Your Opportunity as the Senior BI Developer, Information Services - Corporate Administration
The Smucker Information Services (IS) department enables technology solutions for capabilities that help our business perform, transform and grow. The Senior BI Developer on the IS Corporate Administration Team realizes this purpose by designing, developing, and maintaining scalable business intelligence solutions that provide enterprise-grade reporting and analytics. The Senior BI Developer will focus on building and optimizing data models and curated reporting objects within the company-standard data lakehouse architecture (Databricks), ensuring high-quality, consumable datasets that drive Tableau-based reporting and self-service analytics across the business. The Senior BI Developer partners closely with business stakeholders, peer analytics teams, and IS partners to translate requirements into robust data solutions. This role emphasizes visualization delivery, BI solution development and data platform best practices, including data governance and performance tuning.
Location: Orrville, Ohio (Close proximity to Cleveland/Akron)
Work Arrangements: Hybrid - onsite a minimum of 9 days a month primarily during core weeks as determined by the Company; maybe more as business need requires
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Design, develop and maintain curated data transformations, scalable data assets and reporting objects in the Databricks Platinum layer to support enterprise BI and analytics use cases.
Design, develop and maintain Tableau dashboards and other visualizations by ensuring alignment to architectural standards and optimization for performance and usability.
Translate business requirements into efficient, well-structured data transformations and semantic layers using SQL and other supported languages.
Implement performance tuning and optimization strategies for large-scale data processing and BI workloads.
Support the design and operation of data pipelines, partnering with Enterprise Data Platform teams on their delivery of data engineering, modeling and governance activities.
Execute audit and compliance activities involving BI reports. Serve as an escalation point for analytics resources within business functions.
Contribute to and advocate for data governance, naming standards and development lifecycle practices.
Identify and implement improvements to BI architecture, tooling, and development processes that support data quality, consistency and reliability across curated datasets.
Mentor junior team members and provide subject matter expertise on BI development and visualization best practices as well as reporting enablement.
What We Are Looking For:
Minimum Requirements:
3+ years of experience in BI development, analytics engineering or related roles
Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline (Business, Engineering, MIS, Computer Science, or related field) or specialized training in Information Technology and/or Data Analytics.
Strong experience with Databricks or similar cloud data platforms, including data transformation development
Experience in SQL-based languages (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle SQL, or MySQL) for data extraction, transformation, and analysis across complex datasets
Knowledge of CI/CD practices within data and analytics development
Strong understanding of performance optimization techniques for large datasets
Ability to design scalable, maintainable, and well-documented data solutions
Strong problem-solving and technical troubleshooting skills
Excellent communication skills with ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role (not required):
Experience working in CPG-related analytics environments or supporting administrative functions such as Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Communications, Legal, Enterprise Risk, Ethics & Compliance.
Experience with preparing data and developing visualizations in Tableau
Experience integrating Databricks with enterprise BI ecosystems
Experience with Python or other scripting languages for data processing
Experience executing data governance and metadata management utilizing platforms such as Atlan
Experience applying artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and technology toward solution development and analytics use cases
Knowledge of modern IT concepts such as Cloud Computing and Infrastructure as Code
Familiarity with modern data architecture concepts such as Lakehouse, ELT frameworks, and data orchestration tools
The Right Place for You
We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.
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We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, age, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.
Skills Required
- 3+ years of experience in BI development, analytics engineering or related roles
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline or specialized training in IT/Data Analytics
- Strong experience with Databricks or similar cloud data platforms
- Experience in SQL-based languages (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle SQL, MySQL) for data extraction and transformation
- Knowledge of CI/CD practices within data and analytics development
- Strong understanding of performance optimization techniques for large datasets
- Ability to design scalable, maintainable, and well-documented data solutions
- Strong problem-solving and technical troubleshooting skills
- Excellent communication skills; translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Experience preparing data and developing visualizations in Tableau
- Experience with Python or other scripting languages for data processing
- Experience with data governance and metadata management (e.g., Atlan)
- Familiarity with Lakehouse architecture, ELT frameworks, and data orchestration tools
The J.M. Smucker Co. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are described as strong, with a company 401(k) match, immediate vesting in some materials, and access to an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. These elements contribute to a favorable view of total compensation value.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for all parents and on-site childcare at key locations signal a family-forward approach. Additional supports such as adoption assistance and pet-related leave reinforce this emphasis.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, seasonal compressed schedules, and flexibility options are highlighted across materials. The ability to start with substantial PTO and buy additional time enhances perceived time-off breadth.
The J.M. Smucker Co. Insights
What We Do
Each generation of consumers leaves their mark on culture by establishing new expectations for food and the companies that make it. At The J.M. Smucker Co., it is our privilege to be at the heart of this dynamic with a portfolio that appeals to each generation of people and pets with products found in 90 percent of U.S. homes and countless restaurants. This includes a mix of iconic brands consumers have always loved such as Folgers®, Jif® and Milk-Bone® and new favorites like Café Bustelo®, Smucker’s® Uncrustables® and Rachael Ray® Nutrish®. By continuing to immerse ourselves in consumer and pet parent preferences for food, how it’s purchased and how the companies that make it should operate, we will maintain the important role we play in their lives. This will allow us to continue growing our business and the positive impact we have on all of those who count on us.
