Power BI Developer
Location: West Greenwich, RI, US, 02817
About the role
Brightstar Lottery is seeking a Power BI Developer to join our Data & Insights team. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain Power BI reports, dashboards, paginated reports, and semantic models that support data-driven decision-making across the organization. You will collaborate with business stakeholders, data engineers, analysts, and other technology partners to translate reporting requirements into scalable, high-quality business intelligence solutions. The ideal candidate combines strong technical expertise in Power BI with analytical problem-solving skills and a passion for delivering impactful reporting and visualization solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain Power BI reports, dashboards, and paginated reports that support operational and strategic business objectives.
- Create intuitive visualizations, KPIs, metrics, and reporting experiences that effectively communicate business insights.
- Develop and maintain Power BI semantic models, including relationships, hierarchies, calculations, and business metrics.
- Build DAX measures, calculated columns, and reusable business logic to support reporting and analytics needs.
- Optimize report and semantic model performance, scalability, usability, and accessibility.
- Perform data validation, quality assurance testing, and troubleshooting to ensure reporting accuracy and reliability.
- Investigate and resolve report, dataset, and data refresh issues.
- Partner with business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate business needs into technical reporting solutions.
- Participate in user acceptance testing, report validation, and deployment activities.
- Provide support and guidance to end users on reporting functionality and data interpretation.
- Adhere to established data governance, security, development, testing, and deployment standards.
- Participate in peer reviews, knowledge-sharing initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts.
- Stay current on Power BI capabilities, analytics technologies, and industry best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Business Analytics, or a related field.
- 3-5 years of experience in business intelligence, reporting, data analytics, or Power BI development.
- Hands-on experience developing Power BI reports, dashboards, and analytical solutions.
- Experience working with relational databases and SQL.
- Understanding of data modeling concepts and star schema design principles.
- Experience developing DAX calculations, measures, and business metrics.
- Knowledge of data visualization best practices and user-centered report design.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other data analysis tools.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
Qualifications
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience developing and managing Power BI semantic models.
- Familiarity with Analysis Services concepts.
- Experience with cloud-based data platforms such as Snowflake, Azure Synapse, Databricks, or Microsoft Fabric.
- Advanced experience with Power Query and DAX optimization techniques.
- Familiarity with source control practices and software development lifecycle processes.
- Understanding of data warehousing concepts and modern analytics architectures.
- Microsoft Power BI certification or a willingness to pursue certification.
Why Join Brightstar Lottery?
At Brightstar Lottery, you'll have the opportunity to build data solutions that directly influence business decisions across the organization. You'll work alongside a collaborative team of analytics and technology professionals while leveraging modern reporting and data platforms to deliver meaningful insights. This is an excellent opportunity for a Power BI professional looking to expand their technical expertise, contribute to impactful projects, and help drive a data-informed culture. If you're passionate about business intelligence, data visualization, analytics, and delivering actionable insights through Power BI