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Cotality · 15 hours ago

Principal, BI Developer

Dallas - 3001 Hackberry Rd

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$122K/yr - $135K/yr

10+ years exp

Cotality is a company focused on making the property industry more efficient and people-centric. They are seeking a Principal BI Developer to lead the architecture and development of their Reporting and Business Intelligence systems, ensuring robust and scalable solutions for data-driven decision making.

Property InsuranceReal EstateSoftware

Responsibilities

Define the Vision: Own the long-term technical roadmap for the company's Reporting and BI stack, selecting the right mix of "build vs. buy" technologies

System Design: Architect scalable, fault-tolerant solutions for data delivery, moving from legacy reporting to modern, automated, and real-time data experiences

Semantic Layer Ownership: Design and maintain a unified semantic layer (e.g., via dbt, LookML, or custom APIs) to ensure "single source of truth" consistency across all reporting endpoints

Performance Engineering: Proactively identify bottlenecks in query performance and data pipelines; optimize data models, indexing strategies, and caching layers for sub-second report rendering

Build the Platform: Write high-quality, maintainable code to automate data workflows, effectively treating "Infrastructure as Code" for BI assets

Embedded Analytics: Lead the engineering effort to integrate analytical dashboards and reporting features directly into customer-facing software products (White-labeling/Embedded BI)

Data Modeling: Expertly design dimensional models (Star/Snowflake schemas) and wide-table architectures that support diverse analytical use cases

Mentorship: Serve as a technical mentor to Senior and Staff engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and code quality

Stakeholder Partnership: Partner with Product Managers, Data Scientists, and C-level executives to translate complex business requirements into technical specifications

Governance: Establish and enforce standards for data governance, security (RBAC/RLS), and privacy (GDPR/CCPA/PII) within the reporting ecosystem