Job Description: Data Engineer

Employment Type: Full-time

Position Overview

Join Litera, a leader in legal technology for over 25 years, as a Data Engineer. You will be part of a dynamic team driving innovation in the legal technology space, working with cutting-edge tools and collaborating with industry experts to deliver impactful solutions for legal professionals. Litera's integrated suite of legal tools simplifies core legal workflows, secures collaboration, and organizes firm knowledge, helping over 2.3 million legal professionals focus on their craft. Litera: Less busy work, more of your life’s work.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize cloud-based data warehouse solutions to enhance and expand internal data and product offerings.
• Collaborate with Litera Data Architects to design and implement backend data structures and query components in relational and non-relational data management systems.
• Take ownership of application data schema design and implementation, ensuring scalability and performance.
• Recommend appropriate data environments, structures, tools, development techniques, data security, and methodologies to meet project requirements.
• Participate effectively and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment with globally located teams working in different time zones.
• Write and document clean, maintainable, and extensible code with a minimum number of defects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (PM, Dev, QA, DevOps) to complete tasks and ensure seamless integration of data solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering, database design, and implementing and maintaining full-scale data warehouse solutions.
• Demonstrated experience working in Snowflake, SQL Server, dbt, Azure Data Factory and Rivery or similar modern ETL tools. Deep expertise in Snowflake (performance tuning, security, etc.) is desired.
• Expert understanding of data structures and data architecture principles.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python for data manipulation, transformation, and automation.
• Demonstrated proficiency in data integration utilizing APIs, including designing, developing, and maintaining connections.
• Skilled in troubleshooting and optimizing API performance to enhance data accuracy and efficiency.
• Experience with Snowflake Cortex, or other AI assisted data/software tools is a plus.

Why Join Litera?

• Company Culture: Emphasizes helping each other grow, doing the right thing, and amplifying impact, creating an exciting and fulfilling work environment.
• Commitment to Employees: Focuses on tools that matter to difference-makers in the legal world and amplifying their impact.
• Global, Dynamic, and Diverse Team: A global company with ambitious goals and unlimited opportunities, offering a dynamic and diverse work environment for growth, listening, empathy, and problem-solving.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Includes health insurance, retirement savings plans, generous paid time off, and a supportive work-life balance.
• Career Growth and Development: Provides career paths and opportunities for professional development, allowing employees to progress through various technical and leadership roles.

Location

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland

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