AI Workflow Engineer / Automation Architect

Job overview

The AI Workflow Engineer / Automation Architect role is onsite in Austin, TX; candidates must live within commuting distance of the firm’s Austin or Dallas offices. Compensation is not specified; the posting describes it as highly competitive and commensurate with technical capability, engineering sophistication, operational impact, and strategic contribution. The role supports Modern Family Law’s effort to develop AI-native legal workflows and client-centered legal services. The engineer builds and maintains workflow infrastructure that connects AI models, legal processes, client systems, and internal operations. This work helps the firm deliver legal services with greater scalability and efficiency while addressing reliability, security, governance, and compliance needs.

What you'll do

• Design and maintain AI-enabled workflow orchestration
• integrate AI platforms, CRMs, document automation, client portals, payment systems, and internal tools
• build automation pipelines and event-driven workflows for legal intake, document generation, communications, routing, and escalation
• implement APIs
• develop retrieval, prompt orchestration, and workflow execution systems for AI agents
• monitor reliability and performance
• troubleshoot failures and bottlenecks
• participate in security, governance, auditability, and compliance planning
• document architectures and standards
• evaluate automation and AI infrastructure tools.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

ai workflow engineer

automation architect

full-time

austin tx

modern family law

ai workflows

python

langgraph

langchain

api integrations

workflow orchestration

legal technology

hybrid-eligible after six months

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Health care plan (medical, dental, and vision)
• retirement plan
• life insurance
• paid time off
• short- and long-term disability
• training and development
• work-from-anywhere eligibility after six months.

Why this role

Requires production-grade Python and sound software engineering practices, including testing, code reviews, version control, and CI/CD; experience with workflow automation, systems integration, or AI implementation; and residence within commuting distance of an Austin or Dallas office. Work from anywhere may be available after six months, according to the posting.

About the employer

Modern Family Law is hiring for this role. Industry: Offices of Lawyers. Sector: 54.