Data & Analytics
Hire Looker Developers
Looker developers model your data in LookML so teams can explore consistent metrics, and build dashboards on top of it.
The role
What Looker developers do
A Looker developer writes LookML views, explores and measures, defines joins and access controls, builds dashboards, and keeps metric definitions consistent. Some projects instead use Looker Studio, Google's simpler free reporting tool, so check which you mean.
Typical deliverables
- LookML models, views and explores
- Consistent metric definitions
- Dashboards and scheduled reports
- Access controls
- Looker Studio reports, if needed
Tools you will see
- Looker
- LookML
- BigQuery
- Git
- Looker Studio
Choosing
How to choose Looker developers
What to look for
- Clean LookML with reusable dimensions and measures.
- Version control for model changes.
- Consistent metric definitions across dashboards.
- Clarity on Looker versus Looker Studio.
Questions to ask
- 1Looker or Looker Studio: which do we need?
- 2How do you organise LookML projects?
- 3How do you prevent conflicting metric definitions?
- 4How do you test model changes?
Planning
Before you post the job
Two different products
Looker is a governed modelling platform; Looker Studio is a free reporting tool. They need different skills.
What drives cost
Data model size, number of explores and dashboards, and access requirements.
Hiring on Open Lance
- Posting a job and reviewing proposals are free.
- Each milestone is funded into escrow before work starts and paid when you approve it.
- Hire fixed-price, hourly, as a monthly Dedicated Hire, or buy a packaged Drop-In.
- Client fees are shown before you pay and added on top of the work.
FAQ
Questions about hiring Looker developers
Is Looker Studio the same as Looker?
No. Looker Studio is a free reporting tool; Looker uses LookML modelling.
Does Looker need BigQuery?
No, but it is a common pairing. Looker connects to many SQL databases.
What is LookML?
Looker's modelling language for defining tables, joins and metrics once.
Related
Related skills
Post a job for Looker developers
Describe the work and compare proposals. You only fund the first milestone once you have chosen someone.