Lead Visualisation Engineer

We're looking for a Lead Visualisation Engineer to join our Data Team. As the senior Vis Engineer in the Squad, you'll blend hands-on engineering with providing leadership and mentorship to junior Vis Engineers.

You will work closely with Data Engineers, Product Managers, Data Analysts, Data Architects, and other stakeholders to deliver reliable, high-quality data products/scalable reporting solutions that drive strategic objectives. Additionally, you'll play a central role in championing best practices and fostering continuous improvement, actively contributing to the visualisation and reporting solution strategy.

Your Role

Provide technical mentorship and direction to visualisation engineers, helping to elevate team capability and maintain engineering standards, but also maximise their potential and promote career growth.

Design, develop, and maintain robust Power BI reports and dashboards that address key business needs.

Implement and support scalable semantic models optimised for performance, usability, and governance.

Leverage and integrate cloud technologies (e.g. Azure, Databricks) to support data ingestion and visualisation layers.

Lead best practices in visualisation engineering and Power BI development, including DAX optimisation, query folding, and visual design standards.

Collaborate with Data Engineers, Product Managers and Data Analysts to ensure business requirements are translated into scalable, performant data reporting solutions.

Explore and recommend new enhancements, technologies and trends to improve data and BI capabilities.

Drive the evolution of our data estate, ensuring alignment with standards and practices for data governance, security, and data quality.

Balance hands-on engineering responsibilities with technical leadership to drive high-quality delivery.

Support the enforcement of data governance policies, security models, and data quality standards in collaboration with governance teams.

Monitor and optimise performance of Power BI reports and datasets, identifying bottlenecks and implementing solutions proactively.

Identify opportunities to streamline reporting processes, reduce manual effort, and increase self-service capabilities for the business.

Act as a technical SME within the visualisation domain, supporting community forums and platform adoption across the business.

Contribute to and help shape the overall data visualisation and reporting strategy at with a focus on innovation, efficiency, and usability.

About You

Expert-level Power BI knowledge, with proven experience developing and implementing organisation-wide data visualisation strategies. Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric concepts is advantageous.

Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, particularly Databricks and Microsoft Azure, to support scalable, enterprise-grade analytics solutions.

Good understanding of the Power Platform, including key management principles such as Environments, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).

Proficient in working with APIs and JSON, with a deep understanding of available connectors and how to leverage them effectively.

Strong data modelling expertise within Power BI, capable of building robust semantic models and optimising for performance and clarity.

Experienced with supporting tools such as DAX Studio, Tabular Editor, and SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Advanced DAX skills, with in-depth knowledge of query folding, summarised tables, and techniques for enhancing model efficiency.

Solid understanding of data ingestion pipelines and architectural design, contributing to reliable and scalable analytics frameworks.

Skilled in SQL, with a focus on query optimisation and seamless integration into Power BI environments.

Committed to best practices, aligning solutions with enterprise architecture, data governance policies, and security standards.

Passionate advocate for data platforms, actively promoting community engagement and adoption across the organisation.

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical concepts to non-technical business stakeholders.

Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring junior engineers.

Proactive, resilient, and possessing strong leadership qualities; an excellent collaborator and team player.