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Senior Infrastructure Engineer

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Job Description

Job Overview

dbt Labs is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer specializing in compute and Kubernetes to build a reliable platform for dbt Cloud across AWS, Azure, and GCP. The role focuses on reducing cognitive load for developers by providing a stable and observable infrastructure platform. The candidate will be involved in scaling and refining the compute platform while collaborating across teams to solve infrastructure challenges and improve developer experience.

Technical Requirements

Required Skills
  • • Kubernetes
  • • Terraform
  • • Python
  • • Go
  • • Bash
Preferred Skills
  • • multi-tenant Kubernetes platforms
  • • networking
  • • service meshes
  • • container security
Experience Level

Significant experience designing and operating Kubernetes clusters in production; hands-on experience with cloud providers

Responsibilities

  • • Design, operate, and scale Kubernetes-based compute infrastructure across multiple tenancy models and public clouds.
  • • Deepen expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration to strengthen platform scalability, security, and developer experience.
  • • Collaborate with Architecture, Release Engineering, and Security teams to provide a seamless platform for application teams.
  • • Participate in a balanced on-call rotation to improve reliability and reduce operational toil.

Technical Environment

Languages
Tools & Technologies

Benefits & Perks

  • • Unlimited vacation
  • • 401k with 3% guaranteed contribution
  • • Excellent healthcare
  • • Paid Parental Leave
  • • Wellness stipend
  • • Home office stipend

Additional Information

Location
US - Remote
Type
Full-time
Compensation
$128,000-$155,700; $143,000-173,000 in select locations

About dbt Labs

dbt Labs empowers data teams to build reliable, governed data pipelines—accelerating analytics and AI initiatives with speed and confidence.

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Categories
AI Data Analytics Data Engineering