Data Engineer, Legalist
Institutional alternative asset management firm
Open for applications
Institutional alternative asset management firm
21-100 employees
Open for applications
21-100 employees
Company mission
Legalist's mission is to level the playing field in litigation by helping plaintiffs in meritorious lawsuits see justice. It does this using a team of engineers, lawyers, and data scientists combined with Artificial Intelligence to provide financing for cases.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree (BA or BS) or equivalent
- A minimum of 2 years of work experience in data engineering or similar role
- Advanced SQL knowledge and experience working with a variety of databases (SQL, NoSQL, Graph, Multi-model)
- A minimum of 2 years professional experience with ETL//ELT, data modeling and Python
- Familiarity with cloud environments like GCP, AWS, as well as cloud solutions like Kubernetes, Docker, BigQuery, etc
- You have a pragmatic, data-driven mindset and are not dogmatic or overly idealistic about technology choices and trade-offs
- You have an aptitude for learning new things quickly and have the confidence and humility to ask clarifying questions
Desirable
- Experience with one or more of the following: data processing automation, data quality, data warehousing, data governance, business intelligence, data visualization
- Experience working with TB scale data
What the job involves
- As a highly collaborative organization, our data engineers work cross-functionally with software engineering, data science, and product management to optimize growth and strategy of our data pipeline.
- In this position, you will be joining the data engineering team in an effort to take our data pipeline to the next level
- Design and develop scalable data pipelines to collect, process, and analyze large volumes of data efficiently
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to understand data requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs
- Develop ELT processes to transform raw data into actionable insights, leveraging tools and frameworks such as Airbyte, BigQuery, Dagster, DBT or similar technologies
- Participate in agile development processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospective meetings, to deliver iterative improvements and drive continuous innovation
- Apply best practices in data modeling and schema design to ensure data integrity, consistency, and efficiency
- Continuously monitor and optimize data pipelines and systems for performance, availability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness
Our take
Legalist was founded in 2016 to level the playing field and allow small and medium-sized businesses to access justice usually available only to the largest companies. It does this with a team of lawyers, engineers, and data scientists to provide capital to lawyers and plaintiffs who need it most.
The company uses data from millions of court records in order to explore how technology and artificial intelligence can provide insights into the American justice system. Its Dossier program helps litigants and attorneys to orient their journeys.
Legalist invests in lawsuits with cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology, funded by some of the top venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, with a small team using data to drive litigation returns. The company has made 120 investments in more than 200 claims, according to the startup.
Businesses apply for funding via the website, and then Legalist's technology sources and vets meritorious legal cases for investment based on the likelihood of winning. This takes into account factors such as the judge, lawyers, court type, and other details. Due to a surge in demand for funding, the company expects to continue adding to the growth it has experienced since its founding.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Sep 2019
$100m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $100m
Company benefits
- Healthcare reimbursement
- Work from home opportunities
- Monthly stipend plus incentive-based pay-structure
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Eva Shang
(General Partner)After dropping out of Harvard, Eva founded Legalist at the age of 20, leading the startup through Y Combinator's S16 accelerator program. She has served as CEO since 2016.
Christian Haigh
(Chief Investment Officer)Previous Curator at TEDxHarvard College. He currently spearheads all efforts at Legalist around technology and investment.
People progressing
Michael left his job as an Associate Relationship Manager at Frost Bank to join Leglalist as an Alternative Investment Analyst. Since December 2020, he has served as Controller.
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