Practice Systems & Applied AI: Legal AI Engineer, Litigation

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is a premier law firm with market-leading practices, a global perspective, and strong New York roots. Our clients look to us to bring a distinctively high degree of quality, intensity, and creativity to resolve legal challenges effectively and cost-efficiently. We believe in hiring talented and dedicated individuals as members of our administrative and professional community. We draw on the strength of our culture and structure to deliver the best of our firm to our lawyers and clients through true collaboration. We are seeking a on our Practice Systems & Applied AI team to serve under the direction of the Head of Practice Systems & Applied AI in our Information Services Department. This individual will serve as a senior litigation practice and client advisor responsible for helping lawyers and clients understand, evaluate, and apply artificial intelligence to practice groups in the Litigation Department. The Legal AI Engineer will lead client-facing AI discussions, identify opportunities within disputes, investigations, enforcement matters, regulatory proceedings, and other contentious matters, and translate complex AI concepts into practical guidance for lawyers, clients, and Firm leadership. The role requires the judgment and credibility to engage directly with Partners, Counsel, Associates, and clients on how AI can be used responsibly to improve litigation legal workflows and client service. This position is intended for an experienced attorney or legal innovation professional with strong knowledge of litigation legal practice and exceptional communication and presentation skills.### RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: * Collaborate with the Head of Practice Systems & Applied AI to execute the Firms AI strategy and expand the responsible use of AI across litigation practices and client engagements. * Independently prepare for and lead client-facing presentations, meetings, demonstrations, trainings, and continuing legal education programs on AI concepts, capabilities, risks, and legal use cases. * Serve as a subject-matter expert for lawyers engaging with clients on AI, helping them clearly explain the Firms capabilities, approach, governance, and experience. * Advise litigation clients and matter teams on the practical application of AI within legal departments and matter teams, including use-case development, workflow design, adoption considerations, and responsible-use practices. * Partner directly with Partners, Counsel, and Associates in the Litigation Department to understand legal workflows, identify high-value AI opportunities, and develop practical approaches for integrating AI into litigation client work. * Apply knowledge of litigation legal practice to assess how AI may support drafting, review, discovery, research, case management, investigations, enforcement matters, regulatory proceedings, and other litigation processes. * Serve as a hands-on resource for lawyers seeking to use AI on specific matters, including guidance on use-case selection, workflow design, prompt development, quality control, and attorney review. * Develop litigation practice-specific AI guidance, demonstrations, use cases, talking points, playbooks, and training materials for lawyers and client teams. * Support pitches, requests for proposals, client alerts, panel discussions, and other business development efforts by contributing AI-related content and presenting the Firms approach to legal AI. * Educate attorneys on how to speak with clients about AI accurately and credibly, including how to discuss capabilities, limitations, risks, governance, and potential value. * Translate litigation and client needs into clear business and functional requirements for the Applied AI Engineering & Solutions team and other technical stakeholders. * Support the evaluation and rollout of new AI tools by assessing their relevance to legal practice, d