Forward Deployed Operations Intern

Job Description Summary:

Fenwick is looking for a high-impact technology intern who will design, build, and ship AI-native and agentic workflows to support how one of the country’s leading technology law firms operates and grows. This isn’t a support role. It’s a founding team experience. You’ll work alongside leadership to work with non-technical domain experts to design and engineer workflows that drive business development, intelligence, and legal operations strategy across the firm.

This position can be based in any of our US offices. This is a part-time, non-exempt role expected to run through fall of 2026 and into winter of 2027.

Job Description:

What We're Looking For

• Currently enrolled in a CS, data science, industrial engineering, quantitative social science such as economics, or related technical BA, BS, or MS degree program.
• Is able to work a minimum of 16 hours a week and is commuting distance and able to come into one of our offices on occasion.
• Hands-on experience with programming (Python preferred) and comfort working with APIs, LLMs, agentic coding tools, MCPs, Jupyter Notebook/VS Code.
• Experience translating ideas into working prototypes and measuring whether they actually work. You run experiments, check results, and iterate based on evidence.
• Demonstrated ability to work with non-technical users. You can explain what you’re building, gather feedback, and translate stakeholder needs into technical requirements.
• Cloud platform experience (Azure Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, or similar) preferred.
• Demonstrated interest in learning about current and emerging technologies. You stay up to date with the newest industry developments.
• Action-oriented and focused on execution. You prefer delivering solutions and iterating on them rather than over-planning.

Why Fenwick

Fenwick has served the world's most innovative technology and life sciences companies for over 50 years. You'll be working at the intersection of law, business, and cutting-edge AI, with direct visibility into how a premier firm operates and grows. Your work will have a tangible impact. You'll see ideas move quickly from concept to implementation and into the hands of those who use them.

The anticipated pay rate is $21 to $25 per hour.

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Benefits and Compensation Details:

At Fenwick, we believe that our partners and employees are our most important asset. Helping you and your families achieve and maintain good health - physical, emotional, and financial - is the reason we offer a comprehensive benefit program. We provide benefits to eligible employees under plans such as Healthcare, Life Insurance, Health Savings Accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts, and Wellbeing. Except as otherwise required by law, temporary employees are generally not entitled to these benefits.

The anticipated range for this position is:

$1 - $1,500,000

Depending on the role, the actual base salary offered may depend upon a variety 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 professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

A discretionary bonus for eligible employees may also be available based on performance.  Additional information about employee eligibility for benefits and discretionary bonus will be made available upon request.