Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Robert Half is seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to support a Seattle-based law firm in developing and modernizing its enterprise data environment. The role focuses on building Databricks data pipelines and dimensional models, transforming data with PySpark, applying Unity Catalog governance, and preparing curated datasets for Power BI reporting and analytics.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and data models within Databricks
- Build and optimize dimensional data models to support enterprise reporting and analytics
- Develop data transformation and processing workflows using PySpark
- Ingest data from enterprise source systems, including Workday, Elite/Elite 3E, and Salesforce
- Move data through the Medallion Architecture, including Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers
- Clean, normalize, transform, and prepare source data for downstream analytics and reporting
- Utilize Unity Catalog to support data governance, security, organization, and access management
- Prepare curated datasets for consumption and reporting within Power BI
- Partner with business and technical stakeholders to understand reporting needs and demonstrate data within Power BI
- Troubleshoot data connectivity and integration issues involving APIs, Postman, firewall rules, and certificates
- Ensure data pipelines and models are scalable, reliable, and aligned with data engineering best practices
Skills
- Senior-level experience as a Data Engineer within complex enterprise environments
- Expert-level hands-on experience with Databricks
- Strong experience with dimensional modeling
- Advanced PySpark programming experience
- Hands-on experience with Unity Catalog
- Strong understanding of Medallion Architecture , including Bronze, Silver, and Gold data layers
- Experience ingesting, transforming, and normalizing data from multiple enterprise source systems
- Working knowledge of APIs, Postman, firewall rules, and certificates
- Ability to independently troubleshoot data pipeline, integration, and connectivity issues
- Law firm or legal industry experience – significant plus
- Elite 3E experience – significant plus
- Workday experience
- Salesforce experience
- Power BI and/or Microsoft Fabric experience
- Exposure to Agentic AI or AI-enabled data solutions
Benefits
- Benefits available to contract/temporary professionals, include medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance.
- Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan.
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