Looker Business Intelligence Developer in Birmingham

Role Purpose:

We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join this team in the role of Looker Developer.

The purpose of the role is to design, develop and deploy multi-dimensional reports & dashboards using Looker and other BI packages within UK Commercial Banking.

Your responsibilities will include:

•    Assist the business in building multiple Looker dashboards to agreed UI standards and using standardised processes for ingestion and validation of data sources.
•    Responsible for receiving requirements from the Business, sense checking their validity, building, testing and ultimately releasing changes into Production in an Agile manner.
•    Delivering well structured, maintainable and fully tested dashboards to time and budget
•    Develop Proof of Concepts to support business requirements validation
•    Work with team members on data modelling, data cleansing and mapping tasks
•    Support developed dashboards remediating bugs or supporting resolution of data related queries
•    Working independently and as part of a team to design, develop, test and implement dashboards
•    Mentoring other members in the department where appropriate, providing guidance and knowledge transfer
•    Working with global development, analysis & test teams to ensure deliverables fulfil business requirements and quality levels.

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

•    Able to procure dashboard requirements from Stakeholders and Perform KPI analysis.
•    Handling Caching and PDTs in Looker with performance optimization.
•    Creating Projects, Models, Explores and Views with Custom Dimensions and Measures
•    Securing data and dashboard in Looker with access grants/access filters and user attributes.
•    Ability to Write advanced SQL queries.
•    Handling Code Deployment & Version Control in Looker and Git.
•    Will have a proven track record delivering Looker applications gained through several large-scale projects
•    Experience in optimising reporting tools: developing dashboards which are user friendly, fast and easy to use.
•    Will have experience working with complex data structures, in a high pressure environment for senior business people
•    Hands on working experience of working on an Agile project
•    Experience working with offshore development, analysis & test teams
•    Experience in data visualisation and presenting data.

The base location for this role can be Birmingham or London with Hybrid working.

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

At HSBC we look to enable our employees to better balance their work / life priorities and have the flexibility required to meet challenging needs as they progress through different life stages. Where possible we will consider the following flexible working options: part-time working, job sharing, term-time working, and working from home and staggered hours. 
If in considering a role with HSBC, you have a need for some flexibility in your working arrangements please discuss this with the recruitment team in the early stages of the application process.

HSBC is committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count.  We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. Personal data held by the Bank relating to employment applications will be used in accordance with our Privacy Statement, which is available on our website.

HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. We will provide reasonable adjustments to remove any disadvantage to you being considered for this role. We are proud members of the Disability Confident Scheme, and will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please contact our Recruitment Helpdesk: 
Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com 
Telephone: +44 2078328500.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions. HSBC has processes in place to avoid nepotism.  This means we will avoid circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.”