Tableau Developer

We are seeking a Data Visualization (Tableau) Developer to join us. You’ll work directly with the business and technology teams to develop compelling visual analytics that tell the Macys.com story and drive business objectives. This position will give you invaluable direct experience leading within a team that is using most exciting new technologies and practices in the fast paced and competitive world of data science and analytics. Qualified candidates will be creative, methodical in their approach to problem solving, and detail oriented. Applicants should have multiple years of experience solving complex business problems using Tableau in association with a number of back end systems.

• Meet directly with business users to understand and clarify reporting requirements and translate them to actionable visualization tools.
• Build compelling, robust, effective interactive dashboards in Tableau that answer key business questions.
• Integrate Tableau or other BI tools with various database technologies such as Hadoop, Google Cloud, SQL server and others.
• Create data models that ensure peak performance for Tableau dashboards.
• Keep current on new technologies and techniques as they relate to Data Visualization, Data Science, and Automation, and bring them into the team’s work.
• Mentor and train newer Tableau developers. Conduct group and one on one sessions with less experienced Tableau users.
• Help to develop and maintain reporting standards and best practices for data visualization, and evangelize or enforce them when appropriate.
• Work with the Tableau Admin team to ensure the stability and performance of the Tableau Server ecosystem.

• 3-4 years experience with Tableau
• 4 Year / Bachelors Degree experience in a quantitative field or a social science field with a quantitative emphasis
• 4-7 years experience in an analytical role, experience in an analytical role.
• Working knowledge of SQL and database architecture
• Experience in data analysis.
• 4+ years in an analytical role
• Working knowledge of SQL and database architecture

• Knowledge JavaScript, Python, R or programming languages
• Experience with web design languages including HTML and CSS
• You must be experienced with framing and attempting to solve analytical questions using data in order to further organizational goals.
• You should be both technical and design oriented: you have experience working with data and you understand why color matters.