BI Looker developer

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Experience: 5+ years of hands-on Looker experience, with strong exposure across the complete reporting development lifecycle.

Key Requirements

• End-to-End Reporting Experience: Strong experience across the entire reporting development lifecycle, from requirements gathering and development through deployment and support.
• Looker Expertise: 5+ years of hands-on experience with Looker, preferably at an SME/Expert level.
• Migration Experience: Prior experience migrating reporting platforms, dashboards, or analytics solutions to/from Looker or across BI platforms.
• Strong SQL Skills: Advanced SQL expertise is required.
• Front-End Reporting Development: Hands-on experience developing reports and dashboards using Looker’s front-end capabilities.
• Multi-Platform Experience: Experience working across multiple BI/reporting platforms is highly preferred.
• Domain Experience: Relevant industry/domain experience is strongly preferred.

Candidate Profile

We should prioritize candidates who have:

• Deep Looker expertise with 5+ years of experience.
• Strong SQL and hands-on reporting development capabilities.
• End-to-end ownership of reporting projects.
• Experience with platform/reporting migrations.
• Exposure to multiple BI platforms.
• Flexibility to work in a hybrid model, especially candidates in LA or PA .
• Relevant domain experience, where available.

Job Description:

We are UMG, Universal Music Group. We are the world’s leading music company. In everything we do, we are committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship. We own and operate a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising, and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. We identify and develop recording artists and songwriters, and we produce, distribute and promote the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to delight and entertain fans around the world.

How we lead:

Audience, marketing, and eCommerce data are becoming more deeply ingrained with music every day. For artists, it’s a way to develop and further articulate their brand. For fans, it’s another pathway to connecting with an artist and the culture they represent.

UMG’s Global Data & Analytics group is looking for a Senior BI Developer to help grow and refine our suite of Looker reporting products and bring actionable data and insights to life for a wide variety of business users.

How you’ll create:

● Serve as the Looker (Core) technical SME during all stages of reporting product development, from requirement gathering, development, design, production launch, and QA.

● Ensure we’re taking full advantage of Looker’s feature set, from AI to custom BI development, to support a rapidly changing and growing global business.

● Collaborate with other key teams (Engineering, IT, Data Governance) to scrutinize business requirements, creatively solution for challenges, and build new reporting products.

● Continuously innovate and enhance our suite of tools to maintain a best-in-class service offering.

● Help drive adoption with business users through targeted support and relevant documentation.

Requirements:

● Minimum 5 years of direct experience in Looker Core/LookML development and management for business analytics/reporting products.

● Deep experience with DevOps best practices within the Looker suite.

● Knowledge of React JS, HTML, and CSS languages.

● Proficiency in SQL with proven ability to write complex queries to analyze data.

● Experience with mobile-first application design and best practices.

● Highly accustomed to using Microsoft Office Suite tools.

● Exceptionally detail-oriented with polished written and verbal communication skills.

● Be a critical thinker who values the importance of always putting data into the appropriate context.

● A seasoned team player, accustomed to managing multiple projects with separate clients and deadlines.

● Must love music!

Nice-to-haves:

● Experience with eCommerce and UI//UX best practices.

● Experience with paid media and CRM data/tools.

● Experience with Vue.js.

● Familiarity with Google BigQuery.

● A background with Agile development/scrum frameworks.