Pricing Data Engineer

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. McDermott Will & Schulte is a leading global law firm that brings together more than 1,700+ lawyers and 1,400 business professionals. We celebrate excellence, collaboration, and community and have been recognized as a top workplace by USA Today, Fortune, The American Lawyer, Vault and others. We are also certified by Great Place to Work.

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The Pricing Data Engineer builds and maintains the data infrastructure and tools that enable consistent, data-driven pricing across the firm while modernizing workflows and reducing reliance on manual processes. This role supports scalable solutions and the integration of AI-driven capabilities to enhance pricing analysis and insights, and collaborates with cross-functional teams to align with firm standards and continuous improvement efforts. The Pricing Data Engineer works under minimal supervision, and relies on significant experience to plan and accomplish objectives.

• Design and maintain scalable pricing workflows that support consistent matter scoping, budgeting, and financial analysis across the firm
• Build and maintain a centralized pricing data infrastructure, consolidating data from multiple systems to support firmwide pricing
• Support the development and maintenance of pricing strategies for AI-enabled legal services and emerging delivery models
• Develop and manage data pipelines and queries to support pricing analysis and reporting
• Modernize pricing workflows by reducing reliance on manual processes and implementing scalable, system-driven solutions
• Design and deliver pricing tools, including budget builders, scenario modeling, and comparable matter analysis interfaces
• Integrate AI capabilities into pricing workflows to enhance analysis, forecasting, and decision-making
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support effective pricing, planning, and monitoring of matters through data-driven tools
• Establish feedback loops to track performance and continuously improve pricing models, tools, and methodologies
• Develop pricing frameworks and unit economics to support AI-enabled legal work, enabling partners to price, monitor, and refine matters
• Design pricing processes to be natively executable using AI tools
• Design and maintain a centralized pricing data layer to support consistent data access and usability
• Enhance data granularity to enable detailed pricing analysis across phase, task, and resource levels
• Ensure consistency, transparency, and governance across all pricing data, tools, and methodologies

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, or related field preferred
• Strong SQL and Python skills, with experience building scalable workflows, structured data pipelines, automation, APIs, and reporting solutions
• Experience working with AI platforms, automation tools, or AI-enabled workflows preferred
• Knowledge of cloud data warehouses and experience with cloud-based data platforms and data visualization/reporting tools preferred
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and prioritize responsibilities

Successful candidates will be provided with outstanding career opportunities and will receive…