Senior Software Engineer, dbt Labs

• 6+ years of experience as a software engineer developing SaaS platforms and applications at scale
• Proven experience designing and scaling services
• Strong understanding of API design, system architecture, and database management
• Proficiency with languages and frameworks including 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
• If you’re passionate about building well-designed, high-impact software, we’d love to hear from you!

Desirable

• We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to help build and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure services that power our platform. In this role, you’ll work across multiple teams to design and implement foundational services and experience that enhance our product's capabilities, performance, and scalability
• We serve the most data-driven technology organizations in the world, enabling them to build data products that ultimately enable better decision-making using trusted, well-governed data. Your work will directly benefit our mission by improving the scalability, security, and usability of our platform for thousands of data practitioners
• As a Senior Engineer, you’ll collaborate cross-functionally with Product Management, Product Design and Infrastructure teams to solve complex technical challenges, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to best practices that drive engineering excellence
• Design, build, and maintain services and features that scale with our growing customer base
• Tackle ambiguous, open-ended problems with strategic thinking, balancing technical constraints with user needs and product goals
• Build services, APIs, and experiences that support user delight, quality, high availability and performance
• Champion a culture of technical excellence and innovation
• Work with cross-functional teams, including Product, UX, Infrastructure, and Security, to deliver impactful solutions
• Contribute to engineering best practices, mentor junior engineers, and participate in design and code reviews
• Debug production issues and optimize system performance using observability tools
• Work with technologies such as Python, Rust, Typescript, Postgres, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, and Datadog

• Introductory call with a Talent Acquisition Partner
• Technical Interview with Hiring Manager
• Team Interview