Senior Business Intelligence Engineer

Hillwood • Dallas, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Hillwood IT is seeking an experienced Senior Business Intelligence Engineer to join our team in Dallas, TX to play a high-visibility role at the center of the company’s data strategy, with primary ownership for executive dashboard strategy, design, and delivery. This position is responsible for designing and delivering executive-grade analytics used by executive and senior leadership, translating complex real estate and financial data into clear, actionable insights that support critical decision-making. The Senior BI Engineer will blend deep business intelligence engineering expertise with strong business acumen and modern, AI-enabled analytics. Serving as a trusted partner to executive stakeholders, this role will lead discovery conversations, shape reporting requirements, and ensure every deliverable meets board-level standards for accuracy, clarity, and design quality. The ideal candidate brings both technical depth and executive polish, discerning when a traditional dashboard is sufficient and when AI-powered, conversational, or embedded analytics deliver greater value. They ask strong business questions, translate ambiguity into clarity, and care deeply about both the substance and presentation of the insights delivered.

Requirements

• Advanced proficiency in Power BI, including DAX, semantic data modeling, row-level security, paginated reports, and deployment pipelines.
• Strong capability working within Databricks AI/BI environments, including Lakeview dashboards, Genie Spaces, and Databricks Applications.
• Deep understanding of dimensional modeling principles, semantic layer design, and enterprise metric consistency.
• Strong ability to design executive-grade dashboards that prioritize clarity, accuracy, performance, and visual storytelling.
• Ability to establish and apply BI standards, data quality expectations, and governance guardrails across analytics assets.
• Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous business questions into clearly defined KPIs, reporting requirements, and technical solutions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder partnership skills, with the ability to influence outcomes through clarity, credibility, and judgment.
• Sound judgment in selecting appropriate analytics approaches, ranging from traditional dashboards to AI-assisted or embedded analytics solutions.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in business intelligence, analytics, or related discipline.
• Experience supporting executive-level or C-suite reporting.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in real estate or investment-driven reporting environments, preferred.
• Exposure to enterprise systems such as JDE, OneStream, Yardi, or Salesforce, preferred.
• Relevant certifications (PL-300, Databricks, or equivalent experience), a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and build executive-facing dashboards using Power BI, Databricks AI/BI (Lakeview), and other appropriate solutions based on audience and use case.
• Lead design reviews and approve mockups with senior stakeholders prior to build.
• Ensure visual hierarchy, data accuracy, performance, and usability across all BI outputs.
• Maintain a reusable library of certified dashboards, report components, and design standards.
• Develop BI center-of-excellence practices, including self-service standards and guardrails.
• Enable conversational and AI-assisted analytics experiences (e.g., Databricks Genie Spaces, chat-to-chart, voice-to-insight).
• Build and deploy Databricks Applications (Lakehouse Apps / Mosaic AI) to embed analytics into operational workflows.
• Build and maintain Power BI semantic models aligned to certified enterprise metrics.
• Design star schemas and dimensional models serving as single sources of truth.
• Partner with data engineering on Databricks pipelines and report-ready data structures.
• Implement row-level security and access controls in alignment with governance policies.
• Facilitate requirements sessions with C-suite and division leaders to define KPIs and reporting cadence.
• Translate qualitative executive feedback into clear technical specifications.
• Present dashboards and data narratives to senior leadership with confidence and clarity.
• Act as a subject matter expert on BI standards, design patterns, and best practices.
• Enforce data governance, metric certification, and lineage documentation across BI assets.
• Validate equivalence between source systems (e.g., JDE, OneStream, Yardi, Salesforce) and published reports.
• Maintain documentation for report logic, DAX measures, and semantic model decisions.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance options
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) or Health Savings Accounts (HSA) dependent on plan elections
• Paid time off, holidays, and floating holidays
• Paid parental and family caregiver leave
• Mental health and wellness resources
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Additional programs to support Associates and their families

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior