Designing, developing, and optimizing AI-powered workflows that support a legal practice group
Developing and maintaining prompt engineering standards, workflow templates, and quality assurance protocols for AI-powered tools, ensuring consistent, high-quality outputs
Executing on the strategic vision for AI-enabled workflows, contributing to multi-year roadmaps for AI optimization initiatives aligned with firm strategy, practice group priorities, and attorney needs
Translating practice requirements into AI workflow specifications, prompt libraries, and knowledge repositories, ensuring AI outputs align with attorney expectations and legal best practices
Providing input on AI workflow priorities and optimization efforts, balancing practice group needs, technical feasibility, quality standards, and long-term strategic value
Monitoring and reporting on KPIs, quality metrics, and attorney satisfaction measures for AI-powered workflows, using data-driven insights to guide optimization and iteration
Conducting research and development efforts to identify opportunities for AI enhancement in workflows, staying current with advances in large language models, prompt engineering techniques, and legal AI applications
Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Demonstrate strong expertise in AI systems and prompt engineering, with the ability to optimize large language model outputs for accuracy, consistency, and alignment with legal practice standards
Possess solid understanding of transactional legal practice, including M&A, finance, and capital markets workflows, with the ability to translate practice requirements into AI workflow specifications
Display strong knowledge engineering capabilities, including developing prompt libraries, workflow templates, knowledge repositories, and quality assurance frameworks for AI-powered transactional tools
A minimum of three (3) years of experience in legal technology, knowledge management, or legal practice, with demonstrated experience in AI systems, prompt engineering, or workflow optimization
A bachelor’s degree or equivalent, in Law, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, preferably

Healthcare, life and disability insurance
A generous 401k plan
At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
Professional development programs
Employee discounts
Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff

Legal Workflow Engineer – Transactional

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