dbt Labs is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to the development and maintenance of scalable, reliable, and secure services that power their platform. The Senior Software Engineer will collaborate across multiple teams to design and implement foundational services and experiences, enhancing the product's capabilities, performance, and scalability.Role involves:
Designing, building, and maintaining backend services.
Tackling ambiguous problems with strategic thinking.
Building services, APIs, and experiences that support user delight, quality, high availability and performance.
Championing a culture of technical excellence and innovation.
Working with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions.
Contributing to engineering best practices, mentoring junior engineers, and participating in design and code reviews.
Debugging production issues and optimizing system performance using observability tools.
Requirements:
6+ years of experience as a software engineer developing SaaS platforms and applications at scale
Minimum requirement of Bachelor's Degree in a related field (computer science, computer engineering, etc.) **OR** completed enrollment in engineering related bootcamp
Proven experience designing and scaling backend services.
Strong understanding of API design, system architecture, and database management.
Proficiency with backend languages and frameworks such as Python, Go, Rust, django, Node.js, Java, Spring.
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform.
Proficiency in designing API-driven applications using REST and/or gRPC.
Experience building scalable and secure distributed systems.
A systematic problem-solving approach, strong communication skills, and a sense of ownership.
Ability to balance technical depth with fast, iterative delivery.
dbt Labs is the creator of the analytics engineering platform dbt, empowering data teams to transform raw data into reliable insights. As a pioneer in the field, dbt Labs serves over 5,400 dbt Cloud customers, including notable companies like JetBlue and HubSpot. The company champions open-source, code-based data transformation, advocating for software engineering best practices in analytics. Backed by investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital, dbt Labs is committed to building a collaborative, community-driven ecosystem around its platform.