Fabric Power BI Developer

About the role

K&L Gates is seeking a Fabric Power BI Developer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Power BI development and Microsoft Fabric, with experience in creating scalable, governed, and optimized dashboards and semantic models for enterprise use.

Responsibilities

• Leading the design, development, and lifecycle oversight of Power BI dashboards and reporting solutions, establishing visualization standards across the organization.
• Owning semantic model strategy in Microsoft Fabric, enabling reusable datasets, governed calculations, and enterprise analytics standards.
• Developing advanced DAX measures, KPIs, and calculations while leading performance optimization across models, DAX, report responsiveness, and underlying SQL sources.
• Building and managing Microsoft Fabric datasets using Direct Lake mode, optimizing performance through design considerations and platform constraints.
• Applying Medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold) and data mesh concepts while ensuring semantic models align with data pipelines and governance frameworks throughout their lifecycle.
• Establishing and maintaining key metric definitions, validation routines, and traceability using SQL and predefined business rules.
• Driving governance best practices for semantic models and datasets ensuring scalability, consistency, and maintainability while fostering adoption within the BI ecosystem.
• Defining and managing the testing strategy, incorporating quality standards, User Acceptance Testing frameworks, and validation of business functions and reporting outputs.
• Partnering with business stakeholders and analysts to translate requirements into semantic models and visualizations, ensuring clarity on outcomes and success measures.
• Providing Agile delivery leadership within sprint ceremonies and cross-functional planning to deliver prioritized analytics outcomes.
• Leveraging AI tools, contributing to AI-powered analytics solutions, and adhering to firm AI governance standards, including responsible use, classification, and deployment controls.
• Advocating enterprise processes, procedures, security standards, and a knowledge-first approach, serving as an example for the Enterprise Applications team.

Requirements

• Hold Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience; possess or obtain relevant Microsoft certifications including PL-300 and DP-600.
• Demonstrate knowledge of Medallion architecture and data mesh concepts, with experience implementing and governing Microsoft Fabric semantic models and enterprise analytics standards.
• Maintain a secure, professional workspace and be available to travel up to 10% for offices, vendors, conferences, or seminars.
• Be available for scheduled release windows and production support events, occurring 2–4 times per quarter, including evenings or weekends.
• Demonstrate advanced DAX expertise and Power BI development skills, including semantic modeling, visualization creation, and performance optimization.
• Demonstrate ability translating business needs into functional analytics requirements, with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrate exceptional SQL skills for querying and validation, with experience validating KPIs and metrics against business rules and source systems.
• Demonstrate exceptional stakeholder communication and ability to lead delivery within an Agile model (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence).
• Collaborate, engage, and communicate with team members across locations and time zones while interacting professionally with diverse personalities.
• Communicate technical concepts visually through diagramming, whiteboarding, and collaborative tools in hybrid or remote work settings effectively.
• 2+ years of progressive experience as a Power BI Developer or BI Engineer delivering enterprise reporting solutions.
• Possess experience using Microsoft Copilot and AI-assisted tools within enterprise environments to accelerate analytics development, quality, and insight delivery.

Qualifications

• Compensation: Salary $112,000 - $209,000 / year
• Additional Abilities Required: Self-starters who possess the ability to work independently and as part of a team. Excellent communication skills and a commitment to providing the highest quality client service are strongly preferred.

Skills

• Advanced DAX expertise and Power BI development skills, including semantic modeling, visualization creation, and performance optimization.
• Exceptional SQL skills for querying and validation, with experience validating KPIs and metrics against business rules and source systems.
• Exceptional stakeholder communication and ability to lead delivery within an Agile model (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence).
• Collaboration, engagement, and communication with team members across locations and time zones while interacting professionally with diverse personalities.
• Communication of technical concepts visually through diagramming, whiteboarding, and collaborative tools in hybrid or remote work settings effectively.

Benefits

• Medical/Prescription Drug Coverage (including a Health Savings Account feature)
• Back-up Child/Elder Care and access to a caregiving concierge
• Dental Insurance Wellness Program
• Vision Insurance
• Pre-tax Commuting Benefits
• 401(k) Retirement Plan and Profit Sharing
• Employee Assistance Program
• Professional Development and CLE Credit Opportunities
• 529 Deductions
• Relocation Accident Insurance
• Hybrid/Remote Work Opportunities
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Perks including: Technology, Entertainment, and Travel Discount Programs
• Bereavement Leave
• All other benefits (such as leaves of absence) required by law

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Firm is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the Firm that employment decisions shall be based on merit, qualifications and competence. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of a person’s race (including traits associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles such as afros, braids, locks, and twists), religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, gender, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, familial status, domestic violence victim status, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy governs all aspects of employment including, without limitation, recruiting, hiring, compensation, benefits, promotion, assignment, and dismissal. In addition, it is the Firm’s policy to provide an environment that is free of prohibited harassment of any kind including, without limitation, that which is based on sex, race, age, disability, ethnic background, or any other category protected by law (including the categories listed above). The Firm complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.