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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AI Engineer - Senior - **Company:** MAINE LAWYER - **Location:** Los Angeles, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $160,000.0 - $220,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Software Applications, Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems, Audit Trail, Microsoft Azure, Business Systems, Computer Programming, Databases, Data Mining, Python (Programming Language), Automation of Marketing, OAuth, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, TypeScript, Data Logging, Large Language Models, Zapier, Git, Low-code, Build Tools, Nintex, Restful APIs, Webhooks, Docker - **Published:** August 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d480b3d4bc90412c ## About the Role * 4+ years of professional software engineering or application development experience, with recent hands-on experience building and deploying AI-powered applications * Strong programming experience in Python and/or TypeScript, with the ability to build beyond no-code or low-code automation platforms * Hands-on experience working with major LLM APIs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or similar platforms * Experience building AI agents, tool-calling workflows, RAG systems, structured-output pipelines, or other production LLM applications * Experience working with REST APIs, webhooks, OAuth, databases, and third-party system integrations * Experience with AI development frameworks or workflow platforms such as LangGraph, PydanticAI, LlamaIndex, n8n, Make, Zapier, or similar tools * Experience with LLM evaluation, testing, monitoring, reliability, or other methods for improving AI system performance * Experience with document processing, OCR, embeddings, vector databases, or large-document pipelines is highly preferred * Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, as well as Docker and Git, is preferred * Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to turn ambiguous business problems into practical technical solutions * Excellent communication skills and the ability to work directly with attorneys, leadership, and nontechnical team members * Highly independent, resourceful, and accountable, with a strong bias toward building, testing, shipping, and improving solutions Requirements: * Able to provide links to 2-3 AI systems, applications, automations, repositories, or technical projects personally built or substantially contributed to * Able to clearly explain their individual contributions, technical decisions, architecture, and deployment process for submitted projects ## Description * Identify high-value opportunities to apply AI and automation across the firm's legal, client service, and operational workflows * Design, build, test, and deploy production-ready AI applications, agents, automations, and system integrations * Develop AI-powered solutions using LLMs, APIs, retrieval systems, structured data extraction, agentic workflows, and other emerging AI technologies * Integrate AI systems with case-management, CRM, communication, document, database, and other internal business systems * Collaborate directly with firm leadership, attorneys, and operations teams to understand business problems and translate them into practical technical solutions * Build systems that automate document review, case analysis, intake, quality assurance, client communications, internal knowledge retrieval, and other high-value workflows * Establish reliable processes for AI evaluation, testing, monitoring, logging, human review, and continuous improvement * Design solutions with appropriate security, access controls, auditability, and data protection for confidential and privileged client information * Measure the performance and business impact of AI systems and continuously improve solutions based on real-world results * Evaluate emerging AI tools, models, frameworks, and technologies and determine when they can provide meaningful value to the firm ## Related Videos - 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