Knowledge Solutions Senior Developer

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, a leading global law firm with offices in major commercial, legal, and governmental hubs worldwide, is seeking a Knowledge Solutions Senior Developer to join our Knowledge Solutions team.

Join a small, high-impact engineering team where your work directly shapes how attorneys and business professionals access knowledge and interact with emerging AI-driven solutions across the firm. You’ll own meaningful front-end architecture decisions, shape modern React experiences, and help define how AI capabilities are surfaced through intuitive, high-quality user interfaces.

If you enjoy autonomy, clean design, and building real products (not just tickets), this role is designed for you.

This position will reside in our Philadelphia office with a hybrid in-office/remote working schedule.

Responsibilities include:

• Building modern front-end applications that power internal tools, knowledge systems, and AI-driven solutions

• Developing user interfaces for AI-enabled applications, including search, summarization, and intelligent workflows

• Creating search-driven experiences backed by platforms such as Azure AI Search and other data services

• Building SPFx web parts that support the firm’s intranet and knowledge ecosystem

• Improving performance, usability, and maintainability of existing applications

What you’ll do:

• Design and build modern, scalable front-end applications usingReact, TypeScript, and modern web frameworks.

• Turn Figma designs intofast, accessible, production-quality UI.

• Own front-end architecture and make key technical decisions with minimal oversight.

• Build user experiences forAI-driven features such as search, recommendations, and data-rich interfaces.

• Collaborate with backend developers to integrateREST and GraphQL APIs, using schema-driven development and code generation.

• Build withquality by default: strong unit test coverage (Jest, React Testing Library).

• Implementfeature flags to enable safe releases, experimentation, and iterative delivery.

• Write code that istestable, observable, and designed for long-term maintainability.

• Write and maintainclean, CI/CD-ready code that supports automated testing and seamless deployment processes.

• Integrate applications with Azure App Insights for monitoring and observability.

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across UI and integration layers.

• Ensure adherence to security, accessibility (WCAG), and performance best practices.

How you’ll work:

• High autonomy with real ownership of features end-to-end

• Close collaboration with a small, experienced team (no heavy bureaucracy)

• Pragmatic engineering: the right tools, not just trendy ones

• We favor simple, modern solutions over legacy-heavy approaches where possible

• Continuous improvement mindset around code quality, performance, and developer experience

Modern development & AI tooling:

• Actively useAI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Codex-based tools, etc.) to accelerate development

• Apply strong judgment to validate and refine AI-generated code

• Help evolve team practices arounddeveloper productivity and tooling

Experience and qualifications:

• 6–8+ years of front-end development experience

• Deep expertise inJavaScript, TypeScript, React, and modern CSS

• Experience buildingproduction-grade, user-facing applications

• Strong experience withGraphQL and client-side integration patterns

• Experience usingGraphQL code generation tools

• Solid understanding ofAPI integration and data flow

• Experience working incollaborative Git environments

• Comfort working inAgile teams

Nice to have:

• Experience withSPFx / SharePoint Online

• Familiarity withfeature flagging tools (LaunchDarkly, Azure App Configuration, etc.)

• Experience building or contributing todesign systems or component libraries

• Exposure toperformance tuning and front-end observability

• Familiarity withauthentication patterns (OAuth, MSAL)

• Experience with modern build tools such asVite

• Familiarity withPower Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate) and integrating low-code solutions with custom-built applications

What sets you apart:

• You take pride in writingclean, testable, maintainable code

• You’re afast, independent learner who picks up new tools quickly

• You care aboutuser experience, not just functionality

• You’re comfortable owning problems and driving them to resolution

• You communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

What you’ll get:

• High-impact work used by attorneys and business professionals across the firm

• Autonomy and trust to make technical decisions

• Opportunity to shape front-end standards and tooling

• A collaborative team that values quality over process

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value inclusion and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP reasonably accommodates applicants and employees who need them to perform the essential functions of the job because of disability, religious belief, or other reason protected by applicable law.  If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact Talent Acquisition at 888.534.5003 ortalent.acquisition@morganlewis.com

If hired, your employment relationship with the firm will be on an "at-will" basis, meaning that the firm may modify the terms and conditions of your employment at any time, and that either you or the firm will be free to end the relationship at any time with or without cause and with or without advance notice, although reasonable notice would be expected.