Pricing Data Engineer — AI-Driven Pricing & Pipelines

McDermott Will & Schulte; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonuses

Job summary

McDermott Will & Schulte is seeking a Pricing Data Engineer in the Chicago area to build and maintain scalable pricing data infrastructure, pipelines, and AI-enabled workflows that support consistent matter scoping, budgeting, and financial analysis. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to align with firm standards and drive data-driven pricing decisions.

The role involves designing pricing tools, integrating AI capabilities, and delivering governance across pricing data while

Qualifications

• 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 with AI platforms, automation tools, or AI-enabled workflows preferred.
• Knowledge of cloud data warehouses and cloud-based data platforms and data visualization/reporting tools preferred.
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and prioritize responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

SQL

Python

Data pipelines

Automation

APIs

Reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics

Tools

Cloud data warehouses

Visualization tools

Job description

McDermott Will & Schulte is seeking a Pricing Data Engineer in the Chicago area to build and maintain scalable pricing data infrastructure, pipelines, and AI-enabled workflows that support consistent matter scoping, budgeting, and financial analysis. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to align with firm standards and drive data-driven pricing decisions.

The role involves designing pricing tools, integrating AI capabilities, and delivering governance across pricing data while