Report Engineer

Job Responsibilities

• Design and develop LookML models, explore, Dashboards, and workflows in the Looker platform.
• Act as the customer-facing contact point between data engineering and the business, assisting developers and users with how to use, navigate, troubleshoot, and develop on the Looker platform.
• Implement persistent derived tables, caching policies, version control, and assess code quality, utilize SQL Runner for data validation.
• Build, maintain and administer Looker as a primary BI tool and be the driving force behind the adoption and effective use of Looker within every team.
• Investigate, improve and optimize query performance for improved user experience.
• Influence internal and external stakeholders to design and adopt processes that elevate data integrity and facilitate self-help analytics and proper data governance.
• Build and lead impactful and KPI-centric relationships with cross-functional team members.
• Help create and maintain coding standards (style guides, etc.) and perform code reviews for other BI developers or technical analysts.
• Assist with platform administration, including user and role maintenance, Git connectivity, etc.

Basic Qualifications

• At least 3+ years of experience developing within Looker
• Excellent SQL skills
• High energy and action-oriented with a history of getting things done in complex, fast-moving environments.
• Looker Development & Design: coding LookML, setting up Explores, Reports and Dashboards.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent technical knowledge and experience.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly and concisely.
• Experience working on projects from feature definition to project deployment through the development lifecycle.
• Knowledge of Git and it’s interaction with the Looker platform

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of software development processes and best practices (code style guides, linting, pull request reviews, GitHub branch/merge processes, etc.)
• Understanding of development processes and agile methodologies.
• Experience within retail, eCommerce is desired
• Experience with cloud data warehouses, particularly Snowflake is desired
• Effective analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience building data products incrementally and integrating and managing datasets from multiple sources.