Senior AI Developer
Ropes & Gray LLP7 months ago
Boston, MA, USA +5 moreSenior
Base Salary
$117k - $203k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and support maintainable, scalable web, database, and AI-powered solutions across multiple solution patterns.
- Design, build, configure, and maintain AI agents and copilot experiences using Microsoft Copilot Studio and related orchestration platforms.
- Integrate Azure OpenAI Services, large language models, RAG patterns, semantic search, and other AI services into enterprise applications.
- Use Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and similar agentic coding tools to improve development velocity, code quality, and team practices.
- Create technical specifications, design documentation, code walkthroughs, test plans, and documentation for code, prompts, models, and agent behavior.
- Perform unit testing, integration testing, AI component validation, and prompt regression testing before production release.
- Collaborate with Information Services teams, QA analysts, project managers, business stakeholders, vendors, solution architects, and business analysts.
- Assess AI feasibility, data readiness, ethical considerations, responsible AI practices, and opportunities for new AI tools and techniques.
- Present technical and AI concepts to varied audiences and mentor developers on AI-assisted development practices.
Requirements
- 5+ years of application development experience with Microsoft .NET, including .NET Core or .NET Framework, C#, ASP.NET Core, and SQL Server.
- 2+ years of experience building and consuming REST APIs.
- 2+ years of experience with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience with AI technologies, including prompt engineering, AI agent development, and production LLM integration.
- Proficiency with agentic coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Cursor, with demonstrated use of AI-assisted development.
- Experience designing and implementing RAG architectures with vector databases and semantic search techniques.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Agent Framework, Semantic Kernel, LangGraph, or AutoGen for multi-step agentic workflows.
- Demonstrated expertise with Microsoft Copilot Studio and custom copilots and AI agents in the Microsoft 365 and Power Platform ecosystem.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure AI services, including Azure OpenAI Service and Azure AI Search.
- Knowledge of web application architecture and design patterns, troubleshooting, configuration management, coding standards, and full life cycle development.
- Understanding of responsible AI, bias mitigation, transparency, data governance, secure coding, enterprise compliance, and AI data privacy.
- Experience with application data encryption is required; .NET Data Protection, mobile-native web capabilities, cache servers, web sockets, service workers, backplanes, legal-industry experience, and secure AI data handling are preferred or advantageous.
- Strong communication, presentation, collaboration, confidentiality, prioritization, problem-solving, intellectual curiosity, and mentoring abilities.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health and well-being benefits.
- Personal and professional development and career growth opportunities.
- Collegial and supportive culture.
- Fully remote work arrangement, with in-person training during the first week and required quarterly in-person meetings.
- Eligibility for a discretionary performance-based bonus.
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About Ropes & Gray LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP is a global law firm that provides corporate, litigation, regulatory, and IP counsel to private equity sponsors, asset managers, life sciences and healthcare companies, and large enterprises. The partnership advises on private equity, M&A, finance, privacy/cybersecurity, and government enforcement matters through offices across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Headquartered in New York and privately held, it operates as a partnership serving clients in major financial and technology centers worldwide.