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Data Bi Engineer Jobs in Seattle, WA (NOW HIRING)

BI Engineer - Data Analytics

Issaquah, WA · On-site

$58.75 - $76.50/hr

BI Engineers identify ways to improve data reliability, efficiency, and quality of data management required for building BI applications and reports. If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide ...

BI Engineer - Data Analytics

Issaquah, WA

$58.75 - $76.50/hr

BI Engineers identify ways to improve data reliability, efficiency, and quality of data management required for building BI applications and reports. If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide ...

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BI Engineer - Data Analytics

Issaquah, WA · On-site

$58.75 - $76.50/hr

BI Engineers identify ways to improve data reliability, efficiency, and quality of data management required for building BI applications and reports. If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide ...

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BI Engineer - AWS / Quick Sight

Redmond, WA · On-site

$58 - $75.25/hr

This role will be responsible for delivering data-driven insights across multiple enterprise ... Required Qualifications * 5+ years of experience in BI Engineering, Data Analytics, or Data ...

BI Developer Location: Redmond, WA Job Type: Contract Roles and Responsibilities: * Develop ... Strong experience working with tabular cubes, ETLs, handling large amount of data. Experience with ...

... data. • Experience with Power BI - building reports and dashboards in Power BI using tabular ... developer • Prior experience working in Microsoft and/or Marketing. Please list your TOP 3 ...

Renton, WA : * 2+ years working experience with AWS data services (e.g. Redshift, RDS, Kinesis) * 3+ years working experience in BI development * 3+ years data modeling experience (e.g. E/R Studio ...

AWS BI Developer Location: Renton, WA Duration: 1 + year Interview ... Phone and Skype - 2+ years working experience with AWS data services (e.g. Redshift, RDS, Kinesis ...

Power BI Developer Location: Redmond WA Duration: Full Time 1. At least 5-7 years of experience in ... data. 5. Excellent communication skills 6. Self-motivated , self-taught and agile Additional ...

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How much do data bi engineer jobs pay per year?

As of Jul 16, 2026, the average yearly pay for data bi engineer in Seattle, WA is $147,621.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $130,300.00 and $156,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are Data BI Engineers?

Data BI (Business Intelligence) Engineers are professionals who design, build, and maintain systems that transform raw data into meaningful business insights. They develop data pipelines, integrate various data sources, and create reports or dashboards to support decision-making processes. Their work ensures that companies have accurate, timely, and actionable information to drive strategy and operations. Data BI Engineers typically work closely with data analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders.

What is the difference between Data Bi Engineer vs Data Analyst?

AspectData Bi EngineerData Analyst
Primary FocusBuilding data pipelines, data warehousing, and integrating data systemsAnalyzing data to generate reports and insights
Skills & ToolsSQL, ETL processes, data modeling, cloud platformsExcel, SQL, visualization tools like Tableau or Power BI
Work EnvironmentData engineering teams, IT departments, cloud environmentsBusiness units, analytics teams, management
CredentialsData engineering certifications, SQL, cloud certificationsData analysis certifications, SQL, visualization skills

While both roles work with data, Data Bi Engineers focus on building and maintaining data infrastructure, whereas Data Analysts interpret data to provide actionable insights. Understanding these differences helps organizations assign the right responsibilities and professionals for their data needs.

How does a Data BI Engineer typically collaborate with business stakeholders and data analysts?

A Data BI Engineer frequently works with business stakeholders and data analysts to understand data requirements, translate business needs into technical specifications, and ensure data solutions align with organizational goals. This role often involves participating in meetings to gather requirements, sharing progress updates, and iterating on dashboards or data pipelines based on feedback. Effective communication is key, as Data BI Engineers must bridge the gap between technical data structures and actionable business insights. Regular collaboration helps ensure that the data solutions provided are both technically sound and valuable for decision-making.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Data BI Engineer, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Data BI Engineer, you need strong skills in data modeling, SQL, ETL processes, and a background in computer science or a related field. Familiarity with BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Looker, as well as experience with data warehouses and cloud platforms like AWS or Azure, is typically required. Critical thinking, problem-solving, and effective communication are crucial soft skills for translating data insights into actionable business recommendations. These skills and qualities are essential for building reliable data solutions that empower organizations to make informed, data-driven decisions.
What job categories do people searching Data Bi Engineer jobs in Seattle, WA look for? The top searched job categories for Data Bi Engineer jobs in Seattle, WA are:
Infographic showing various Data Bi Engineer job openings in Seattle, WA as of July 2026, with employment types broken down into 64% Full Time, and 36% Contract. Highlights an 76% In-person, 5% Hybrid, and 19% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $147,621 per year, or $71 per hour.
BI Engineer - Data Analytics

BI Engineer - Data Analytics

Costco

Issaquah, WA • On-site

$58.75 - $76.50/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 16 days ago


Costco rating

8.1

Company rating: 8.1 out of 10

Based on 1,898 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

2nd of 39 rated national retailers


Job description

Costco IT is responsible for thetechnical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed.
This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco's success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST. Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.
Come join the Costco Wholesale IT family. Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.
Business Intelligence (BI) Engineers are responsible for the successful delivery, design, and support of high visibility desktop reports, mobile reports, and dashboards. BI Engineers leverage BI applications in accordance with application development standards and best practices. BI Engineers work closely with Product Owners and UI/UX Designers during wireframe and prototype development. This role will also engage with Architects (Solution/Data), Engineers (Data, Platforms, DevOps, etc.), and Stakeholders to deliver timely, accurate, high performing, and reliable BI products and solutions to end-users. BI Engineers identify ways to improve data reliability, efficiency, and quality of data management required for building BI applications and reports.
If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies "to work for", simply apply and let your career be reimagined.
ROLE
  • Owns responsibility for end-to-end development and support of Costco's BI reporting environments for ongoing metrics, reports, dashboards, etc.
  • Assists in the design and development of proof of concept and prototype application environments.
  • Adopts and adapts to newly approved technologies, programming languages, tools, and standards for business intelligence.
  • Collaborates to ensure application designs utilize appropriate patterns and standards.
  • Documents BI application specifications and produces operational support manuals.
  • Analyzes business needs and software requirements to determine the feasibility of design within time and cost constraints, including the ability to estimate work needed.
  • Identifies and interprets trends, patterns, and correlations among various data points.
  • Assesses functional and nonfunctional requirements and creates designs to meet both business and technical needs.
  • Designs builds and maintains automated reporting, dashboards, and analysis to enable teams to self-service data needs.
  • Supports defining technical requirements, such as tool or platform selection criteria for the reporting environments.
  • Assists in solution design efforts (i.e. analysis, data warehouse design, architecture) and understands the data warehouse or data marts implementation related to BI.
  • Takes full responsibility for the balance between functional, system management, and service quality.
  • Ensures the appropriate BI architectural standards are adhered to.
  • Tests and resolves problems, performs root cause analysis, identifies gaps, recommends solutions and preventative measures.
  • Automates, documents, shares, educates, delegates, and improves processes.
  • Applies knowledge to practical and sustainable applications and capabilities.
  • Partners with product owners, product managers, the solution leads, and other stakeholders to create and maintain robust datasets and models to support reporting and self-service solutions.
  • Builds prototypes and wireframes of potential features.
  • Translates business needs into technical specifications to deliver customized reporting and software solutions (BI, Advanced analytics, APIs/Services).
  • Works in tandem with BI/Solution Architects, Data Architects, Data Stewards, Data Engineers, Data Scientists, and Data Quality Engineers to design efficient visualizations, score cards, dashboards, reports; and recommends ongoing optimization of BI data models, data sets, and data quality.
  • Oversees the end-to-end development and support of Costco's BI reporting environments for ongoing metrics, reports, dashboards using Power BI, Power App, Power Automate, Airflow, UC4, Cloud Run, Azure Functions, and other technologies as needed.
  • Creates data visualizations that illustrate data learnings and insights in an understandable and user-friendly manner through software UI / UX design using Power BI and other tools as needed.
  • Creates, refines, and optimizes dashboards for reporting applications by connecting to one or many of the following: Big Query, Oracle, SAP BW, SAP HANA, and Azure services, such as Azure SQL DW (Synapse), ADLS, Cosmos, Databricks, Delta-Lake and fabric mirroring to improve and speed up delivery of BI solutions.
  • Identifies, designs, and implements internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing BI capabilities.
  • Identifies ways to improve data reliability, efficiency, and quality of data management required for building BI applications and reports.
  • Communicates technical concepts to non-technical audiences both in written and verbal form.
  • Performs peer reviews for other BI engineers' work.

REQUIRED
  • 3+ years' experience working with BI technologies and tools, such as Microsoft Power BI, IBM Cognos, SAP Webi and Tableau; proven and successful implementations of Microsoft Power BI.
  • 2+ years' of experience with Power BI.
  • 1+ years' using programing languages, such as DAX, MDX, SQL, Python, Java, C#
  • 1+ years' BI related experience using ETL, Data warehousing management, Data Mining, Report Designer or development; ability to write complex SQL queries against a variety of data sources.
  • Experience in using Azure cloud architecture, low code power apps, visualization technologies.
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
Recommended
  • BA/BS or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent software/services experience.
  • Microsoft Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Microsoft Power Platforms, IBM Cognos, Tableau certifications.
  • Azure Certifications.
  • Experience with Git / Azure DevOps.
  • Experience with Big Query.
  • Experience delivering reporting design, visualizations, and solutions through agile software development methodologies.
  • Experience working with sensitive data and ecommerce/distribution/logistics business areas.
  • Exposure to the retail industry.
  • Exposure to developing solutions for retail metrics (sales, inventory, margin, projections etc.).
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Experience with Airflow, UC4 Job Scheduler (or similar Job Schedulers), Cloud Run and Power Automate toolset.
  • Proficient in Google Workspace applications, including Sheets, Docs, Slides, and Gmail.

Required Documents
• Cover Letter
• Resume
California applicants, please click here to review the Costco Applicant Privacy Notice.
Pay Ranges:
Level 1 - $85,000 - $110,000
Level 2 - $105,000 - $135,000
Level 3 - $130,000 - $160,000
Level SR - $150,000 - $190,000, Bonus and Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) eligible
Level Staff - $180,000 - $225,000, Bonus and Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) eligible
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.
Costco is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Costco is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to IT-Recruiting@costco.com
If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. In some cases, applicants and employees for selected positions will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas.

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About Costco

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Costco is a membership warehouse club, dedicated to bringing our members the best possible prices on quality brand-name merchandise. With more than 800 locations worldwide, Costco provides a wide selection of merchandise, plus the convenience of specialty departments and exclusive member services, all designed to make your shopping experience a pleasurable one. Today, as the company evolves, it stays true to the qualities that helped attract and retain millions of loyal members around the globe: Commitment to quality. Costco warehouses carry about 4,000 SKUs (stock keeping units) compared to the 30,000 found at most supermarkets. By carefully choosing products based on quality, price, brand, and features, the company can offer the best value to members.

Industry

Retail

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Issaquah, WA, US

Year founded

1983