Senior Software Engineer, Core

About Us

The Core team is responsible for the core open-source technology that has transformed the modern data ecosystem (dbt-core), as well distributing it internally for use within our Cloud product. The team’s mission is to develop and deliver the most expressive, performant, reliable data transformation engine on the market, which provides the connective tissue across dbt Labs’ widening product surface area. A successful hire for this role will help communicate technical concepts with a variety of stakeholders, drive the team’s evolving technical vision, and be a role model for execution of impactful projects for the team.

In this role, you can expect to:

• Lead technical design and implementation of major software components, systems, and features across teams.
• Apply your technical experience in performance, architecture, interfaces and engineering best practices.
• Help build a culture of quality and innovation by leading cross-team collaboration and execution of projects delivering high value to customers.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, monitor, and improve software.
• Manage trade-offs, priorities, and deliverables by applying your experience driving projects to successful completion.
• Support the career development of team members by actively providing mentorship and coaching on design patterns, software architecture, and technical communication.

Qualifications:

• Have 5+ years experience as a software engineer
• Minimum requirement of Bachelors degree in related field (computer science, computer engineering, etc.) OR
• Completed enrollment in engineering related bootcamp

You are a good fit if you:

• Have strong fundamentals in a variety of software development paradigms (e.g. object oriented, functional)
• Are comfortable managing ambiguity and driving clarity and innovation within teams
• Understand how to make tradeoffs to ship useful features today without sacrificing long-term quality
• Value interacting with end users and deeply understanding their needs
• Are highly motivated and able to build alignment across stakeholders

You'll have an edge if:

• Have worked on growing teams developing in a large OSS Python code base
• Have direct experience with using dbt
• Have experience working on a distributed team

Compensation & Benefits

• This is an FTE role only (CIM)
• Salary: Competitive, based on experience
• Equity Stake
• Benefits: medical insurance, life insurance, vision& dental coverage, health&fitness stipend, office refresh stipend e.g.

*Equity or comparable benefits may be offered depending on the legal limitations

What to expect in the hiring process (all video interviews unless accommodations are needed):

1. Interview with Talent Acquisition Partner
2. Interview with Hiring Manager
3. Team Interviews
4. Final interview with Engineering Leadership

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Who we are

At dbt Labs, we have developed strong opinions on how companies should practice analytics.

Specifically, we believe that:

• Code-based transformations offer unmatched flexibility and transparency across various “multi-player” development to power everyone in the organization to collaborate on a common language
• Data analysts should adopt similar practices and tools to software developers
• Critical analytics infrastructure should be controlled by its users as open source software
• Analytic code itself — not just analytics tools — will increasingly be open source

It turns out that a lot of other people believe this too! Today, there are 30,000 companies using dbt every week, 100,000 dbt Community members, and 4,100 companies paying for dbt Cloud. Our customers include JetBlue, Hubspot, Vodafone New Zealand, and Dunelm. dbt is synonymous with the practice of analytics engineering, defining an entire industry. We’re backed by top investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and Altimeter. 

dbt Labs is an equal opportunity employer. We're committed to building an inclusive team that welcomes a diversity of perspectives, people, and backgrounds regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or any other protected status. We feel strongly that whether or not your experience exactly fits the job description, your passion and skills will stand out and set you apart even if your career has taken some twists and turns.  If you are on the fence about whether you meet our requirements, we encourage you to apply anyway! Please reach out to us directly at recruiting@dbtlabs.com if you need assistance or an accommodation.