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# Senior Data Engineer

- **Company:** FORD AGENCY
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $115,000.0 - $184,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Information Systems, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Warehousing, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Cloud Services, SQL Databases, Information Technology, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** August 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=7f5b711737d3a196

## About the Role

The Ford Agency is actively recruiting for a Senior Data Engineer to join a top DC law firm. The Engineer plays a critical role in developing and upkeeping data pipelines and infrastructures that ultimately foster the Firm's reporting platforms. This is a great opportunity for a data wizard with at least 5 years of data engineering experience who is interested in contributing to the legal industry!, * Bachelor's Degree, ideally in Computer Science, Data Science, or Information Systems

 * Relevant technical certifications preferred
 * 5+ years of data engineering experience, legal or professional services exp. preferred
 * Highly adept in SQL, data warehousing, and performance tuning
 * Competency with ETL tools, cloud data platforms, and Python or similar languages
 * Strong communication & relationship-building skills

## Description

* Develop and implement data pipelines across multiple environments and systems
 * Partner closely with teams to translate data needs into technical solutions
 * Maintain data quality and compliance while continuously refining data workflows
 * Automate various data pipelines by utilizing CI/CD and orchestration tools
 * Serve as a mentor to junior engineers


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