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Retained Recruitment for BI Developer / Analytics Engineers

BI Developers build and maintain the data models, dashboards, and reporting infrastructure that power business intelligence across an organisation. We find the professionals your team needs through dedicated retained search — not job boards.

Retained Only 21–35 Day Placement 90-Day Guarantee $80,000 – $135,000
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What Does a BI Developer / Analytics Engineer Do?

Designing and building semantic data models, developing dashboards and self-service reporting tools, maintaining BI platform infrastructure, collaborating with business stakeholders on reporting requirements, and ensuring data accuracy and consistency across reports.

What We Screen For

Expert-level proficiency in at least one BI tool (Tableau, Power BI, or Looker), strong SQL and data modelling skills, and experience connecting to modern cloud data warehouses. dbt or LookML experience is increasingly expected at senior levels.

💡 Hiring Insight

Separate your BI developer search by platform if you have a strong tool preference — a Tableau expert and a Power BI expert are not interchangeable at senior levels, even though both are 'BI developers'.

Typical Compensation
$80,000 – $135,000
Looker/LookML and dbt combination candidates are among the highest-compensated BI professionals.
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Recruiting a BI Developer / Analytics Engineer — FAQ

Most BI Developer / Analytics Engineer searches through our retained model are completed within 21 to 35 business days. Separate your BI developer search by platform if you have a strong tool preference — a Tableau expert and a Power BI expert are not interchangeable at senior levels, even though both are 'BI developers'. We provide a realistic timeline at the start of every engagement.
Expert-level proficiency in at least one BI tool (Tableau, Power BI, or Looker), strong SQL and data modelling skills, and experience connecting to modern cloud data warehouses. dbt or LookML experience is increasingly expected at senior levels.
The best BI Developer / Analytics Engineers are almost always employed and not browsing job boards. Separate your BI developer search by platform if you have a strong tool preference — a Tableau expert and a Power BI expert are not interchangeable at senior levels, even though both are 'BI developers'. A retained search means one dedicated recruiter works your role exclusively — conducting passive candidate outreach, pre-screening technically, and presenting only candidates who genuinely match your brief.
Every permanent retained placement includes a 90-day guarantee. If the placed professional departs or is released within 90 days for reasons covered under our guarantee terms, we conduct a full replacement search at no additional fee.
Compensation for BI Developer / Analytics Engineer roles typically ranges from $80,000 – $135,000. Looker/LookML and dbt combination candidates are among the highest-compensated BI professionals. We include real-time compensation benchmarking in every retained search.
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