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Work as a Power BI Developer

Projects where the figure is yours: which sources enter the model, what each DAX measure computes and who sees each report page. Shakers matches you with briefs aligned to your stack, rate and availability.

The role reads in two places: the posting asking for «DAX and Power Query» next to five years of ERP and the course teaching a pretty chart without showing how a real source is modelled. Here goes the second: how you learn to model it, project by project.

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  • Greater recognition for your experience
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Data Scientist

“In a climate this uncertain, Shakers gives you a layer of reassurance and confidence. What I like most, without a doubt, is the flexibility and getting to work on top-tier projects.”

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Amelia

AI Agent Developer

“I have been building AI agents for years. Thanks to Shakers I stopped chasing clients and started genuinely choosing which projects I wanted to work on. I work with some of the best companies in Europe, at my own rate, and I focus on what I am good at and what I love: building.”

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Luz

Backend Developer & Data Engineer

“Shakers adds a lot of value because it connects you with sharper projects, already filtered and better defined. It saves you a big part of the upfront work of understanding the client, quoting and weighing up whether it is worth it, and that means that as a contractor you can go far more directly to the opportunities that genuinely fit you.”

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Rubén

Software Developer

“Life as a contractor has a lot going on and it is not always easy. We like to focus on what we are good at, but you also have to manage clients, invoicing and go looking for work. For me, Shakers has been key because it does that prospecting for me, it gives the client confidence from the very first moment, and it lets us be part of a community with real enthusiasm.”

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Alejandro

AI Developer

“Shakers was key to getting my company off the ground: it gave me the flexibility to keep contracting while I built my next chapter. Without Shakers, I would have had to raise funding or push the project back.”

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Toño

Product Designer

“With Shakers I have landed recurring projects that give me peace of mind and room to grow professionally. It is not just about reaching quality clients: it is feeling that you have a network behind you, one that connects you with real opportunities and helps you move forward as a freelancer.”

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What a Power BI Developer decides, and what they touch

A Power BI Developer is the business intelligence developer specialised in the Microsoft platform: they design the star-schema data model, write the DAX the business answers its questions with and publish reports with automatic refresh and row-level security. Against the generic BI Developer, the craft does not change: the stack does, from the Microsoft ERP to Azure and Fabric as horizon. The trade runs on Power Query and DAX, with SQL for the model and advanced Excel as the reality of every source.

You decide the shape of the model (star or snowflake), what each DAX measure computes and which source enters through Power Query or stays out. You also decide who sees each row: role security is designed, not inherited from the usual spreadsheet.

Power BIDAXPower QueryMicrosoft FabricSQLAzureAnalysis ServicesAdvanced Exceldataflowsdata gatewaypaginated reportsrow-level securityPython Star schemaDAXPower QueryRefreshRLSFabric

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How Shakers works for talent

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Create your profile

Tell us who you are, what you can do, the projects you want to work on and what your availability and rate are.

Get your certification

We certify your experience and your use of AI so companies understand and trust what you bring.

Match with projects

We connect you with well-paid projects that fit your expertise and your preferences.

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Projects that live up to your expectations

Work on real projects, with teams that need your expertise, without wasting time looking for opportunities.

  • Projects that fit you

    Work with companies that need your stack and experience to take their projects to production.

  • Opportunities that come to you

    Our AI matching connects your profile with the projects that fit your preferences.

  • You build. Shakers handles the rest

    Set your own terms based on your seniority. We manage contracts, payments and paperwork.

What a Power BI Developer delivers on a Shakers project

At Shakers

The brief arrives with the sources

Shakers is hiring infrastructure: the project arrives with the business sources and whoever owns the figure, not with a list of visuals.

Delivery

A model the business understands

You deliver the star schema, documented DAX measures and the report published with refresh, including the metric you discarded and why.

Operation

What happens when the source changes

You set the refresh cadence, what happens when the ERP renames a column and who answers the day the close does not add up.

What we ask

Reporting in production, not mockups

Having modelled real sources with star schema and DAX and being able to tell which report failed, and what you did when the figure did not add up.

Judgement

Model or loose report

Choosing the model by the questions of the business, not by the chart. Sometimes the honest answer is a well-made table, and saying so.

Boundary

Where your brief ends

You build the reporting; interpretation is the analyst's and sources the data engineer's. If the project needs a pipeline, you say so at kickoff.

Frequently asked questions

Any other questions? Write to us and we will reply.

Power BI Developer or BI Developer?
Same craft, different stack: the BI Developer covers multi-platform reporting; the Power BI Developer specialises in Microsoft, with DAX, Power Query and Fabric. If the house is Microsoft, this is your territory.
What should you study to work with Power BI?
Power Query and DAX are the language, the star schema the engine. The Microsoft certification orders the path, but what gets measured is delivery: an owned report beats any syllabus.
Which tools are used daily?
Power BI Desktop and the service daily, DAX and Power Query for the model, SQL when the source asks for it. Fabric enters as horizon, not requirement.
How much does a freelance Power BI Developer earn?
You invoice by project, and scope sets the band: sources to integrate, model and measure complexity. The budget arrives before kickoff, not after.
Can Power BI projects be done remotely?
Almost all: the service lives in the cloud and the gateway is administered remotely. Only some restrictive on-premise environments ask for presence.
How do you join Shakers as a Power BI Developer?
You create your profile, pass the certification process and enter the collective: only 4 per cent make it. Then you choose which reporting projects you work on.
The day to day of the craft

The DAX measure nobody documented, the model that grew without a star and the refresh that fails at seven in the morning. Less portfolio dashboards, more reporting leadership actually opens.

The market asks for the platform

1,706 active tech job postings in the UK ask for Power BI, according to Shakers market analysis (n=56,780, October 2026): the reporting standard in Microsoft shops.

How you get there

Excel and SQL first, model after: the Microsoft certification orders the path, but what gets measured is delivery. Every owned report leaves ratings that open bigger projects.

What this role is not

Not an analyst interpreting and not a data engineer preparing sources. If your strength is explaining the figure, your role is analyst; if building the pipeline, data engineer.

Roles that cross a reporting project

Four roles of the collective cross your path on a reporting project, from the one preparing sources to the one interpreting the published figure.

Multi-platform

BI Developer

The general reporting craft: if the house is not Microsoft, Tableau, Qlik or Looker come through this door.

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Interpretation

Data Analyst

Interprets the report once published: reads the figure, explains the why and proposes the next question to the data.

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Sources

Data Engineer

Prepares the sources and their cadence before the model exists: without reliable data, the dashboard lies.

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Origin

Backend Developer

The APIs and databases where the data lives: when the source still has to be built, you start here.

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The boundaries between these roles are agreed on each project: the title does not set them.

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Want projects where the figure depends on you?

Pass the Shakers certification and choose which reporting projects you work on.