About the client
Our client is a global tech-driven organization with a strong data culture and a rapidly expanding analytics ecosystem. With operations across multiple regions, they invest heavily in modern business intelligence infrastructure and strive to empower teams with high-quality, scalable, and insight-driven data products. The environment is collaborative, innovation-oriented, and designed for professionals looking to lead at a strategic level.
Role Highlights:
- Position: Principal BI Engineer
- Type of work: Hybrid from Athens..
- Work from office requirements: 2 day per week from the office, 3 days per week from the office. 100% remote option is NOT possible.
- Type of contract: Full-time employment contract.
- Contract location: Greece
- Type of company: International growing tech company with operations in 15+ markets with around 2500 employees across several continents.
- Years of experience required: 8+ years of experience.
- Must-have tech skills: BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker, Qlik), experience with cloud platforms, advanced SQL skills.
- Industry: Information technology, entertainment
- Relocation support: Relocation support for Greek expats.
- Bonuses, perks, benefits: competitive pay and bonus scheme, career development, monthly meal allowance, private health insurance for the employee and their family members, continuous training and unlimited access to Udemy.
- Reasons why it is a great place to work? International company, growing team, exciting project, the company is among the Best Workplaces in Europe and certified Great Place to Work across their offices.
- Work permit requirements: Only candidates with valid work permit for European Union (EU) will be evaluated for this role.
About the role
As a Principal Business Intelligence Engineer, you will lead the architecture, optimization, and design standards of the company’s BI ecosystem. You’ll work closely with BI teams across multiple geographies to develop high-performance data models, dashboards, and reporting processes that align with governance and quality standards. In this strategic and technical leadership position, you’ll also act as a mentor, a technical authority, and a key collaborator with stakeholders across the organization.
Tech stack
You’ll work with BI tools like Power BI, Tableau, Looker, or Qlik; modern data platforms such as Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks; and cloud environments like Azure, AWS, or GCP. A strong command of SQL, ETL processes, and data warehousing will be essential.
What will you do
Design BI data architecture and pipelines to support reporting, dashboards, and business intelligence use cases.
Define and enforce visualization and UX guidelines for BI outputs, ensuring storytelling and user experience align with design standards.
Guide performance optimization efforts for dashboards and BI systems to ensure scalability and usability.
Promote automation and simplification of reporting through scalable solutions.
Mentor BI engineers across teams, elevating output through best practices and technical leadership.
Collaborate with product, analytics, and business teams to translate requirements into actionable BI solutions.
Validate and review data products (schemas, models, reports, dashboards) to uphold quality and consistency.
Lead vendor communication and strategy on BI tools and technologies.
Continuously assess new BI trends and methods, applying improvements across the analytics stack.
Ideally you bring
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field.
8+ years of experience in BI or data analytics, with at least 3 years in a senior or principal-level role.
Strong experience designing and building BI platforms, data models, and reporting solutions.
Deep understanding of ETL/ELT pipelines, data governance, and warehousing principles.
Hands‑on experience with major BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker, Qlik).
Expertise in SQL and analytical querying over complex datasets.
Familiarity with cloud data platforms (e.g., Azure, GCP, AWS) and technologies like Snowflake, Databricks, or Redshift.
Excellent leadership and mentoring skills with the ability to drive technical and strategic initiatives.
Strong communication and stakeholder management experience across business and technical teams.
Proven project management skills and experience using tools like Jira to manage multiple workstreams.
Compensation & Benefits
Attractive salary plus performance-based incentives, opportunities for professional growth, monthly meal package, private health coverage, and continuous education and skill-building resources.
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