Visualization Engineer | Ascend Analytics
Posted 2025-09-08
Remote, USA
Full Time
Immediate Start
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Visualization Engineer,</strong> <em>Boulder, CO, or Remote within the U.S.</em></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">About Ascend</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Ascend Analytics</strong>’ climate technology software and services provide critical insights to power the energy transition.. The company’s products enhance critical power supply decisions from short-term operating strategies to long-term investment and resource planning. Ascend’s solutions serve as the core analytic infrastructure for electric utilities, independent power producers, electric retailers, and financiers of energy infrastructure. To learn more about Ascend, please visit us at www.ascendanalytics.com.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Your Impact at Ascend Analytics</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We are seeking an experienced <strong class=" font-semibold">Visulaization Engineer</strong> to join our PowerSIMM team in Boulder, Colorado (remote work from other locations is also possible). You will be responsible for design, creation, and integration with the data underlying Ascend’s PowerSIMM Platform. You will create PowerBI visualizations for both scalable integration of standard BI reports across clients as well as ad hoc BI reporting to meet specific client project needs.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">As a valued member of our team, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining seamless and scalable Power BI reports, bringing actionable insights and knowledge to our clients and our internal analyst team. Further, this role will be instrumental in extending the UX momentum obtained through recent PowerSIMM UI upgrades to our output visualizations.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Job Responsibilities</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Demonstrate design savvy in all work product</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Build engaging PowerSIMM integrated dashboards</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Design meaningful visualizations to accentuate analytical model output</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Advance standardization of Power BI reporting across client deployments</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Create automated and efficient data visualization processes</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Deploy the latest Power BI feature advances from Microsoft</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Collaborate with management and technical SMEs to arrive at the most scalable and cost -effective solutions</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Support other team members through the development and deployment of Power BI value adds for their client or project work</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Engage co-workers and clients in a professional fashion to deliver on their data visualization needs effectively</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Required Qualifications</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Data/Information Science, Mathematics, or a related field</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">4+ years of hands-on experience in a similar position</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong knowledge of PowerBI or equivalent visualization software</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience working with data gateways and deployment pipelines</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience working with direct queries</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Working knowledge of PowerBI embedded and PowerBI plugins</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Working knowledge of DAX and M</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Keen eye for design and visualization with aesthetic appeal and quality UX</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Preferred Qualifications</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Ability to work with Oracle or similar relational database as a data source</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience visualizing data stored in OLAP cube data structures and/or data warehouses</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Azure experience, including OneLake, Fabric, and Synapse</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Masters degree in a technical field</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Compensation: $90,000 – $115,000</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Negotiable based on qualifications and experience. Ascend highly values our employees and often pays above industry average.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We offer flexible work hours in a relaxed environment with opportunities for advancement and excellent benefits, including medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, parental leave, dependent care spending account, and a 401k plan.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><em>We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Ascend Analytics is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information or other applicable legally protected characteristics.</em></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><em>Ascend Analytics is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at</em> <a href="mailto:recruiting@ascendanalytics.com" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>recruiting@ascendanalytics.com</em></a></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">About Ascend</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Ascend Analytics</strong>’ climate technology software and services provide critical insights to power the energy transition.. The company’s products enhance critical power supply decisions from short-term operating strategies to long-term investment and resource planning. Ascend’s solutions serve as the core analytic infrastructure for electric utilities, independent power producers, electric retailers, and financiers of energy infrastructure. To learn more about Ascend, please visit us at www.ascendanalytics.com.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Your Impact at Ascend Analytics</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We are seeking an experienced <strong class=" font-semibold">Visulaization Engineer</strong> to join our PowerSIMM team in Boulder, Colorado (remote work from other locations is also possible). You will be responsible for design, creation, and integration with the data underlying Ascend’s PowerSIMM Platform. You will create PowerBI visualizations for both scalable integration of standard BI reports across clients as well as ad hoc BI reporting to meet specific client project needs.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">As a valued member of our team, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining seamless and scalable Power BI reports, bringing actionable insights and knowledge to our clients and our internal analyst team. Further, this role will be instrumental in extending the UX momentum obtained through recent PowerSIMM UI upgrades to our output visualizations.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Job Responsibilities</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Demonstrate design savvy in all work product</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Build engaging PowerSIMM integrated dashboards</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Design meaningful visualizations to accentuate analytical model output</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Advance standardization of Power BI reporting across client deployments</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Create automated and efficient data visualization processes</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Deploy the latest Power BI feature advances from Microsoft</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Collaborate with management and technical SMEs to arrive at the most scalable and cost -effective solutions</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Support other team members through the development and deployment of Power BI value adds for their client or project work</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Engage co-workers and clients in a professional fashion to deliver on their data visualization needs effectively</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Required Qualifications</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Data/Information Science, Mathematics, or a related field</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">4+ years of hands-on experience in a similar position</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong knowledge of PowerBI or equivalent visualization software</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience working with data gateways and deployment pipelines</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience working with direct queries</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Working knowledge of PowerBI embedded and PowerBI plugins</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Working knowledge of DAX and M</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Keen eye for design and visualization with aesthetic appeal and quality UX</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Preferred Qualifications</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Ability to work with Oracle or similar relational database as a data source</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience visualizing data stored in OLAP cube data structures and/or data warehouses</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Azure experience, including OneLake, Fabric, and Synapse</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Masters degree in a technical field</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Compensation: $90,000 – $115,000</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Negotiable based on qualifications and experience. Ascend highly values our employees and often pays above industry average.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We offer flexible work hours in a relaxed environment with opportunities for advancement and excellent benefits, including medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, parental leave, dependent care spending account, and a 401k plan.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><em>We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Ascend Analytics is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information or other applicable legally protected characteristics.</em></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><em>Ascend Analytics is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at</em> <a href="mailto:recruiting@ascendanalytics.com" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>recruiting@ascendanalytics.com</em></a></p>