Job Title: Senior Data Designer / BI Engineer Location: NYC (Hybrid working) Duration: Contract to hire Summary • This is Data Designer with a Power BI lens. This is hybrid role between being technical and analytical. • Preferred skills are with Combination of BI, visual data, data scientist. Good at visual storytelling, craft business intelligence systems. Be on creative side. Job Description Senior Data Designer / BI Engineer • Your role is to collaborate with multidisciplinary individuals and support the project lead on BI data strategy and implementation project. • You will be responsible for gathering requirements from stakeholders, analyzing data (often via SQL, Excel, or BI tools like Tableau/Power BI), identifying the critical data and quality gaps required for the effective decision support and translating insights into reports, designing, and building dynamic data visualization in a form of a dashboard. Responsibilities: • Work closely with product strategists, data engineers, data architects, and other design disciplines to understand data requirements and design accurate and impactful data reporting systems. • Analyze and document existing BI data system processes to identify opportunities for improvement. • Translate vague business goals into clear analytical requirements and success criteria • Craft data stories that highlight trends, anomalies, and actionable insights • Build interactive dashboards and standardized reports using BI platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Custom using Streamlit/Flask) • Apply best practices in layout, color theory, and chart selection to maximize readability and insight • Identify and improve slow-running queries, dashboard load times, and data refresh processes • Propose data standards and best practices. • Stay current with emerging BI tools, visualization techniques, and data-design patterns Qualifications: Analytical skills • Ability to quickly learn new industry or business domains and translate business strategy into analytics priorities • Expert at breaking down ambiguous business questions into structured analytical approaches with attention to detail • Skilled at weaving complex data findings into clear, impactful narratives for C-suite and non-technical stakeholders • Comfortable presenting to executive audiences and facilitating data-driven decision workshops • Ability to analyze complex data sets and translate findings into actionable insights. • Deep understanding of data governance frameworks (data cataloguing, lineage, access controls) • Excellent verbal/written communication skills, with the ability to succinctly articulate your work and its intent to your team and your client • A unique point of view. You are trusted to question approaches, processes, and strategy to serve your team better. Technical skills • Proven experience (5+ years) in data engineering, data analysis, or a similar role. • Expert in both Tableau and Power BI (at least 3+ years of experience) • Able to create custom visuals (Stremlit, JavaScript/TypeScript + D3.js or R/Shiny) when off-the-shelf doesn’t suffice • Proficient in Python for data cleansing and statistical analysis • Experience with data warehousing and ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes. (desired) • Working knowledge of data services on cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure /GCP). (desired)