Applications Developer, Business Intelligence

At Curriculum Associates, we believe in the potential of every child and are changing the face of education technology with award-winning learning programs like i-Ready that serve a third of the nation's K–8 students. For more than 50 years, our commitment to making classrooms better places, serving educators, and supporting accessible learning experiences for all students has driven the continuous improvement of our innovative programs. Our team of more than 2,500 employees is composed of lifelong learners who stand behind this mission, working tirelessly to serve the educational community with world-class programs and support every day.

Essential duties/responsibilities:

• Analyze requirements: Collaborate with stakeholders to scrutinize requirements for new software applications or enhancements, guaranteeing that developed software fulfills customer needs.
• Design software solutions: Contribute to crafting detailed design specifications for data models, ETL Processes and data pipelines to support BI initiatives and secure data sharing based on gathered requirements, steering the development process to ensure the resulting software meets functional and technical demands.
• Develop and deploy scalable software: Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented interactive dashboards, reports, and visualizations using Power BI, leveraging your expertise to ensure scalability, complexity, efficiency, data accuracy, integrity, and security throughout the BI ecosystem and lead deployment activities of that code in multiple environments.
• Optimize Solutions: Optimize and tune BI solutions for performance and scalability, ensuring compatibility with business needs and expected performance.
• Perform unit testing: Conduct thorough unit testing of developed dashboards and reports, ensuring data quality and accuracy by implementing data validation, testing, and monitoring frameworks and tools adhering to quality standards and expected performance levels.
• Debug and troubleshoot: Skillfully debug and troubleshoot reports and dashboards, swiftly identifying and resolving issues encountered during development or deployment to ensure uninterrupted operation and minimal downtime for end-users.
• Provide technical support: Offer expert technical support and guidance to end-users by applying Power BI best practices to utilize the software effectively and troubleshoot any encountered issues.
• Stay updated with technology: Remain abreast of emerging technologies, trends, and best practices in BI and data domain, integrating relevant advancements into our software solutions.
• Collaborate with team: Foster effective communication and coordination throughout the software development lifecycle by collaborating with IT team members, data engineers, project managers, and end-users, ensuring a collaborative work environment and successful project delivery.
• Document processes: Document processes, procedures, and technical specifications related to software development and deployment, facilitating knowledge sharing within the team and streamlining future development efforts.

Required Job Skills and Abilities:

• Expertise with software development tools, including integrated development environments (IDEs), version control systems (e.g., Git), and issue tracking systems (e.g., Jira), DevOps principles and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience providing technical support and guidance to end-users during the implementation and deployment of software applications.
• Strong analytical thinking skills to understand complex requirements and design software solutions accordingly. Ability to read and understand other developer's code
• Proficiency in industry standard testing methodologies and debugging techniques to ensure software quality and identify and resolve issues.
• Ability to document processes, procedures, and technical specifications related to software development and deployments

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field. A combination of relevant education and professional experience may be considered instead of a bachelor's degree.
• 5+ years of experience in BI development, data analysis, or related roles.
• 3+ years of experience in Power BI
• Proficiency in building visually appealing Dashboards, reports, SQL, data modeling
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to details
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Relevant certifications are desired