Lead Software Engineer, BI Platform

The Core AI & Data Platforms Team has been established to create, operate, and run the Enterprise AI, BI & Data platforms that accelerate time to market for reporting, analytics, and data science teams. The BI Platform aims to foster a culture of innovation, enabling rapid development of BI solutions, and driving transformative outcomes for stakeholders. It serves as a comprehensive ecosystem of collaborative services, tools, and infrastructure, empowering both technical and non-technical users to seamlessly develop, evaluate, and deploy BI reporting solutions tailored to various business use cases and personas. Join us in leading the charge to drive BI tools adoption across the organization. You’ll advocate for best practices, provide expert guidance on tool usage, and offer technical assistance on industry-leading tools like Tableau, Power BI & Alteryx. Not only will you support these SAAS tools, but you’ll also have the opportunity to build innovative solutions supporting our end users.

About the Role:

In this opportunity as a Lead Software Engineer, BI Platform, you will: 

• You will act as a subject matter expert, guiding stakeholders, and ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality, impactful BI reporting solutions.
• Lead the design and architecture of complex Power BI solutions, including data modelling, data integration, and report development.
• Understand and manage Power BI fabric licensing in collaboration with internal CIO team to ensure compliance and cost-effectiveness.
• Drive Microsoft Fabric centric discussions across organisation to enable and guide users to use fabric services
• Define and implement best practices for data governance, security, and performance optimization within the Power BI environment.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their data needs, translate them into actionable insights, and develop compelling data visualizations
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders across all levels of the organization, including business leaders, data analysts, data engineers 
• Automate manual task using Power platform tools 
• Effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Conduct workshops and training sessions to educate stakeholders on best practices for data analysis and report consumption
• Guide and mentor junior team members on Power BI development best practices and methodologies

About You

You’re a fit for the role of Lead Software Engineer, BI Platform if you meet all or most of these criteria:

• 9+ years of hands-on experience in Business Intelligence and Data Visualization, with a strong focus on Power BI
• Hands-on experience on power platform tools like  Power automate and power apps tools  
• Deep expertise in all aspects of Power BI development, including data modelling, DAX, Power Query, and report authoring
• Proven experience in leading the design and implementation of complex Power BI solutions
• In depth knowledge on data model performance tuning 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on data-driven decision making.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge on fabric and power bi licensing is a huge plus 
• Strong understanding of data warehousing principles, ETL/ELT processes, and data integration methodologies
• Proficiency in SQL and experience with various database platforms (e.g., Snowflake, SQL Server).
• Experience with Power Platform tools (Power Apps, Power Automate) and their integration with Power BI.
• Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Python) is a plus

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What’s in it For You?

You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected

• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.

• Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.

• Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.

• Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward. 

Accessibility 

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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