Job Title
: Senior Looker Developer (Contract – Remote)
Experience
: 6+ years
Location
: Remote
Contract Duration
: 6 months
Engagement Type
: Contract
Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced
Senior Looker Developer
to join our data team on a
contract basis
. The ideal candidate will have at least
6 years of overall experience
in data engineering or business intelligence roles, with a
strong focus on Looker
, LookML development, and semantic data modeling. This role requires hands-on experience working with modern cloud data stacks, especially
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
and
dbt
, with Looker as the primary visualization and analytics layer.You’ll play a critical role in modernizing our data models, improving accessibility through semantic layers, and empowering business stakeholders with self-service analytics. This is a
remote opportunity
.
Key Responsibilities
Looker & LookML Development (Primary Focus):
- Develop and maintain LookML models including views, explores, and dashboards using best practices.
- Design scalable and efficient semantic data layers to enable consistent reporting and KPIs.
- Build user-friendly dashboards and explores in Looker Studio tailored to business use cases.
- Optimize query performance and dashboard load times for large datasets.
- Implement row-level security, user attributes, and data governance across Looker instances.
- Create documentation for LookML structures and train internal stakeholders on Looker usage.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather reporting requirements and convert them into actionable insights.
Data Engineering Support (GCP + dbt):
- Work with the data engineering team to align dbt transformations with Looker data models.
- Integrate Looker with Google BigQuery, ensuring high data availability and performance.
- Participate in data pipeline optimization, testing, and validation across dbt and BigQuery.
- Apply data modeling techniques (star schema, snowflake schema) for analytics-ready datasets.
Required Skills & Experience
- 6+ years of professional experience in BI, data analytics, or data engineering roles.
- 3+ years of strong hands-on experience in Looker and LookML.
- Proficient in semantic modeling, business metric definitions, and building scalable explores.
- Strong SQL expertise with performance tuning skills (preferably in BigQuery).
- Hands-on experience with dbt (data build tool) for modeling and transformation.
- Working knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and data services like BigQuery.
- Familiarity with Git workflows for version control of LookML code.
- Understanding of data governance, access control, and security in BI environments.
Preferred Skills
- Experience using Looker API or embedding Looker into external applications.
- Familiarity with CI/CD workflows and deployment automation for BI tools.
- Understanding of scripting languages such as Python for light automation.
- Basic exposure to tools like Terraform or infrastructure-as-code for Looker deployments.
Soft Skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Problem-solving mindset and analytical thinking.
- Ability to work independently and manage time across multiple workstreams.
- Agile work ethic and openness to feedback and iteration.
Skills: lookml,looker,terraform,data governance,python,bigquery,semantic data modeling,ci/cd workflows,data engineering,analytics,looker api,google cloud platform (gcp),sql,gcp,google,git,dbt,data,git workflows,lookerml
