Data Visualization Engineer

Overview

Steampunk is seeking a Data Visualization Engineer to build executive dashboards for a large federal advisory program, translating wireframed designs and client data into production-ready, accessible visualizations that help leadership make faster, better-informed decisions.

Responsibilities

• Build the integrated CX/executive dashboard and program-management dashboards from wireframes validated with leadership audiences
• Design and deliver dashboard solutions with attention to functionality, data security, system integration, and performance
• Ensure dashboards meet Section 508/WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards and stated accuracy/satisfaction targets
• Build dashboards from authoritative, government-approved data repositories rather than manually assembled data
• Apply open data format/export standards where dashboards surface data intended for client reuse

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance
• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of total experience
• 4+ years of data visualization or BI development experience
• Demonstrated experience building accessible (Section 508/WCAG 2.1) dashboards
• Experience with executive-level reporting tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, or equivalent)
• Working knowledge of data management disciplines, including data modeling, data integration, data security, and data quality, sufficient to build dashboards from authoritative source systems
• Ability to participate in stakeholder sessions to translate analytic and reporting requirements into dashboard specifications
• Experience working within an Agile software development lifecycle
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical/data concepts for audiences of varying technical levels

Preferred:

• Federal or regulated-industry dashboard development experience
• Experience building dashboards from authoritative/reconciled multi-source data