Senior Analytics Engineer

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath • New York City, NY

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Faegre Drinker has an opportunity for a Senior Analytics Engineer to work with our Technology and Innovation team in our Chicago, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, New York City or Washington, D.C. office. You will be part of a dynamic team dedicated to contributing to the Gold semantic layer for the firm’s enterprise data lake and sets the standards that make the firm’s two primary consumption layers - Microsoft Power BI (the firm’s primary business intelligence platform) and Databricks AI/BI (Databricks AI/BI, including Genie conversational analytics) - trusted, consistent, and AI-ready. This position will work with other talented individuals who share a passion for doing great work in the best interest of our clients.

Requirements

• Ability to problem-solve
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively in a virtual environment (e.g., via phone, web/videoconference)
• Ability to concentrate on tasks, make decisions and work calmly and effectively in a high-pressure, deadline-orientated environment
• Demonstrated ability to use good judgment in taking initiative while asking for direction or clarification and consulting others, as appropriate
• Willingness to be flexible with time and adjust to a changing work environment
• Ability to build and maintain positive relationships, both internally and externally, while maintaining a client service orientation
• Ability to use sound judgment and discretion in dealing with highly confidential information
• Ability to take direction and accept supervision
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, organize and accurately prioritize work, be detail-oriented, understand when urgency is required and use good judgment in varied situations
• Ability to work effectively with co-workers in a team oriented collaborative environment
• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical or quantitative discipline, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of analytics/data engineering experience
• Expert-level SQL and dimensional modeling skills
• Deep, hands-on Microsoft Power BI expertise (data modeling, DAX, enterprise dashboard delivery)
• Experience defining and governing business metrics/KPIs across multiple source systems
• Ability to mentor and set technical standards for less experienced analytics engineers
• Experience partnering with data engineers to translate Silver-layer structures, key-resolution logic, and source data constraints into Gold-layer dimensional models

Nice To Haves

• Databricks AI/BI and Genie experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Owns the Gold dimensional model (star schemas) across areas such as client, matter, timekeeper, and practice-group dimensions, producing curated, AI-ready data products
• Leads delivery of executive dashboards and self-service analytics in Microsoft Power BI
• Authors approved firm metric definitions once via Databricks Unity Catalog Metric Views to eliminate metric drift; implements definitions ratified by the firm’s data-governance cadence
• Sets standards for modeling, Power BI, and Databricks Genie curation/grounding; mentors mid-level and junior Analytics Engineers
• Partners with key stakeholders to ensure that Gold data products are consumable by the firm AI offerings, and resolves cross-system definitional questions in partnership with the governance cadence
• Special projects and other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Flexible working environment for work-life success
• Opportunity to participate in firm-sponsored volunteer events
• Wellness programming with personalized content and activities
• Professional environment and the opportunity to work with experts at the top of their fields
• Variety of health plan options, as well as dental, vision and 401(k) plans
• Generous paid time off
• discretionary bonus
• life, health, accident, and disability insurance
• a 401(k) plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior