Applied AI Engineer

Department/Division: Solutions/Innovation    
Duration: Permanent                                
Type of Role: Hybrid 
Reference Number: 10203      

The Team

The Innovation & AI team sits within the Solutions function and is responsible for identifying, developing and scaling innovative solutions, including AI and legal technology, to enhance client service delivery and internal efficiency.

The team works closely with IT, Office of the General Counsel (OGC), Procurement, Solutions/Helix and Practice Groups to pilot, implement and embed new tools and ways of working across the firm.

The Role

The Applied AI Engineer designs, builds and productionises AI-enabled solutions for legal and business services delivery. Working consultatively with stakeholders and delivery teams, the role translates use cases into technical designs across Python applications, cloud workflows, enterprise platforms, AI skills, agents, integrations and automations.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain AI-enabled applications, automations and internal tools using Python, cloud services and enterprise platforms.
• Work with stakeholders to understand business problems, assess use cases and translate requirements into practical technical designs.
• Build integrations between internal systems, enterprise platforms, external applications and AI services.
• Develop reusable AI skills, agents, workflow components and automation patterns that can be adopted across the firm.
• Build document-focused AI workflows, including extraction, summarisation, search, retrieval and due diligence support.
• Productise AI pilots by improving reliability, maintainability, testing, evaluation, documentation and reuse.
• Design and implement multi-step AI workflows, including tool-using, agentic and platform-native automations where appropriate.
• Collaborate with product, UX, engineering, cloud, innovation and business teams to deliver secure, production-ready solutions.
• Apply sound engineering judgement around confidential client data, privacy, security, governance and responsible AI.

Key Skills & Experience

• Python software engineering experience across applications, integrations, automations or internal tools.
• Experience building or implementing AI/ML or LLM-enabled solutions in production or near-production settings.
• Experience working with APIs, SDKs, cloud services and enterprise platforms.
• Practical understanding of prompt engineering, RAG, LLM workflows or agentic patterns.
• Ability to interview stakeholders and translate business processes into technical designs.
• Experience with testing, debugging, documentation, Git and maintaining reliable systems.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills across technical and non-technical audiences.

 Preferred:

• Experience within a legal, professional services or other document-intensive enterprise environment.
• Familiarity with document processing pipelines, unstructured data workflows or knowledge retrieval systems.
• Experience with orchestration frameworks, agents, skill-building frameworks or workflow automation tools.
• Experience building on enterprise AI platforms or comparable environments.
• Exposure to governance, security, privacy and responsible AI considerations in enterprise environments.

Personal Attributes

• Pragmatic and delivery-focused, with the ability to turn ambiguous ideas into working solutions.
• Consultative and curious, able to ask good questions and challenge assumptions constructively.
• Collaborative and comfortable working across multidisciplinary teams.
• Adaptable in a fast-moving environment where requirements and technologies evolve.
• Clear communicator who can explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Firm Profile

Across more than 80 countries, Dentons helps you grow, protect, operate and finance your organisation by providing uniquely global and deeply local legal solutions. Polycentric, purpose-driven and committed to inclusion, diversity, equity and sustainability, we focus on what matters most to you. www.dentons.com

Inclusion and Diversity

We are committed to building an inclusive culture here at Dentons where our people can thrive, regardless of their background or circumstance. As well as being the right thing to do, it makes good business sense too. A richness of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives helps us best serve our clients and the communities in which we operate. You can find out more about inclusion and diversity at Dentons here: Inclusion and Diversity

Dentons is committed to providing equal opportunities for all. We welcome applications from everyone including of any age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, neurotype, disability, or with parental or caring responsibilities. We are also “Happy to Talk Flexible Working” and welcome conversations about flexible working arrangements.

Dentons is a Disability Confident employer. Candidates with a disability may choose to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme. We will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Where application volumes are high, we may offer interviews to those who best meet the minimum criteria, consistent with our approach for all candidates.

During the application process, all applicants have the opportunity to tell us about any adjustments or support they require so they are able to perform at their best. Any information you share with us during the application process is treated in confidence.

If you have any questions about this or the role criteria, please email recruitment.matters@dentons.com. 

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

If you are interested in applying for this position, we welcome direct applications via our careers page, but if you have any questions beforehand, please email  recruitment.matters@dentons.com. Enquiries only please – applications will not be accepted via email.

Please note that we will not accept unsolicited CVs sent to the business, nor will we accept any associated terms of business.