Power BI Engineer

Power BI Engineer - Contract

Inside IR35 | £550-600/day | Central London (2 days on-site per week) | Initial 6 Months

We're working with a leading organisation looking to engage an experienced Power BI Developer to support the delivery of a major global reporting programme.

This role is heavily focused on hands-on Power BI development, working from established designs and templates to build consistent, intuitive and high-quality reporting solutions. You'll be working closely with Data Engineers, Product Owners and business stakeholders, with Databricks forming a key part of the underlying data platform.

This would suit someone who is an out-and-out Power BI specialist with strong experience across visualisation, DAX, semantic modelling and connecting to modern data platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop interactive Power BI reports and dashboards.
• Build reports in line with established designs, templates and visual standards.
• Develop and maintain semantic models and datasets.
• Create and optimise DAX measures, calculations and filtering.
• Build intuitive multi-page reports with strong navigation and user experience.
• Connect Power BI to multiple data sources, including Databricks.
• Work closely with Data Engineers and business stakeholders to deliver accurate, consistent reporting.

Ideal Candidate

• Extensive hands-on Power BI development experience.
• Strong background developing complex, user-friendly reports and visualisations.
• Excellent understanding of DAX, filtering and semantic modelling.
• Experience connecting Power BI to Databricks and other enterprise data sources.
• Strong understanding of data modelling and reporting best practice.
• Comfortable working from predefined designs and maintaining consistent reporting standards.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Required Skills

• Power BI
• DAX
• Semantic Modelling
• Power Query
• Databricks
• SQL
• Data Visualisation

Desirable Experience

• Azure Databricks / Lakehouse environments
• Power BI Service
• Deployment pipelines / DevOps
• Large-scale enterprise reporting programmes
• Microsoft Fabric

If you'd be interested in discussing the opportunity further, please apply directly.