Senior Power BI Developer
Outform
Software Engineering
Chicago, IL, USA
Posted on May 31, 2025
The Senior Power BI Developer will lead advanced dashboard development and business intelligence (BI) initiatives in support of operational and strategic decision-making for the Outform Group. The role is responsible for transforming complex datasets into interactive reports, managing large-scale KPI dashboards, and mentoring junior analysts. This position will work closely with key stakeholders from staff sections to design impactful, data-driven solutions.
Become an integral part of a professionally diverse team while working at an industry-leading organization. This is a great opportunity that will allow you to work on innovative projects that offer advancement and growth.
Responsibilities:
- Utilize Power BI Copilot and other AI tools to streamline and enhance BI development processes and also to create powerful visualizations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and iterate on reports using stakeholder feedback.
- Design and implement data modeling concepts to support BI solutions (e.g., star schema, snowflake schema) and data warehousing principles.
- Experience in connecting to and extracting data from various data sources with an emphasis on ensuring data accuracy and consistency (e.g., SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Excel, CSV).
- Develop and maintain refresh pipelines, gateway configurations, and PowerApps/Power Automate workflows.
- Optimize Power BI reports and dashboards for performance and usability.
- Excellent SQL skills for data querying and manipulation.
- Understanding of data security and governance principles.
- Develop and maintain documentation for BI solutions, including data models, reports, and dashboards.
- Ensure compliance with organizational data governance standards and policies.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 5 years of experience working as a Power BI Developer using Microsoft Power BI Desktop, Power BI Service, Power Query (M) and DAX in a data analytics or BI development role.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience with advanced analytics and machine learning concepts within Power BI.
- Minimum of 5 years working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O data model.
- Data Modeling: Star/Snowflake schemas, normalized structures.
- Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python or R for data analysis and visualization.
- Experience with data integration tools and processes.
- Microsoft Power BI certifications (e.g., PL-300).
- Experience managing and configuring Power BI workspaces and user access controls.
- Familiarity with cloud-based BI platforms (e.g., Azure Synapse, Azure Data Lake) is a plus.
- A problem solver and troubleshooter who thrives in resolving complex problems.
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.
- Superior organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.