Business Intelligence Software Engineer

Quicken Loans is the No. 1 online mortgage lender in America, closing loans in all 50 states, and the fifth largest residential mortgage lender in the nation. We've been named to Fortune Magazine's '100 Best Companies to Work For' list for the past nine years, ranking as high as No. 2.

The award winning* BI Technology team is responsible for building out and supporting the
centralized business intelligence platform used by all of Quicken Loans and its sister companies.  This platform serves up hundreds of reports and dashboards, as well as ad-hoc tools for analytic and power users, leveraging a near-real time enterprise data warehouse.  The goal of the BI Technology team is to build out this platform, empowering our users with automated and self-service solutions that allow the business to make the right strategic decisions. Whether it is an interactive dashboard, high-impact visualization, a static report, an email alert, or a custom tool to do deep data analysis and recommendations, this team has the tools and the know-how to get it done. 

The BI Technology team is currently looking for strong engineers, innovators, builders, communicators, and thinkers.  We’re looking for people that are not restricted by their current boundaries, but instead look for the right solution to the problem at hand.  We’ll figure it out.

About the Position

Currently, Quicken Loans is looking for a Software/BI Engineer to join the Business Intelligence Engineering team.

The Software Engineer for Business Intelligence will be responsible for developing BI applications along with maintaining objects and reports within our environment. This BI Engineer will focus on building self-service BI applications and data presentation tools that produce accurate, relevant, and timely insight for our business users. BI Engineering offers cutting edge solutions utilizing varying technologies, including custom ASP.NET, Silverlight, and WPF applications, leveraging R for high-impact visualizations, or utilizing the full Microsoft Business Intelligence Stack, including SQL Server Reporting Services, Analysis Services, PowerPivot, etc.

Responsibilities:

- Work with Business Analysts and clients to understand business
   questions and needs

- Design and create BI solutions with an emphasis on accuracy,
   usability and performance

- Work with Data Warehouse Engineers to ensure data is positioned
   correctly and efficiently for BI solutions

- Guide business areas in identifying new data needs and delivery
   mechanisms for analysis, process improvement, and visibility

Requirements:

- B.S. degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or
  equivalent experience

- A passion for user interface design and data presentation

- 2+ Years software development experience (C#, Java or similar)

- 2+ Years working with a relational database (SQL Server preferred)
  with a strong understanding of performance tuning techniques.

- Familiarity with creating SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
    reports a plus

- SQL 2005/2008 Analysis Services Experience a plus

Platforms & Tools We Use:

- .NET (C#) – ASP.NET, Silverlight, etc.

- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (T-SQL)

- SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)

- SQL Server Analysis Services

* Quicken Loans Receives Best Practices Award from The Data Warehousing Institute
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/8/prweb8719554.htm