Senior Engineer, Business Intelligence

Role Overview

Walton Enterprises is seeking a skilled, highly motivated and entrepreneurial individual to join the team as a Senior Engineer, Business Intelligence. The ideal teammate will have the demonstrated ability to transform complex enterprise data into actionable insights through advanced SQL, data modeling, and business intelligence solutions while collaborating with stakeholders to support informed decision-making.

About the Position

The Senior Engineer, Business Intelligence builds and maintains the analytics and visualization layer used by Walton Enterprises teams to support data-informed decisions. This position transforms raw enterprise data into governed metrics, curated data models, production dashboards, and reusable self-service reporting tools. The role partners with business stakeholders, software engineering, and infrastructure teams to ensure analytics are accurate, secure, actionable, and aligned with business needs.

What you will do

In this role, you will develop and maintain business intelligence solutions that make enterprise data accessible, reliable, and actionable. You will partner with stakeholders to understand business needs, design reporting solutions, establish consistent data definitions, and support self-service analytics across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Write, optimize, and maintain advanced SQL queries against the enterprise data warehouse to source, join, and validate data for analysis.
• Design and maintain curated data models, views, and a governed semantic layer that makes enterprise data reusable and ready for self-service reporting.
• Build and maintain production dashboards and data visualizations, from requirements gathering through implementation and user adoption.
• Establish and document shared metric definitions, data dictionaries, and reporting standards to promote consistency across teams.
• Partner with stakeholders to frame business questions and translate analysis into clear recommendations and actions.
• Develop data-quality checks and monitoring within reporting solutions; investigate discrepancies and work with business and engineering partners to resolve root causes.
• Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate analysis and documentation while validating AI-generated output before it is shared with stakeholders.
• Train and support business users in self-service reporting to increase adoption and reduce recurring ad hoc reporting requests.
• Collaborate with software engineering and infrastructure teams regarding data availability, access controls, and upstream data-pipeline requirements.
• Perform other duties as needed to support the Data Strategy and Insights team.

Who we are looking for

Skills needed

• Advanced SQL and hands-on experience working with data warehouses
• Data visualization, dashboard design, and data storytelling
• Data modeling and semantic-layer design for self-service analytics
• Business acumen and the ability to translate ambiguous business questions into structured, analyzable problems
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with technical and nontechnical audiences
• Data quality, documentation, and data-stewardship discipline

Qualifications required for success

• Bachelor’s degree in analytics, statistics, computer science, information systems, business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Five to seven years of experience in data analysis, business intelligence, analytics engineering, or a related field
• Demonstrated proficiency in SQL, including performance tuning of complex queries against large datasets
• Experience with other programming languages, such as Python, or advanced statistical-analysis software preferred
• Hands-on experience with Google BigQuery or a comparable cloud-based data warehouse
• Proven experience building and maintaining production dashboards using Looker, Looker Studio, Power BI, or comparable visualization tools
• Demonstrated examples of data visualizations or analyses that influenced how a team operated or what a stakeholder decided
• Experience defining and governing shared metrics across multiple stakeholder groups
• Experience working with accounting, investment, philanthropic, or family-office data preferred

Personal attributes that support success

• Demonstrates discretion, integrity, and expertise while serving as a trusted advisor to principals and colleagues.
• Collaborates respectfully and effectively with others, contributing to a supportive, team-oriented environment.
• Approaches challenges with curiosity, bold thinking, and a commitment to continuous learning and innovation.
• Maintains a strong focus on results while consistently exercising sound judgment and decision-making.
• Brings a visionary mindset, planning strategically for the future with imagination and insight.
• Demonstrates a commitment to excellence and actively engages with others to accomplish shared goals.

All offers of employment are contingent on your successful completion (where permitted by state law) of a confidentiality agreement and background check. In addition, you will need to provide proper identification verifying your eligibility to work in the United States on your first day of work.

Benefits Information

Benefits Information: We offer a comprehensive and generous benefits package which includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan and paid time off.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those required to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Qualified individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations will be made, provided they do not pose an undue hardship to the company.

Work is generally performed in a standard office or remote office environment. Duties typically require sitting for long periods; prolonged use of a computer, phone, and other standard office productivity equipment; participating in meetings, communicating by phone, video, and email; and occasional movement within the office or between meeting locations. Occasional lifting of boxes, files, or paperwork may be required. The role is not normally subject to extreme environmental conditions or unusual physical demands.

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the role. Duties and responsibilities may change based on business needs.

About the Information Technology Department

The Information Technology Department provides a suite of services including hardware and software support, custom application development, cybersecurity, networking and tools for software integration. These services are provided to Walton Enterprises, the Walton Family Foundation and to Walton Family Entities.

About Walton Enterprises

Walton Enterprises supports the personal, philanthropic, and business activity for the Walton family. We are a family-led organization, supporting multiple generations of Sam and Helen Walton’s family.

We value trust, mutual respect, and a workplace where every associate belongs and can do their best work. We bring together talented people with different backgrounds and viewpoints, support their growth, and empower them to contribute meaningfully.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a workplace that is free of discrimination and harassment of any kind. All applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.