy by designing, building, and integrating AI-powered applications and agents to enhance legal workflows, knowledge management, and client service delivery.
Requirements
- frameworks such as Semantic Kernel, LangChain, and Microsoft Copilot Studio
- Azure OpenAI
- Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Graph
- retrieval augmented generation (RAG)
- vector search
- APIs, connectors, and automation scripts (e.g., Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, PowerShell)
Responsibilities
- Assisting with development, deployment, and maintaining custom AI agents, copilots, and applications using frameworks such as Semantic Kernel, LangChain, and Microsoft Copilot Studio.
- Performing prompt engineering to optimize AI model behavior and output quality.
- Building integrations with Azure OpenAI, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Graph, and approved enterprise AI tools; implement retrieval augmented generation (RAG), vector search, and grounding against Firm knowledge sources.
- Supporting customizing and extending Microsoft SharePoint and the Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI) to embed AI capabilities into practice management, litigation support, and knowledge workflows.
- Work with APIs, connectors, and automation scripts (e.g., Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, PowerShell) to integrate AI solutions with Firm systems such as our document management, CRM, and eDiscovery/document review platforms.
- Guiding efforts to prototype, proof and iterate on AI use cases relevant to legal service delivery and test AI models and solutions for accuracy, security, and usability in a law firm environment.
Other
- play an integral part in advancing our AI strategy
- key partner between the firm’s legal Practice Groups and the firm’s Artificial Intelligence Solutions, Litigation Support and Information Technology Departments
- Shook’s culture is built on respect, collaboration, and genuine connection.
- looking for this kind of organizational cultural environment to share and advance their technological skills.
- competitive salary and comprehensive salary and benefits package for professional staff which includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, retirement plan with a generous contribution plan, and paid time off.
