Senior Backend Software Engineer II, Orchestration

About Us

The Orchestration team owns and operates some of the most critical services at dbt Labs that power job scheduling and execution for dbt Cloud. We are simultaneously evolving our product and system while operating at scale, meeting strict uptime requirements, and satisfying the needs of large enterprises. We are seeking an experienced backend engineer to help shape our architecture and drive our ambitious roadmap, all while collaborating in a highly dynamic team environment.

In this role, you can expect to:

• Help shape the future of the orchestration system by designing and implementing reliable, secure, highly available services, and refactoring legacy systems in collaboration with the staff+ engineering group

• Work on complex systems and a variety of programming languages, systems, and technologies, including: Python, Go, Postgres, Redis, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform and Datadog.

• Collaborate across multiple engineering teams, product management, UX designers, customer support.

• Act as a mentor to junior engineers, providing guidance on best practices and architectural decisions

You are a good fit if you:

• Are able to balance speed of delivery with designing and implementing reliable, secure, highly available services

• Have extensive experience designing micro-services, event driven architecture, APIs (REST and/or gRPC)

• Have a strong knowledge of observability and debugging production issues at scale

• Have a systematic problem-solving approach coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.

• Are passionate about upholding engineering best practices in all phases of SDLC

• Are a self-starter and can lead a group of engineers from inception to implementation of ideas

You'll have an edge if you have:

• Worked asynchronously as part of a fully-remote, distributed team

• Have experience in the domain of data analytics and transformation

Qualifications:

• Have 8+ years of experience as a software engineer

• Minimum requirement of bachelor's degree in a related field (computer science, computer engineering, etc.)

Compensation and Benefits:

• Salary: 185,000 - 225,000 USD per year
• Equity Stake*
• Benefits - dbt Labs offers:
  • Unlimited vacation (and yes we use it!)
  • Excellent healthcare
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Wellness stipend
  • Home office stipend, and more!

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 50,000 teams using dbt every week, 100,000 dbt Community members, and 5,100 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. 

Want to learn more about our focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at dbt Labs? Check out our DEI page here. 

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.