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# Lead Data Engineer at Magna Legal Services

- **Company:** Magna Legal Services
- **Location:** Remote
- **Compensation:** $155k–$175k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/magnals/dc1ad4e7-1017-4dd5-8874-ce065bb85a4b

## Job description

Magna Legal Services is a trusted nationwide partner to law firms, corporations, insurance carriers, and government agencies, delivering comprehensive legal support at every stage of a case. From court reporting and record retrieval to jury consulting, investigations, litigation graphics, and language services, we help our clients navigate complex legal challenges with confidence. Our reputation is built on the expertise, dedication, and professionalism of our team, and we’re proud to foster a culture where talented people can do meaningful work and grow their careers.

Magna Legal Services is seeking a hands-on Lead Data Engineer to provide technical leadership for the design, development, and ongoing evolution of our enterprise data platform. This role will own the architecture and optimization of scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and our Snowflake data warehouse, establish engineering standards, and guide the delivery of reliable data solutions across the organization. The Lead Data Engineer will partner with technical and business stakeholders, mentor team members, and remain actively involved in implementation as we modernize and scale our data infrastructure.

Primary Responsibilities

- Own the technical direction, architecture, and ongoing evolution of our Snowflake data warehouse, with accountability for performance, scalability, security, reliability, and cost efficiency.

- Lead the design, development, and standardization of scalable ETL/ELT pipelines across data sources and destinations, including the continued evolution toward Azure Data Factory.

- Establish and uphold engineering standards for code quality, testing, documentation, version control, deployment, monitoring, and data quality.

- Lead the design and development of dimensional data models, including star schemas within a medallion architecture, using tools such as dbt, Sigma, and related technologies.

- Partner with technical and business stakeholders to translate data needs into a prioritized technical roadmap and deliver trusted, reusable data solutions that support decision-making across the company.

- Provide technical guidance through solution design and code reviews, mentor data engineers and analysts, and help the team resolve complex technical challenges.

- Evaluate and introduce tools, patterns, and process improvements that strengthen scalability, reliability, maintainability, and delivery efficiency.

- Lead complex and ad hoc data engineering initiatives from requirements through delivery while promoting data governance, data literacy, and responsible data practices across the organization.

Desired Background

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

- 5+ years of progressive experience in data engineering, including ownership of complex initiatives and technical leadership within a modern cloud data environment.

- Advanced hands-on experience with Snowflake, including data warehouse architecture, performance tuning, security and access controls, and cost optimization.

- Advanced SQL skills and strong experience with a scripting language such as Python for data processing, automation, and troubleshooting.

- Strong experience designing and operating scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, including orchestration, testing, monitoring, and production support.

- Hands-on experience with dimensional data modeling, star schema and medallion architectures, and dbt or a comparable transformation framework.

- Experience with Azure Data Factory or a comparable cloud orchestration platform; experience modernizing or migrating legacy data pipelines is preferred.

- Demonstrated technical leadership through mentoring, design and code reviews, engineering standards, and cross-functional delivery, with strong communication and prioritization skills.

Magna Legal Services provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

## About Magna Legal Services

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Magna Legal Services provides end-to-end litigation support and consulting services to law firms, corporations, and government agencies nationwide.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Odyssey Investment Partners in 2022; previously funded by CIVC Partners and Audax Private Debt)
- **Headquarters**: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- **Founded**: 2007
- **Founders**: Peter Hecht, Mark Calzaretta, Bob Ackerman, Jon Ackerman

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Legal Services / Litigation Support
- **Target customers**: Law firms, corporations, and governmental agencies (B2B, enterprise)
- **Mission statement**: “To deliver exceptional solutions to help our clients focus on what matters most: winning.”

## Products & Services
- **[Court Reporting]**: Real-time reporting, interactive Internet depositions, rough disks, web-based transcript and exhibit repositories.
- **[Record Retrieval Services]**: Medical record retrieval, document retrieval, and e-discovery consulting.
- **[Jury Consulting & Litigation Graphics]**: Witness preparation, online focus groups, mock trials, trial graphics, accident recreation videos, and trial presentation.
- **[Language Services]**: Interpreting and translation services (5,000+ interpreters available).
- **[Investigative Services]**: Social media and online surveillance of claimants and jurors.
- **[Video Services]**: Certified legal videography, courtroom and war room setup, video depositions.
- **[Virtual Services]**: 100% remote capabilities for depositions, mediations, hearings, and arbitrations.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of **$85.1 million** (as of most recent data)
- **Total Funding**: At least two rounds – Debt Financing (Jan 2020, led by Audax Private Debt) and Private Equity (Dec 2018, led by CIVC Partners)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: CIVC Partners, Audax Private Debt, Odyssey Investment Partners (owner)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount: 434 employees (+25.7% YoY) according to LinkedIn, but company website claims “1,000+ employees” (likely including contractors/court reporters)
  - Recent acquisitions: Everest Court Reporting (July 2026), TrialGraphix (2023), On Time Reporting (2022), Kim Tindall & Associates (2021), RecordTrak (2020)
  - 43,755 LinkedIn followers (yearly growth +26.7%)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Nationwide reach**: 30+ locations, 5,000+ court reporters, 5,000+ interpreters, and 80+ litigation consultants.
- **End-to-end service**: Covers the entire litigation lifecycle – from deposition to trial graphics to social media surveillance.
- **Proven M&A strategy**: Aggressive acquisition of regional providers to build scale and broaden service offerings.
- **Technology-enabled**: Full remote capabilities, virtual deposition platform, and AI-assisted hiring processes.

## Strategic Focus
- **Geographic expansion**: Recent acquisitions (e.g., Everest Court Reporting) strengthen presence in the Philadelphia market and beyond.
- **Organic growth**: Investing in sales organization and cross-selling to existing clients.
- **Operational efficiency**: Leveraging scale to deliver cost-effective solutions while maintaining high service quality.
- **Talent acquisition**: Actively hiring court reporters, IT support, accountants, jury consultants, and billing specialists.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes diversity, equity, inclusion, work/life balance, and respectful communication.
- **Remote/Hybrid**: Many roles are remote; the company touts “100% remote capabilities” for services and offers flexible work schedules.
- **Growth opportunities**: Rapidly growing company (25%+ headcount growth) with a clear acquisition strategy offers career advancement.
- **Perks**: Not explicitly listed, but stable private equity-backed employer with a national footprint.
- **Employee reviews**: 3.0/5.0 on LinkedIn (54 reviews) – Work-Life 3.2, Compensation 2.8, Culture 2.8, Career 2.9. Note: Some caution advised as the company uses AI in hiring and has warned about impersonation scams.

## Sources
1. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/magna-legal-services)
2. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/magna-legal-services)
3. [magnals.com](https://magnals.com/our-philosophy/)
4. [magnals.com](https://magnals.com/careers/)
5. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/magnals)

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