Staff Software Engineer

Overview

Staff Software Engineer for the dbt Core & Adapters team, stewarding the performance, reliability, and architectural integrity of dbt.

What you'll do

• Dive into the dbt-core execution engine to identify, debug, and eliminate Python performance bottlenecks.
• Architect and implement improvements to the adapter interface connecting dbt to database and data platforms.
• Debug complex system-level issues across Linux concurrency/process management, database query planning, and network protocols.
• Lead technical design discussions and contribute to the long-term architectural roadmap for dbt Core.
• Mentor engineers and review open-source contributions for code quality, testing, and design.
• Own distributed systems reliability by troubleshooting production issues and participating in on-call rotation.

What you'll need

• 6+ years of professional software development experience focused on backend systems in production.
• Deep backend engineering experience and proficiency in Python.
• A first-principles approach to problem-solving with comfort debugging in Linux environments.
• Solid grasp of database internals including query execution engines, storage layers, indexing, and transactions.
• Excellent communication skills and a sense of ownership for fast, iterative delivery.

Details

• On-call rotation is part of maintaining high availability.
• Remote-first, asynchronous-friendly work environment.