Staff Software Engineer

Job Overview

dbt Labs is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of scalable applications and services for their analytics engineering platform. The role involves working across multiple teams to enhance the platform's scalability, security, and usability, ultimately impacting thousands of data practitioners. The ideal candidate will set technical direction, mentor engineers, and drive best practices to elevate engineering excellence across the company.

Technical Requirements

Responsibilities

• • Design, build, and maintain full stack applications that scale with the growing customer base.
• • Lead technical architecture discussions ensuring the platform is performant, maintainable, and secure.
• • Tackle ambiguous, open-ended problems with strategic thinking.
• • Build services, APIs, and experiences that support user delight and high performance.
• • Work closely with Product, Design, Operations, and Security teams.
• • Define and drive best practices in testing, observability, and system reliability.
• • Mentor engineers across the company, fostering technical growth.
• • Champion a culture of technical excellence and innovation.

Technical Environment

Benefits & Perks

• • Compensation range of 201,000 - 271,000 USD
• • Equity Stake
• • Unlimited PTO
• • 401k with a 3% guaranteed contribution
• • Excellent healthcare coverage
• • Paid parental leave
• • Wellness and home office stipends