Senior Power BI Developer
Ascentt Open · verified Oct 24, 2026 At a glance
Senior Data Analysis & BI role at Ascentt. Plano · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate $113,700–$164,639 across the United States.
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What you'll do
- Create executive dashboards, interactive reports, KPI scorecards and paginated reports with Power BI
- Secure and maintain Power BI datasets, reports, workspaces, refresh schedules and gateways
- Turn conversations with business leaders into specifications and wireframes, then deliver through Agile cycles
- Build governed data models and optimize complex SQL, while checking report results through reconciliation and regression tests
- Develop Tableau dashboards, support publishing and permissions, and mentor junior developers while documenting BI standards
What you bring
- At least eight years in BI development, including enterprise work with direct stakeholder involvement
- A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, information systems, analytics or a related discipline
- Strong Power BI work, including paginated reports, with DAX, Power Query, row-level security and performance tuning
- Advanced SQL skills and experience with large datasets, data modeling and visualization
Who this fits
This senior role suits an experienced BI developer who can own reporting from stakeholder discussions through governed models and dashboards. The position is based in Plano, Texas, with an on-site or hybrid work model. You'll also mentor junior developers.
From the employer
Ascentt is building cutting-edge data analytics & AI/ML solutions for global automotive and manufacturing leaders. We turn enterprise data into real-time decisions using advanced machine learning and GenAI. Our team solves hard engineering problems at scale, with real-world industry impact. We’re hiring passionate builders to shape the future of industrial intelligence.
Senior Power BI Developer
Location: Plano, TX | Experience: 8+ years | Reports to: [Manager, BI & Analytics]
Type: Full-time | Work model: [On-site / Hybrid]
About the Role
We're hiring a Senior Power BI Developer in Plano to own enterprise reporting end to end — from stakeholder conversations through governed semantic models, tuned SQL, and dashboards executives rely on daily. You'll be the technical authority on Power BI, contribute to a secondary Tableau estate, and mentor junior developers.
What You'll Do
- Build in Power BI: Executive dashboards, interactive reports, KPI scorecards, and paginated reports — with complex DAX measures and Power Query (M) transformations.
- Govern and secure: Implement Row-Level Security, tune dataset and report performance, and manage workspaces, refresh schedules, and gateway configuration in Power BI Service.
- Translate requirements: Meet with business and department leaders, convert needs into technical specs and wireframes, and deliver on an Agile cadence.
- Model data: Maintain governed semantic layers with certified metrics, conformed dimensions, and hierarchies; support star/snowflake schemas on Snowflake, Databricks, or equivalent.
- Write serious SQL: Complex joins, CTEs, window functions, and stored procedures — plus profiling and optimization of slow queries and pipelines.
- Validate: Source-to-report reconciliation and regression testing to keep metrics accurate and consistent.
- Support Tableau: Dashboards using LOD expressions, table calculations, parameters, and action filters; extract optimization and Tableau Server/Cloud publishing and permissions.
- Lead: Mentor junior developers, set BI standards, and document architecture and data lineage.
What You'll Bring
Required
- Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Information Systems, Analytics, or related field
- 8+ years in BI development, including enterprise projects with direct stakeholder engagement
- Strong Power BI portfolio, including Paginated Reports
- Proficiency in DAX and Power Query (M)
- Row-Level Security and Power BI performance tuning experience
- Advanced SQL — joins, CTEs, subqueries, window functions; able to analyze large existing procedures and functions
- Experience with large datasets in Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, Azure Synapse, or SQL Server
- Solid grasp of data modeling and visualization principles; comfortable in Agile teams
Preferred
- Microsoft PL-300 or DP-600 certification
- Tableau development experience; Tableau Desktop Certified Professional
- Tableau Server/Cloud administration
- Tableau Prep, Alteryx, or dbt
- Exposure to Looker, QuickSight, or Figma for wireframing
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