Data Scientist (AI/NLP)

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is an elite global law firm known for its exceptional legal services. They are seeking a talented Data Scientist (AI/NLP) to develop and deploy advanced NLP and machine learning solutions that enhance the firm's management of legal documents and institutional knowledge.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and deploy machine learning and NLP models to support document understanding, contract analysis, legal research, and knowledge extraction
• Build and maintain intelligent knowledge management systems that organize, surface, and operationalize the firm's institutional knowledge and precedent library
• Apply state-of-the-art large language models (LLMs) and generative AI tools to legal workflows, including document classification, summarization, entity extraction, and semantic search
• Partner with attorneys and business professionals to translate complex legal requirements into structured data science solutions
• Write clean, production-quality code and build scalable data pipelines that integrate with firm systems and infrastructure
• Evaluate, implement, and continuously improve AI/ML tools, frameworks, and vendor solutions relevant to the legal industry
• Define and track model performance metrics, communicate results clearly to both technical teams and business stakeholders, and drive iterative model improvement
• Present findings, model outputs, and project updates clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Contribute to the firm's AI strategy and governance by staying current on developments in legal AI, data privacy, and responsible use of AI
• Collaborate with IT infrastructure, security, and application teams to ensure solutions meet firm standards for reliability, security, and compliance