Pricing Data Engineer: AI-Driven Pricing & Analytics

McDermott Will & Schulte; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

McDermott Will & Schulte, a leading global law firm, seeks a Pricing Data Engineer to build and maintain data infrastructure that enables data-driven pricing across the firm. You will modernize workflows and integrate AI-driven capabilities to enhance pricing insights and support cross-functional teams in achieving firm standards and continuous improvement.

The role emphasizes designing scalable pricing workflows, centralized data layers, and advanced analytics to drive accurate matter pricing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative field.
• Strong SQL and Python skills with experience building scalable workflows, data pipelines, automation, APIs, and reporting solutions.
• Experience with AI platforms, automation tools, or AI-enabled workflows is preferred.
• Knowledge of cloud data warehouses and cloud-based data platforms and data visualization/reporting tools is preferred.
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and prioritize responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable pricing workflows that support matter scoping, budgeting, and financial analysis across the firm.
• Build centralized pricing data infrastructure, consolidating data from multiple systems to support firmwide pricing.
• Support development and maintenance of pricing strategies for AI-enabled legal services and delivery models.
• Develop and manage data pipelines and queries to support pricing analysis and reporting.
• Modernize pricing workflows by reducing 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 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 for pricing, monitoring, and refinement.

Skills

SQL

Python

AI platforms

Cloud data warehouses

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Analytics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, or related field

Tools

APIs

Job description

McDermott Will & Schulte, a leading global law firm, seeks a Pricing Data Engineer to build and maintain data infrastructure that enables data-driven pricing across the firm. You will modernize workflows and integrate AI-driven capabilities to enhance pricing insights and support cross-functional teams in achieving firm standards and continuous improvement.

The role emphasizes designing scalable pricing workflows, centralized data layers, and advanced analytics to drive accurate matter pricing