Overview
PowerBI Developer Jobs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at E-Solutions
Title: PowerBI Developer
Company: E-Solutions
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Role: PowerBI Developer.
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Long Term Contract
We are seeking an experienced Power BI Developer to design, develop, and deploy interactive reports and dashboards using Snowflake as the primary data source. The ideal candidate will translate complex business requirements into effective visual analytics, build reusable datasets and semantic models, and optimize BI solutions for performance, security, and governance. This role also involves enabling self-service analytics using Power BI and Copilot in an Azure Fabric environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and deploy Power BI reports, dashboards, and executive scorecards.
- Translate business requirements into actionable KPIs and visual analytics.
- Build and maintain reusable Power BI datasets, semantic models, and dataflows.
- Apply best practices in UX/UI design, storytelling, and accessibility for BI solutions.
- Develop BI platforms in Azure Fabric, enabling self-service capabilities using Power BI and Copilot.
- Create and optimize DAX measures, calculated columns, and KPIs.
- Implement advanced modeling features, including:
- Time intelligence
- Row-level security (RLS)
- Calculation groups (preferred)
- Optimize Power BI performance via query tuning, aggregation strategies, and model design.
- Implement security best practices: RLS, object-level security, and data sensitivity labels.
- Support Power BI Service administration, workspace management, and deployment pipelines.
- Ensure solutions align with enterprise data governance and compliance standards.
Required Qualifications & Skills:
- Experience in BI/Analytics development.
- Hands-on Power BI development experience.
- Strong experience with Power BI + Databricks.
- Advanced proficiency in:
- DAX
- SQL (Snowflake-specific optimizations preferred)
- Solid understanding of data warehousing concepts and dimensional modeling.
- Experience with Power BI Service, including apps, deployment pipelines, and refresh strategies.
- Expertise in semantic model reengineering.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience integrating Copilot with Power BI in an Azure Fabric environment.
- Familiarity with the Azure ecosystem:
- Azure AD (security, authentication)
- Azure DevOps (version control, CI/CD)
- Strong executive-level communication skills using Excel and PowerPoint.
Tools & Platforms:
- Power BI Desktop & Power BI Service
- Databricks
- Azure Fabric (preferred)
