BI Engineer (Looker)

HMG America; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

HMG America LLC is seeking a Senior BI Engineer with strong Looker expertise to design, develop, and optimize enterprise BI solutions in a remote-USA environment. You will build LookML models, dashboards, and reports while partnering with business stakeholders to enable data-driven decision-making.

The role emphasizes LookML development, data modeling, and cloud platforms (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks), with a focus on governance, performance, and self-service analytics across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 6+ years in BI/Analytics or Data Engineering.
• 3+ years hands-on Looker experience with LookML.
• Strong SQL, data warehousing concepts, and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise BI solutions using Looker.
• Build LookML models, explores, dashboards, and reports.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements.
• Translate business needs into scalable BI solutions.
• Develop semantic layers and data models for consistency.
• Partner with data engineering to improve data quality and performance.
• Create executive dashboards and enable self-service analytics.
• Optimize SQL queries and Looker performance for large datasets.
• Establish BI governance, data definitions, and reporting standards.
• Mentor junior BI engineers and promote best practices.
• Support ad-hoc analytics and actionable insights.

Skills

Looker

LookML

Dashboard development

Data Visualization

SQL

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Snowflake

BigQuery

Redshift

Databricks

Job description

HMG America LLC is the best Business Solutions focused Information Technology Company with IT consulting and services, software and web development, staff augmentation and other professional services. One of our direct clients is looking for BI Engineer (Looker) in USA. Below is the detailed job description.

Role - BI Engineer (Looker)

Location - Remote (Anywhere in USA)

Hire - Full time

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior BI Engineer with strong expertise in Looker, data modeling, and modern cloud data platforms. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing and developing scalable business intelligence solutions, creating insightful dashboards, enabling self-service analytics, and partnering with business stakeholders to drive data-driven decision-making.

The role requires a strong foundation in SQL, data warehousing, BI development, and data visualization, with hands-on experience in LookML, dimensional modeling, and cloud-based analytics environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-scale BI solutions using Looker.
• Build and optimize LookML models, explores, dashboards, and reports.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather reporting and analytics requirements.
• Translate business needs into scalable and reusable BI solutions.
• Develop and maintain semantic layers and data models to ensure consistency across reporting.
• Partner with data engineering teams to improve data quality, reliability, and performance.
• Create executive dashboards and self-service analytics capabilities.
• Optimize SQL queries and Looker performance for large-scale datasets.
• Establish BI governance, data definitions, and reporting standards.
• Conduct root cause analysis and troubleshoot reporting discrepancies.
• Mentor junior BI engineers and promote best practices in BI development.
• Support ad-hoc analytics and provide actionable business insights.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Engineering, or a related field.
• 6 years of experience in Business Intelligence, Analytics, or Data Engineering.
• 3 years of hands-on experience with Looker.
• Strong expertise in LookML, dashboard development, and semantic modeling.
• Advanced SQL skills with experience querying large datasets.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing concepts and dimensional modeling.
• Experience working with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or Databricks.
• Experience with ETL/ELT processes and data pipelines.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
• Experience working in Agile environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform), AWS, or Azure.
• Knowledge of Python for data analysis and automation.
• Experience with dbt and modern data stack technologies.
• Exposure to data governance and data quality frameworks.
• Familiarity with other BI tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
• Looker certification is highly desirable.

Technical Skills

BI & Visualization

• Looker
• LookML
• Dashboard Development
• Data Visualization
• KPI Framework Design

Databases & Data Warehousing

• SQL
• Snowflake
• BigQuery
• Redshift
• Databricks

Data Engineering

• ETL / ELT
• Data Modeling
• Data Quality Management
• Data Governance

Programming

• Python (Preferred)
• SQL

Nice-to-Have Experience

• Retail, E-commerce domain experience.
• Experience supporting executive-level reporting and strategic decision-making.
• Building enterprise semantic layers and self-service analytics platforms.

Success Metrics

• Dashboard adoption and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Data accuracy and reporting reliability.
• Query and dashboard performance improvements.
• Reduction in report development turnaround time.
• Increased self-service analytics usage across the organization.

Keywords:

Looker, LookML, Business Intelligence, BI Engineer, SQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Data Modeling, Dashboard Development, Analytics Engineering, Data Warehouse, Self-Service Analytics.