Lead BI & Analytics Developer

SHINKA LABS PRIVATE LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing analytics organization in Singapore seeks a BI Developer to build and manage the entire BI stack using Power BI. This role involves collaborating with Agile teams to deliver impactful BI features, managing datasets, and ensuring data governance and security. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in BI analytics, particularly in Power BI development and administration, along with strong SQL and DAX skills. This position provides an opportunity to work closely with clients and mentor junior developers.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional BI/analytics experience with Power BI focus.
• Expertise in Power BI Desktop/Service and performance optimization.
• Advanced DAX and Power Query skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in Agile squads to deliver impactful BI features.
• Design and optimize Power BI datasets and dashboards.
• Manage Power BI Admin tasks including tenant management.

Skills

Power BI development and administration

DAX

Power Query (M)

SQL

Agile delivery teams

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Databricks

Synapse

Athena

BigQuery

Tableau

Python

Streamlit

Job description

Overview

This is a foundational BI engineering role— the first Power BI hirewithin a growing analytics organization.

We’re looking for a developer who can build, own, and elevate the entire BI stack, from curated SQL datasets to semantic models and enterprise-grade dashboards, while establishing best practices for governance, security, and performanceacross the business.

You’ll be part of our Forward-Deployed Engineering Team, embedded full-time with one of our key clients on a long-term engagement, working alongside product owners, data engineers, data scientists, and business stakeholders to deliver analytics solutions that drive measurable value.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate within Agile product squadsto define, prioritize, and iteratively deliver BI features that create business impact.
• Design, build, and optimize Power BI datasets, reports, and dashboards, applying advanced DAXand Power Query (M)techniques.
• Develop and maintain robust semantic modelsthat accurately represent business logic and enable governed self-service analytics.
• Implement and manage Power BI Admin tasks: tenant and workspace management, capacity settings, deployment pipelines, refresh scheduling, and monitoring.
• Design and enforce data-security frameworks, including Row-Level Security (RLS), role definitions, and Azure AD / access-group management.
• Build and refine SQL-based curated datasets / viewsforming the gold / semantic layerfor BI consumption.
• Partner with product owners and stakeholders to translate business requirements into BI stories and deliverables.
• Provide advisory guidanceon modeling, governance, and adoption; mentor junior BI developers where applicable.
• (Bonus) Work with Databricks, Synapse, Athena, BigQuery, or similar modern cloud data platforms.

Qualifications & Skills

• 8+ years of professional BI/analytics experience, with a primary focus on Power BI development and administration.
• Demonstrated expertise in:
• Power BI Desktop / Service– data modeling, relationships, calculations, performance optimization.
• DAX and Power Query (M)– advanced calculations, transformations, query folding.
• Semantic modeling– star schema, dimensional design, calculation groups, reusable datasets.
• SQL– dataset creation, joins, views, and performance tuning.
• Power BI Admin & Governance– tenant/workspace management, capacity configuration, deployment pipelines.
• Security design– RLS, role-based access, AD group integration.
• Experience operating within Agile delivery teamsand cross-functional product environments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-engagement skills with the ability to bridge business and technical discussions.
• (Nice to have) Familiarity with Tableau, Python, or lightweight app frameworks such as Streamlit.