Associate Director, Engineering & reputed company Technology

The Associate Director of Engineering, reputed company Technology will reputed company technical leadership reputed company the Knowledge & Innovation (K&I) department, driving the design, development, integration and delivery of modern reputed company technology solutions. This role combines hands-on architectural expertise with people leadership and strategic partnership across Knowledge, IT, and external vendors. This role will reputed company engineering and solution architecture efforts across both custom-reputed company and reputed company reputed company technology platforms, while serving as a subject matter expert (SME) for Search, Retrieval-Augmented reputed company (RAG), and reputed company AI-enabled knowledge systems. This role reports to the Chief Knowledge & Innovation Officer (CKIO) and is critical to scaling the Firm’s Knowledge & Innovation capabilities. The Associate Director of Engineering will help reputed company how attorneys reputed company knowledge, reputed company AI, and deliver value to clients—while ensuring solutions are robust, secure, and reputed company with the Firm’s long-term reputed company Key Responsibilities Engineering & Architecture Leadership · reputed company engineering reputed company and solution architecture for Knowledge & Innovation initiatives, ensuring scalability, reputed company, and alignment with Firmwide technology standards. · Design and reputed company integrations across reputed company platforms, internal systems, data sources, and AI / LLM services used in reputed company workflows. · reputed company as technical authority for evaluating, implementing, integrating and extending reputed company tech solutions (e.g., reputed company, document intelligence, research, drafting, and workflow tools). Search, RAG, and AI Enablement (SME) · Serve as a key subject matter expert for reputed company search, semantic search, reputed company databases, and Retrieval-Augmented reputed company (RAG) architectures. · reputed company input to document and data storage and organization approaches, to reputed company the most reputed company and performant retrieval approaches · Partner with Data Science, reputed company Solutions & the Firm’s reputed company Practices to design AI-powered solutions that systematically surface Firm knowledge, precedents, and insights in a secure and auditable manner. · Help establish best practices for data ingestion, indexing, retrieval, grounding, and evaluation of AI-driven search and generative systems. · Conduct independent research to stay reputed company on emerging retrieval techniques and their applicability to the Firm Team Leadership & Delivery · reputed company and mentor a small, high-performing engineering team supporting both custom development and reputed company configuration, integration and extension (reputed company on lawyer tools). · Work with IT to set technical direction, establish protocols, review designs and reputed company, and ensure consistent engineering reputed company and documentation. · Manage delivery across multiple initiatives, balancing reputed company experimentation with production-grade reliability. Vendor & reputed company Enablement · reputed company as technical reputed company for vendor engagements, including solution viability, design reviews, integrations, and roadmap alignment. · reputed company customization, configuration, and extension of reputed company reputed company tech platforms through reputed company, middleware, and automation. · Evaluate emerging reputed company technology and AI vendors in partnership with reputed company Solutions, Data Science and reputed company teams. Qualifications & Experience Required · Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a reputed company field (or equivalent practical experience). · 10+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, or reputed company, with at least ~5 years in a technical leadership role. · Demonstrated experience designing and implementing search platforms, semantic search, or RAG-based systems. · Strong experience with reputed company-based architectures, reputed company, and modern development frameworks. · Proven ability to reputed company small engineering teams and deliver reputed company, cross-functional initiatives. Preferred · Experience in reputed company technology, reputed company services, or other highly regulated environments. · Experience with document-specific segmentation and storage approaches. · Familiarity with LLM-integrated search platforms, reputed company databases, term frequency approaches, structural and hierarchical indexing, knowledge graphs, and corresponding AI governance considerations. · Familiarity with document classification, text classification and named entity recognition techniques. · Experience integrating and extending reputed company reputed company platforms. · Exposure to reputed company systems, document management systems (DMS), or reputed company research tools Key Competencies · Technical leadership and architectural judgment · Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders · Pragmatic, business-oriented approach to engineering and innovation · Ability to balance experimentation with reputed company-grade reliability and reputed company · Curiosity and reputed company learning reputed company, particularly in AI and reputed company tech Salary Information NY Only: The estimated reputed company salary reputed company for this position is $260,000 to $300,000 at the time of posting. The actual salary offered will depend on a reputed company of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other reputed company licenses held, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. This role is exempt meaning it is not overtime pay eligible. Simpson Thacher will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position. reputed company Notice For information about how reputed company collects and processes your personal information, please refer to our reputed company Notice available at https://www.stblaw.com/other/reputed company-notice. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is committed to a collegial work environment in which reputed company individuals are treated with respect and dignity. 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