Staff Software Engineer

dbt Labs is the pioneer of analytics engineering, helping data teams transform raw data into reliable, actionable insights. Since 2016, we’ve grown from an open source project into the leading analytics engineering platform, now used by over 50,000 teams every week.
As of February 2025, we’ve surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and serve more than 5,400 dbt Cloud customers, including JetBlue, HubSpot, Vodafone New Zealand, and Dunelm. We’re backed by top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and Altimeter. At our core, we believe in empowering data practitioners:
Code-based data transformations unlock transparency, flexibility, and collaboration
Analysts should adopt software engineering best practices to build trusted data products
Core analytics infrastructure should be open source and user-controlled
Analytic code—not just tools—should be shared and community-driven
Code-based data transformations unlock transparency, flexibility, and collaboration
Analysts should adopt software engineering best practices to build trusted data products
Core analytics infrastructure should be open source and user-controlled
Analytic code—not just tools—should be shared and community-driven
dbt is now synonymous with analytics engineering, defining the modern data stack and serving as the data control plane for enterprise teams around the world. And we’re just getting started.We’re growing fast and building a team of passionate, curious people across the globe. Learn more about what makes us special by checking out our values . About the Role We are looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of scalable, high-impact applications and services that power our platform. In this role, you’ll work across the stack and across teams to deliver delightful solutions to our rapidly growing customer base.
We serve some of 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 impact our mission by improving the scalability, security, and usability of our platform for thousands of data practitioners.
As a Staff Engineer , you’ll set technical direction, collaborate across multiple teams, mentor engineers, and drive best practices that elevate engineering excellence across the company.
Want a peek at what you’ll be working on? Our Launch Day blog post showcases the tools, ideas, and momentum driving our platform forward.
What You’ll Do: Design, build, and maintain full stack applications that scale with our growing customer base.
Lead technical architecture discussions, ensuring the platform is performant, maintainable, and secure.
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.
Work closely with Product, Design, Operations, and Security teams to deliver well-architected solutions.
Define and drive best practices in testing, observability, and system reliability.
Mentor engineers across the company, fostering technical growth and collaboration.
Champion a culture of technical excellence and innovation, influencing engineering direction across multiple teams or domains.
Qualifications Have 10+ years of experience as a software engineer
Minimum requirement of Bachelor's Degree in a related field (computer science, computer engineering, etc.) **OR**
completed enrollment in engineering related bootcamp
What We’re Looking For: 10+ years of experience as a software engineer developing SaaS platforms and applications at scale
Proven experience designing and scaling full stack applications.
Proficiency with backend languages and frameworks such as Python, Go, Rust, django, Node.js, Java, Spring.
Strong understanding of API design, system architecture, and database management.
Experience leading complex projects and driving cross-functional collaboration.
A systematic problem-solving approach, strong communication skills, and a sense of ownership.
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform.
Ability to mentor engineers and influence technical direction across teams.
Nice to Have: Proficiency with modern frontend frameworks including React and TypeScript
Experience working with data engineering tools or data processing pipelines.
Background in performance optimization and observability tools like Datadog.
Experience working on distributed, remote-first teams.
Why You’ll Love Working Here: Equity Stake *
Unlimited PTO (and we encourage you to use it)
Pension Plan
Excellent healthcare coverage
Paid parental leave
Wellness and home office stipends
Our Hiring Process (All Video Interviews) Introductory call with a Talent Acquisition Partner
Technical Interview with Hiring Manager
Team Interviews
Final conversation with leadership
If you’re passionate about building well-designed, high-impact software, we’d love to hear from you
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dbt Labs is an equal opportunity employer, committed to building an inclusive team that welcomes diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. Even if your experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description, we encourage you to apply—we value potential just as much as a perfect resume.
Want to learn more about our focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at dbt Labs? Check out our DEI page .
dbt Labs reserves the right to amend or withdraw the posting at any time. For employees outside the United States, dbt Labs offers a competitive benefits package. Equity or comparable benefits may be offered depending on the legal or country limitations.
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