Role description

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Job Title: Lead I – Tableau (Lead Tableau Developer / BI Lead) Role Overview

The Lead Tableau Developer is a senior BI professional responsible for leading Tableau initiatives, defining visualization standards, and delivering scalable, high-performance analytics solutions. This role combines strong hands-on development expertise with technical leadership and stakeholder management.

Key Responsibilities

Tableau Solution Leadership

- Lead end-to-end Tableau solution delivery (requirements to production support)

- Define dashboard standards, best practices, and performance optimization guidelines

- Ensure scalability, maintainability, and governance compliance

Dashboard & Analytics Development

- Develop complex, interactive dashboards using Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server/Cloud

- Build advanced calculations (LOD expressions, table calculations, parameters, actions)

- Design KPI-driven dashboards aligned with business objectives

Data & SQL

- Write and optimize complex SQL queries across multiple sources

- Collaborate with data engineering teams on data modeling and ETL logic

- Support integrations with data warehouses and cloud platforms

Governance & Performance

- Optimize extracts, live connections, and server performance

- Implement data security, row-level security (RLS), and access controls

- Ensure adherence to enterprise BI governance standards

Leadership & Mentoring

- Mentor developers and conduct design/code reviews

- Act as escalation point for production issues

- Drive continuous improvement in BI development practices

Must Have Skills

- 6–9+ years of BI / analytics experience





- 5+ years of strong hands-on Tableau development experience

- Expert-level proficiency in Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server/Cloud

- Advanced SQL skills (query optimization, joins, aggregations, performance tuning)

- Strong understanding of data warehousing and dimensional modeling

- Experience leading Tableau projects or small BI teams

- Experience implementing performance tuning and row-level security (RLS)

- Strong stakeholder management and requirement-gathering skills

Valuable to Have Skills

- Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery)

- Exposure to other BI tools (Power BI, Qlik)

- Scripting knowledge (Python, R) for data preparation or analytics

- Tableau Certification (Certified Data Analyst / Server Certified)

- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments

- Exposure to modern data architectures (data lakes, hybrid cloud environments)

Technical Skills Summary

BI Tools: Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server/Cloud, Tableau Prep
Data: SQL, Data Warehousing, Dimensional Modeling
Platforms: On-prem & Cloud Data Sources
Other: Performance Tuning, Security (RLS), Governance, Agile SDLC

Skills

Tableau,Sql,Data Warehousing,Tableau Server,

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📌 Lead I - Software Engineering (India)
🏢 UST
📍 India