Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engineer at WilmerHale
Boston, MA
$135,000–$169,000from the description
Jul 26, 2026
Boston, MA
Jul 27, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An AI engineering role at an international law firm, focused on building and maintaining AI and machine learning solutions for legal and business teams. Day-to-day work spans model development and optimization, integration with existing applications, end-user support and training, and contributing to internal AI standards. Suits candidates with hands-on experience in Python-based ML frameworks, LLMs, and full-stack development using C# and .NET.
Mid level · 2+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 520 people in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 310–770
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $154,930 (middle half $123,720–$176,230). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is a genuine hybrid between Software Developer (15-1252) and Data Scientist (15-2051): it requires hands-on AI/ML model development (TensorFlow/PyTorch, LLMs, NLP) alongside full-stack application development (C#/.NET, React, SQL). 15-1252 was chosen as primary because the JD emphasizes delivering and supporting software solutions, with AI/ML as a specialization rather than the sole focus.
The posting is tagged '#L1-Hybrid', indicating an in-office/hybrid work arrangement, not fully remote.
Experience requirements are layered and somewhat inconsistent: 1-2 years with TensorFlow/PyTorch/BERT/ChatGPT, 2-3 years in application development, and 4-5 years of C#/.NET web development listed as 'a plus'. The minimum overall experience gate is interpreted as 2 years (the lowest stated requirement); the overall years minimum is set accordingly.
The 4-5 years of C#/.NET experience is explicitly called 'a plus', so C# and .NET Core are marked required based on the primary 'Required Skills' section language ('Demonstrated ability'), not the experience-years qualifier.
LLMs, NLP, SpaCy/NLTK, LLM fine-tuning, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Graph, and messaging tools (Rebus/NServiceBus) are all explicitly called 'a plus', 'preferred', or 'not required' in the posting.
The job location is not explicitly stated in the posting; WilmerHale's primary US offices are in Washington DC and Boston. The DC metro CBSA is used as the best estimate given the firm's headquarters.
Bachelor's degree is listed as 'preferred' with equivalent experience accepted in lieu — no hard degree requirement.
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