Job Opportunity: Technical Lead, Generative AI at Litera

Welcome to Litera! We're headquartered in Chicago, IL, and are a rapidly growing software company recognized globally as a leading legal technology supplier. Our software serves over 90% of the world's top law firms, aiding hundreds of thousands of lawyers daily. Celebrated as one of the best places to work, we emphasize professional development, rewards programs, open communication, and transparent leadership to foster a unique and open work environment. Our dedicated, energetic, and passionate employees directly impact the company's future.

The Opportunity

The Generative AI Innovation team at Litera is revolutionizing how we and our clients leverage data for competitive advantage. As a Tech Lead, you will collaborate with a wide range of engineering and non-engineering teams to architect and proof-of-concept (POC) GenAI features and solutions for both our market products and internal processes. This role is a chance to become a pivotal member of a pioneering team within a market-leading company.

A Day in the Life

As a crucial part of our team, you will:

• Collaborate with development teams to design, architect, and POC innovative GenAI-based products and features.
• Work with non-engineering teams to leverage GenAI technologies for enhancing internal processes.
• Research, evaluate, and document emerging technologies.
• Serve as a repository of expert-level knowledge on generative AI and other new technologies.
• Advocate for responsible use of GenAI to benefit the company and clients.
• Mentor developers and other staff to develop GenAI skills.
• Write clean, maintainable, and extensible code.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (PM, QA) to complete tasks.
• Manage individual task priorities, estimates, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Ensure adherence to software and security best practices (i.e., object-oriented design patterns, OWASP Top 10, SOLID design principles).
• Deliver scalable GenAI solutions.

Role Progression

Within 1 month:

• Complete our Engineering onboarding plan.
• Establish relationships with the GenAI innovation team.
• Familiarize yourself with Litera's product offerings.
• Assist other teams with GenAI projects.
• Begin technology research tasks.
• Support the Director of Innovation and team members with tasks.

Within 3 months:

• Collaborate on PoC tasks.
• Document and evaluate new technologies.
• Communicate with other organizational groups about leveraging GenAI to solve process challenges.

Within 6 months:

• Design, architect, and POC robust features and products using GenAI and other new technologies.
• Translate product ideas into technical designs and development tasks.
• Conduct sessions and webinars to disseminate new technology knowledge across the Engineering department.
• Identify new opportunities for leveraging GenAI.

About You

We are looking for candidates with:

• 8+ years of software development experience with strong backend development skills.
• 2+ years of ML/AI development experience, including expertise with:
  • Large Language Models (preferably Azure OpenAI)
  • Prompt Engineering
  • LLM fine-tuning
  • Embeddings/vectorization/semantic similarity
  • RAG
• 5+ years of experience with technologies like .NET/.NET Core, ASP.NET Core, and Web/REST APIs.
• 3+ years of experience with SQL databases (SQL Azure preferred).
• 4+ years of experience with tools such as GitHub, Jira / Confluence, and Microsoft Visual Studio Code (or Microsoft Visual Studio).
• Preferred skills/experience:
  • Proficiency in Python.
  • Experience with PyTorch, Tensor