Looker Developer

Job Title: Looker Developer
Location: London/Birmingham/Sheffield
Salary/Rate: Up to £400 per day inside IR35
Start Date: 03/11/2025
Job Type: Contract

Company Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading financial services clients! They are currently looking for a skilled Looker Developer to join their team for a six-month contract.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives

• A Looker Developer is responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing data models, dashboards, and reports using Looker, contributing to data-driven decision-making within organizations.
• Design and implement stable and scalable analytic and reporting solutions using Looker, ensuring data accuracy and performance.
• Create userfriendly dashboards and reports that translate complex data into actionable insights for stakeholders.
• Work closely with data analysts, engineers, and business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Write and optimize LookML code to build data models that support reporting and analytics needs.
• Develop and maintain Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes to ensure data is accurately ingested from various sources.
• Validate reports and dashboards to ensure data integrity and accuracy, investigating any discrepancies as needed.
• Create user guides and documentation for dashboards and reports, facilitating knowledge transfer and user training.

Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Strong hands-on experience with Looker and data visualization tools.
• Proficiency in SQL and experience with data modelling techniques.
• Familiarity with BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data sets and provide actionable insights.
• Excellent communication skills to effectively convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, or a related field preferable.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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