Legal Solutions Architect

Orrick currently has an excellent opportunity for an Legal Solutions Architect
. This position could be based in any of our U.S. offices and consideration given for 100% remote candidates
.

Orrick Labs is seeking a Legal Solutions Architect to design, develop, and deploy custom software solutions that support legal workflows across the firm. This role will serve as Orrick Labs' primary pro-code development resource, building applications, integrations, APIs, automation services, data pipelines, and user-facing solutions that extend and complement the team's low-code capabilities.

The role requires strong software engineering skills and the ability to translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable technical solutions. It will also require combining pro-code development, Microsoft platform agentic AI capabilities, and low-code tools into practical, secure, and maintainable solutions.

The Legal Solutions Architect will partner closely with attorneys, business professionals, Innovation, IT, and external vendors to develop production-ready solutions that solve complex operational challenges and accelerate the firm's strategic objectives.

• Determine when a business problem is best solved through custom software development, low-code technologies, AI agents, or a hybrid approach, and design solutions accordingly.
• Build and deploy Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that securely expose firm tools and data as needed to the firm’s internal AI agents.
• Design, develop, and deploy custom software applications that support legal workflows.
• Architect and build APIs, integration services, and middleware that connect firm systems, third-party applications, and cloud platforms.
• Develop secure, scalable backend services using modern programming languages and cloud-native development practices.
• Design and implement automation solutions using a combination of pro-code and low-code technologies.
• Design and maintain integrations using REST APIs, webhooks, OAuth2, JSON schemas, and cross-platform authentication patterns.
• Create reusable software components, libraries, and technical frameworks to accelerate future development efforts.
• Partner with business stakeholders to gather requirements, evaluate technical approaches, and deliver solutions aligned with firm priorities.
• Design application architecture, deployment strategies, and environment management processes from development through production.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, architectural diagrams, and implementation plans.
• Establish testing, monitoring, debugging, and support practices for custom solutions.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, development frameworks, and AI platforms to determine appropriate business applications.
• Refactor local automation scripts into secure, self-service cloud endpoints for consumption by agents and low-code automation tools, such as Power Automate
• Collaborate with IT, Information Security, and Governance teams to ensure solutions adhere to firm standards and requirements.
• Support AI initiatives where custom engineering, integrations, APIs, and infrastructure are required to move solutions into production.
• Evaluate, prototype, integrate, and deploy agents, copilots, and AI-enabled workflow solutions using Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, and related Microsoft technologies.
• Stay apprised of best practices related to designing, testing, deploying, governing, and monitoring AI agents and copilots.

• 3–6 years of experience in software development, solutions engineering, application development, or a related technical role.
• Hands-on experience building custom applications, APIs, integrations, automation solutions, or cloud-based services.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, Power Platform, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, authentication protocols, JSON schemas, and cross-platform integrations.
• Strong debugging, documentation, problem-solving, and cross-team collaboration skills.

• C# and .NET.
• Python.
• Power Shell.
• HTML, CSS.
• JSON, including complex and custom schema design.

• RESTful API design and development.
• Webhooks.
• OAuth2 and other authentication protocols.
• API integrations across platforms.
• Designing logic and conditional flows for automation.

• Microsoft Azure, including Functions, App Services, and Blob Storage.
• Serverless architecture principles and programming.
• Power Query using M language.
• Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Automate, Power Apps, and Dataverse.
• Azure AI Foundry or comparable AI orchestration platforms.
• Document processing libraries such as Aspose or equivalent technologies.

• SQL querying and optimization.
• No
  
  SQL familiarity with non-relational data modeling.

• A modern component-based web framework (e.g., React or Svelte)
• Wire framing and logic design.

• Designing stateless and standalone…