Technologist in Residence

About Fordham:

Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000 students in its nine colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United Kingdom.

The University offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; life insurance; short and long-term disability; employee assistance program ( EAP ); tuition remission; and generous time off.

Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit Education.

Department: School Of Law

Position Summary:

This position is a two-year residency. This role is designed for a technical expert who thrives at the intersection of systems architecture and legal policy. The time will be split between building the future of Law School internal operations and shaping the global conversation on the responsible use of AI through high-impact public conferences, events, and management of anew student competition.

Essential Functions:

Serves as the primary architect for a new, high-profile interschool student competition related to a cross-disciplinary simulation competition on Law, Technology, and Governance.

Organizes “Law & Tech” symposia that bring together Fordham’s academic faculty and the New York tech community.

Acts as a resident advisor for faculty and staff on how to safely integrate AI tools into their classes and workflows.

Builds and deploys bespoke internal applications to streamline financial tracking, student services, or faculty workflows.

Audits fragmented data silos across law school departments and creates unified dashboards for the Associate Dean to monitor school health and efficiency.

Identifies manual “paper-heavy” processes and engineers digital-first replacements that respect the privacy and security requirements of a legal institution.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.

Minimum of 3 years of professional software development or data engineering experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

A Juris Doctor degree or background in legal theory.

Familiarity with LLM orchestration is highly preferred.

Minimum Salary: $93,000

Maximum Salary: $100.000