Analytics Engineer

Baker Botts; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Baker Botts is building its Enterprise Data Services team and is seeking an Analytics Engineer to transform enterprise data into trusted, analytics-ready assets that support reporting, BI, and AI initiatives across the firm.

You'll design and maintain data transformations in Azure Databricks, own Silver/Gold datasets, ensure data quality, and partner with business stakeholders to deliver scalable data solutions that enable meaningful insights and decision-making across practice areas.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years in analytics engineering, data engineering, BI, or related field.
• Strong Python skills for data transformation, automation, and validation.
• Hands-on Azure Databricks experience with notebooks, workflows, Delta Lake, and Unity Catalog.
• Experience with PySpark for large-scale datasets.
• Experience building semantic models or analytical data marts.
• Experience designing analytics-ready datasets and data models.
• Experience with Power BI or Tableau.
• Strong data quality, validation, testing, and governance practices.
• Experience with cloud-based data platforms and modern lakehouse architectures.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to explain concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proven ability to work independently and with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Define and implement business rules, transformation logic, data lineage, and quality checks.
• Build Bronze-to-Silver/Gold datasets for reporting, analytics, and AI use cases.
• Maintain curated datasets, metrics, and analytical data products.
• Develop PySpark-based workflows and Databricks jobs.
• Perform data profiling, validation, and testing for trustworthy downstream reporting.
• Support dashboards and analytics by providing clean datasets.
• Collaborate with source system owners to resolve quality issues.
• Participate in code reviews and CI/CD with Enterprise Applications & Integrations team.
• Identify opportunities for advanced analytics and AI-enabled solutions.

Skills

Python

Data transformation

Data quality & governance

Communication skills

Independent worker

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Azure Databricks

PySpark

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Power BI / Tableau

Job description

Baker Botts is a leading international law firm recognized for its deep understanding of the industries it serves. With offices across major global markets, the firm delivers sophisticated legal services while cultivating a collaborative, inclusive culture where both attorneys and professional staff contribute to client success and organizational excellence.

About The Role

Baker Botts is building its Enterprise Data Services team and is seeking an Analytics Engineer to help transform enterprise data into trusted, analytics-ready assets that support reporting, business intelligence, and AI initiatives across the firm.

Working primarily within Azure Databricks and Entegrata, this role focuses on designing and maintaining data transformations, implementing business logic, ensuring data quality, and creating curated datasets that enable meaningful insights and decision-making.

While other technical teams are responsible for delivering source data into the Bronze layer, this role owns the transformation of that data into business-ready datasets, responsible for developing and maintaining trusted Silver and Gold layer assets that support reporting, self-service analytics, operational intelligence, and future AI capabilities.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys combining technical engineering skills with analytical thinking and stakeholder engagement. Success requires intellectual curiosity and the drive to improve end users’ data and analytics experiences, strong Python and Databricks expertise, a passion for data quality, and the ability to translate business needs into scalable data solutions.

What You'll Do

Primary Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders and the EAI team to understand enterprise reporting and analytical requirements, translating them into scalable technical and data solutions.
• Define, document, and implement business rules, transformation logic, calculations, enrichment processes, data lineage, and data quality checks required to transform raw data into business-ready information aligned to business stakeholder needs and support governance efforts.
• Use Bronze-layer data to develop pipelines and transformations that create trusted Silver and Gold datasets for reporting, analytics, and AI use cases.
• Maintain curated datasets, reusable metrics, and analytical data products that support firmwide reporting and self-service analytics.
• Build, maintain, and optimize PySpark-based workflows, Delta Lake assets, and Databricks jobs.
• Perform data profiling, reconciliation, validation, and testing to ensure confidence in downstream reporting and decision-making.
• Support the development of dashboards, reports, and analytical solutions by providing clean, trusted, and well-documented datasets.
• Work with source system owners and technical teams to resolve data quality, completeness, and usability issues identified during transformation and analysis activities.
• Participate in code reviews, CI/CD processes, and understand established development standards alongside our partner Enterprise Applications & Integrations team.
• Identify opportunities to leverage advanced analytics, statistical methods, and AI-enabled solutions to improve business outcomes.

Required

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• 5-7 years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, data analytics, business intelligence, or related field.
• Strong Python skills, including experience building data transformation, automation, and validation processes.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Databricks, including notebooks, workflows, Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, job orchestration, and performance optimization.
• Experience using PySpark to prepare, transform, and optimize large-scale datasets.
• Experience developing semantic models, analytical data marts, or subject area datasets.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining analytics ready datasets and business facing data models.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or other business intelligence and visualization platforms.
• Strong understanding of data quality, validation, testing, and governance practices.
• Experience working with cloud-based data platforms and modern lakehouse architectures.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable data solutions and meaningful analytical outputs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proven ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across technical and business teams.

Preferred

• Experience with Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS Gen2).
• Familiarity with medallion architecture and modern lakehouse design patterns.
• Experience with machine learning, predictive analytics, or AI-enabled solutions.
• Exposure to dimensional modeling and analytical data modeling techniques.
• Basic SQL proficiency for data validation, troubleshooting, and exploratory analysis.
• Databricks, Azure, analytics, or business intelligence certifications.

SUCCESS IN THIS ROLE

Success in this role means delivering trusted, scalable data products that power reporting, analytics, and AI initiatives, while ensuring data quality, governance, and reliability. The successful candidate will be a valued partner to the business, translating complex questions into actionable data solutions and building reusable assets that advance the firm's long-term data and AI strategy.

Anticipated Role Breakdown By Activity Type

• 60% Analytics Engineering (Bronze/Silver/Gold ownership, business logic, curated datasets, data products, data quality)
• 10% Analytics & AI Enablement (Reporting support, advanced analytics, AI use cases)

How You'll Work

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to sit for extensive periods of time, either while using the telephone or computer.
• Must be able to work in a high-pressure environment with time restraints and frequent interruptions.

Working Conditions and Environment

• Work is normally performed in a standard office environment but may, on occasion, involve moderate exposure to dust, dirt and/or extreme temperature.
• Position is full-time and requires a five-day workweek and standard hours as outlined in the firm policy manual. Must be available to work overtime, including weekend hours, when necessary to meet established deadlines or stay current with occasional peaks in workload. Must be willing to change regular work schedule to meet the needs of the Firm
• This role may be hybrid and will require a minimum of three days per week (or at least 60%) present in the office, and up to two days per week (40%) may be performed remotely

Baker Botts L.L.P. is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.