Aaura Softwares · 6 hours ago
Lead Power BI Developer
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
8+ years expAaura Softwares is seeking a Lead Power BI Developer who will own the BI reporting and analytics platform, drive design standards, and lead a team of BI developers and analysts. The role involves working closely with business stakeholders and data engineering teams to deliver scalable, high-performance BI solutions that enable data-driven decision-making.
Information Technology & Services
Hiring Manager
Punit Singh
Responsibilities
Lead the design, development, and delivery of Power BI dashboards and reports
Own BI architecture, data modeling standards, and reporting best practices
Review and guide team on DAX, Power Query, and data modeling approaches
Partner with business stakeholders to gather requirements and define KPIs
Work closely with Data Engineering on data pipelines, data quality, and data models
Ensure performance optimization of reports, datasets, and semantic models
Define and enforce governance, security (RLS), and deployment standards in Power BI
Mentor and manage Power BI developers and analysts
Drive adoption of Power BI across the organization and improve self-service BI
Oversee release management, UAT support, and production support
Document architecture, standards, and BI solutions
Qualification
Required
8+ years in BI / Analytics, with 4+ years of hands-on Power BI experience
Deep expertise in Power BI (Desktop, Service, Gateways, Workspaces)
Deep expertise in DAX, Power Query (M)
Deep expertise in data modeling (star/snowflake schemas, semantic models)
Strong SQL skills (SQL Server / Azure SQL / similar)
Strong understanding of data warehousing, ETL/ELT, and analytics architecture
Experience leading BI teams or acting as a technical lead
Experience working with senior stakeholders and translating business needs into BI solutions
Experience with performance tuning and large-scale Power BI deployments
Knowledge of security, governance, and best practices in Power BI
Preferred
Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse, or Databricks
Experience with CI/CD for Power BI and semantic models
Exposure to Python or other scripting for data preparation
Experience in enterprise BI environments
Company
Aaura Softwares
We are a dynamic and forward-thinking software development and staff augmentation firm committed to delivering innovative solutions tailored to our clients' unique needs.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase