Senior Software Engineer – Analytics Engineering

Jobtailor; New Jersey; On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Power BI Architect to design and optimize enterprise analytics solutions. You will build semantic models, datasets, and reports that scale across the organization and deliver accurate, actionable insights.

Collaborating with data engineers, analysts, and stakeholders, you will implement row-level security, incremental refresh, and governance practices, ensuring high performance, reliability, and data quality. This on-site role is based in New Jersey.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of Power BI solution development experience
• Advanced analytics engineering and enterprise reporting expertise
• Strong DAX skills for complex calculations
• Solid understanding of data warehousing, dimensional modeling, star schema
• Experience with Power BI tooling (Tabular Editor, DAX Studio, ALM Toolkit)
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric and analytics workloads
• Familiarity with lakehouse concepts, Parquet and Delta formats
• Willingness to travel ~10%
• Experience implementing reporting security and data quality standards
• Familiarity with Agile delivery and version control

Responsibilities

• Design, optimize, and maintain Power BI semantic models and datasets
• Develop enterprise analytics assets including reports and dataflows
• Implement row-level security and incremental refresh for scalable reporting
• Troubleshoot models and refresh issues to improve reliability
• Collaborate with engineers, analysts, and stakeholders to deliver trusted analytics
• Provide guidance and training to end users and junior developers

Skills

Power BI

DAX

Semantic Modeling

Data Warehousing

Dimensional Modeling

Star Schema

Analytics Modeling

Reporting Security

Data Quality

Incremental Refresh

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Tabular Editor

DAX Studio

ALM Toolkit

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

• Designing, optimizing, and maintaining enterprise-grade Power BI semantic models that deliver accurate, scalable, and actionable insights across the organization.
• Develop and maintain Power BI datasets, reports, dataflows, and related assets supporting enterprise analytics solutions.
• Implement row-level security, incremental refresh, and other Power BI capabilities to support secure and efficient reporting.
• Troubleshoot Power BI models, measures, and refresh processes to improve reliability, efficiency, and user experience.
• Partner with data engineers, analysts, business stakeholders, and report developers to understand requirements and deliver trusted analytics solutions.
• Provide technical guidance, training, and support to end users, analysts, and junior developers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or relevant work experience required
• 5+ years of experience developing Power BI solutions, including semantic models, reports, and enterprise analytics assets.
• Advanced expertise in analytics engineering, semantic modeling, and enterprise reporting solutions.
• Strong proficiency with DAX, including the ability to design and implement complex business calculations.
• Deep understanding of data warehousing concepts, dimensional modeling, star schema design, and analytics modeling best practices.
• Hands-on experience with Power BI tools such as Tabular Editor, DAX Studio, and ALM Toolkit.
• Experience working with Microsoft Fabric, including semantic models and analytics workloads.
• Familiarity with lakehouse storage concepts and file formats such as Parquet and Delta.
• Ability to travel 10%.
• Experience implementing reporting security, governance standards, and data quality best practices.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies and version control practices.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates advanced expertise in Power BI solution development, including semantic modeling, DAX proficiency, and enterprise reporting. Capable of implementing data governance standards and providing technical guidance to stakeholders.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Power BI Solution Development
• DAX Proficiency
• Analytics Engineering
• Data Warehousing Concepts
• Agile Delivery Methodologies

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Power BI
• DAX
• Semantic Modeling
• Data Warehousing
• Dimensional Modeling
• Star Schema Design
• Analytics Modeling
• Reporting Security
• Data Quality Best Practices
• Incremental Refresh

Soft Skills

• Technical Guidance
• Collaboration
• Problem Solving

Industry Keywords

• Enterprise Analytics
• Lakehouse Storage
• Parquet
• Delta
• Version Control

Tools & Technologies

• Tabular Editor
• DAX Studio
• ALM Toolkit
• Microsoft Fabric