Staff Data Engineer, LegalZoom
$140.5-224.8k
Some travel may be required
Online legal advice platform
Open for applications
Online legal advice platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$140.5-224.8k
Some travel may be required
1001+ employees
Company mission
To transform how people navigate the legal system.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of experience in data engineering or a related field, with a proven track record of building and maintaining complex data systems at scale
- Expert-level proficiency in SQL, with deep experience in data modeling and transformation
- Hands-on experience with dbt for data transformation and modeling
- Experience orchestrating data workflows with Airflow, Dagster, Prefect or similar
- Proficiency in Python for data engineering tasks
- Experience with cloud data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery) and modern data stack tools
- Strong understanding of ETL/ELT best practices, data quality, and data governance
- Ability to architect and deliver highly available, scalable, and extensible solutions
- Strong communication skills with the ability to tailor your message to the audience, whether that's walking leadership through a strategic data initiative or working through implementation details with engineers
- Experience creating both business and technical documentation, including design specifications, project documents, and runbooks
- Experience mentoring and leading engineering teams in an Agile environment
- A strong understanding of business and product goals, and the ability to align your technical decisions to them
- Remote employees should confirm that the internet service available has adequate bandwidth to support all work processes
What the job involves
- We’re seeking a Staff Data Engineer to join our growing Data Engineering team
- In this role, you will architect, build, and scale robust data pipelines and platforms that power LegalZoom’s products and analytics
- You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional partners in Data Science, Engineering, and Product to deliver high-impact solutions, mentor others on the data team, and drive technical excellence across the organization
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reliable, and well-tested data pipelines and ETL processes using dbt, Snowflake, Airflow, and Fivetran
- Architect net new data models to support business needs, ensuring high availability, performance, and extensibility
- Lead the adoption and integration of modern data engineering best practices, including CI/CD, data quality, and observability
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, guide technical decisions, and deliver data solutions that align with business goals
- Mentor and guide other data engineers and data scientists, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning
- Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and technical decision-making
- Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies, advocating for best practices
- Participate in an on-call rotation to address high priority incidents
- Communicate with clarity and influence across the data organization and stakeholder groups, including presenting technical concepts and trade-offs to leadership
- Produce high-quality technical and business documentation, including technical designs and architectural decision records
- Occasional travel may be required as needed
Our take
LegalZoom is an online legal technology service that can help people create their own legal documents. It believes legal advice and services should be clear, easy-to-understand, and affordable, and provides services to help people make a will, start a business, lodge a trademark application, and more.
LegalZoom has helped millions of people who otherwise could not hire a lawyer with its extensive range of legal solutions. It competes with a handful of other companies, such as IncFile and Rocket Lawyer, that also provide online legal technology.
Despite operating in a competitive market, LegalZoom has continued to expand, helped in part by growing demand for digital legal solutions, Its 2021 IPO provided further momentum, allowing it to scale its operations and invest in new growth opportunities.
Most notably, the company has now been named the provider of 'legal help' for Perplexity - a partnership that could potentially reshape how consumers and small businesses discover and engage with legal services, positioning legal support as something more accessible.
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Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jul 2011
$66m
SERIES B
Mar 2007
$45m
SERIES A
Total funding: $111m
Company benefits
- Remote-friendly work, encouraging time outside the office to relax and recharge
- Comprehensive health benefits, including mental health and fertility care
- A culture of growth, fostering learning and development and opportunities to give back
Company HQ
Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Jeff Stibel
(CEO)Jeff has been the CEO of LegalZoom since 2014. Alongside this role, he is also a Partner at Bryant Stibel, on the Board of Trustees at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and a Chairman at The BrainGate Company.
Noel Watson
(COO & CFO)Noel joined LegalZoom in 2020 as CFO, adding COO to his title in 2024. Prior to this, he was the CFO at TrueCar and VP of Finance/Chief Accounting Officer at TripAdvisor.
Nicole Miller
(CLO & General Counsel)Nicole joined LegalZoom in 2020 as a General Counsel, adding CLO to her title in 2024. Prior to this, she spent 6 years at The Honest Company, joining in 2014 as a Senior Corporate Counsel before becoming VP of Legal Affairs and Associate General Counsel in 2016 and then moving into the role of General Counsel in 2018.
Prior to joining LegalZoom in 2021, Sheily was the VP of Global Human Resources at Activision Blizzard. She also spent nearly 10 years at Google in various roles, including Director of Global Trust & Safety Operations.
Daniel Lysaught
(CMO)Daniel joined LegalZoom in 2022 as a VP of Growth Marketing before stepping into the role of CMO in 2023. Prior to this, he was a VP of Growth Product & Marketing at Good Eggs. He also spent 6 years at TrueCar in various roles, including Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships & Marketing and VP of Customer Acquisition.
Kathy Tsitovich
(Chief Corporate Development & Partnership Officer)Prior to joining LegalZoom in 2020, Kathy spent 21 years at Intuit. While there, she held a number of roles, including VP of Consumer Group and Business Development.
Aaron Stibel
(CBO & CCO)Alongside LegalZoom, Aaron is a Founding Partner at Bryant Stibel, a Board Member at RBmedia, and an Advisory Board Member at Tufts University.
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