Job Description
Our Story: Litera, headquartered in Chicago, IL, is a fast-growing software company and one of the leading legal technology suppliers in the world. Serving more than 90% of the world's largest law firms, our software is used by hundreds of thousands of lawyers every day. As a company recognized as one of the best places to work, we believe professional development, rewards programs, open communication, and transparent leadership all contribute to a unique and open work environment. Our employees are driven, energetic, passionate, and can make a direct impact on the future of the company.
The Opportunity: Litera's AI Innovation team is transforming the way Litera and its clients leverage their data for competitive advantage. As a prompt engineer on this team, you will consult and collaborate with numerous engineering and non-engineering teams at Litera to develop, review, and edit LLM and SLM prompts for GenAI features and solutions for both our market products and internal processes. You will function as a company GenAI prompt engineering expert, helping Litera to fully leverage LLM and SLM functionality. This is your chance to be a key member of a pioneering team with a market leading company.
A Day in the Life:
• Collaborate with product teams, data scientists, and engineers to design and implement effective LLM/SLM prompts for both our market products and internal processes.
• Analyze and improve LLM/SLM prompts based on performance metrics and user feedback to ensure high-quality outputs.
• Conduct experiments and research to develop and assess new prompt techniques and optimize existing workflows.
• Stay up to date on the latest advancements in natural language processing (NLP) and AI.
• Function as a source for expert level prompt engineering knowledge.
• Coach and mentor both developers and others to improve prompt engineering skills.
• Socialize new prompt engineering techniques and technologies throughout the company.
• Function as an evangelist for leveraging prompt engineering responsibly to benefit the company and our clients.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (PM, QA) to complete tasks.
• Manage individual task priorities, estimates, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Demonstrate knowledge of prompt engineering security best practices.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
Role progression:
Within 1 month, you will:
• Complete our Engineering onboarding plan.
• Establish relationships with members of the GenAI innovation team.
• Become familiar with Litera product offerings.
• Engage in prompt engineering tasks.
• Begin prompt engineering technology research tasks.
• Assist the Director of Innovation and other team members with team tasks.
Within 3 months, you will:
• Collaborate with other team members to implement robust features and products using GenAI and other innovative technologies.
• Communicate with other groups in the organization to evaluate the possibility of leveraging prompt engineering to address current process challenges and inefficiencies.
Within 6 months, you will:
• Conduct sessions and webinars to disseminate prompt engineering knowledge throughout the Engineering department and beyond.
• Define new opportunities for leveraging prompt engineering to improve Litera products and organizational processes.
About You:
• Strong understanding of NLP concepts and techniques.
• Experience/expertise working with large language models and other AI systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a passion for language and storytelling.
• Strong visioning, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Independent thinker, collaborative teammate.
• Excellent at multi-tasking, and able to manage competing priorities.
• Strong attention to detail to evaluate and optimize prompts.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with a cross-functional team.
• Experience with Azure Open AI LLMs and Studio.
• Preferred Skills:
• Experience with low-code/no-code development is a plus.
• Familiarity with programming languages and scripting skills are a plus.
• Familiarity with cloud-based software development is a plus.
• Experience with MS Prompt Flow.
• Experience with multiple frontier LLMs - e.g. Anthropic, Llama
• Education in Computer Science or Software Engineering is a plus.
Why Join Us?
• Be at the Cutting Edge: Work with the latest AI technologies and have the chance to shape the future of AI applications.
• Creative Freedom: Enjoy a role that allows you to exercise your creativity and technical skills in equal measure.
• Impact: Play a direct role in enhancing our customer's experience and driving tangible business value through AI.
• Culture of Innovation: Join a culture that values innovation, learning, and collaboration.
Growth Opportunities: Benefit from professional development opportunities in a rapidly growing company.
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, or Washington Resident
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted: Sept. 2, 2024, 8:26 a.m.
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