Sr. Tableau Engineer

Overview

Senior Tableau Engineer

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Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain logical and physical data models optimized for Tableau performance.
• Collaborate with data engineers to define star/snowflake schemas, data marts, and semantic layers.
• Ensure data integrity, governance, and lineage across multiple source systems.

• Develop high-impact, interactive Tableau dashboards and visualizations for executive-level stakeholders.
• Apply design best practices: color theory, UX principles, and accessibility standards.
• Optimize workbooks for performance (efficient calculations, extracts, and queries)

• Lead migration projects from MicroStrategy, BusinessObjects, or other BI tools to Tableau.
• Reproduce and enhance legacy reports in Tableau, ensuring feature parity and improved UX.
• Validate data accuracy post-migration through sampling, reconciliation, and automated testing.

• Automate data extract refreshes, alerting, and workbook publishing via Tableau Server/Online.
• Implement CI/CD processes for Tableau content using Git, Tableau APIs, and automated testing frameworks.
• Establish standardized naming conventions, folder structures, and content lifecycle policies.

• Partner with analytics translators, data engineers, and business owners to gather requirements and iterate solutions.
• Mentor junior BI developers on Tableau best practices, performance tuning, and dashboard design.
• Evangelize self-service BI adoption: train users, develop documentation, and host office hours.

• Define and enforce Tableau governance: security, permissions, version control, and change management.
• Implement data quality checks and monitoring for dashboards (row counts, anomalies, thresholds).
• Track and report key metrics on dashboard usage, performance, and user satisfaction.