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Since 2016, dbt Labs has been on a mission to help analysts create and disseminate organizational knowledge. We've pioneered the practice of analytics engineering, built the primary tool in the analytics engineering toolbox, and have been fortunate enough to see a fantastic community coalesce to help push the boundaries of the analytics engineering workflow. Today, there are 50,000 teams using dbt every week, 100,000 dbt Community members, and over 5,100 dbt Cloud customers.

As of February 2025, we surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), scaling from $2M ARR to this milestone in only four years. Simultaneously, we've exceeded the 5,000 customer mark, with 85% year-over-year growth in adoption among Fortune 500 companies. This momentum is fueled by dbt’s critical role as the data control plane for enterprise data teams around the world, who rely on the technology to transform data into reliable, actionable business insights. We're rapidly growing and looking for passionate people to join our global team. Learn more about what makes us special by checking out our values here.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to help build and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure services that power our platform. In this role, you’ll work across multiple teams to design and implement foundational services that enhance our product's performance, , and enterprise readiness.

We serve some of the most data-driven organizations in the world, enabling them to make decisions based on trusted, well-governed data. Your work will directly impact our mission by expanding the organizations we serve and improving the experience for thousands of data practitioners.

As a Senior Engineer, you’ll collaborate cross-functionally with Product Management, Product Design and Infrastructure teams to solve complex technical challenges, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to best practices that drive engineering excellence.

What You’ll Do:

Build and maintain backend services that scale with our growing customer base.
Develop APIs and system architectures that support high availability and performance.
Work with cross-functional teams, including Product, UX, and Security, to deliver impactful solutions.
Contribute to engineering best practices, mentor junior engineers, and participate in design and code reviews.
Debug production issues and optimize system performance using observability tools.
Work with technologies such as Python, Go, React, Postgres, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, and Datadog.

What We’re Looking For:

5+ years of experience as a software engineer, with a strong background in backend development.
Proficiency in designing API-driven applications using REST and/or gRPC.
Experience building scalable and secure distributed systems.
A systematic problem-solving approach, strong communication skills, and a sense of ownership.
Ability to balance technical depth with fast, iterative delivery.

Nice to Have:

Experience working in a remote, distributed team environment.
Hands-on experience with observability tools like Datadog.
Have experience with distributed systems, database modeling, caching layers and/or DB performance.

Compensation and Benefits:

Salary: 95,000 - 125,000 Euro per year
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Ireland Benefits - dbt Labs offers:
- Unlimited vacation (and yes we use it!)
- Pension Plan
- Excellent healthcare
- Paid Parental Leave
- Monthly wellness & internet stipends
- Home office stipend, and more!

What to expect in the hiring process (all video interviews unless accommodations are needed):

Interview with a Talent Acquisition Partner
Technical Interview with Hiring Manager
Coding Challenge
Systems Design, Architecture & Product Partner
Final interview with leadership team member

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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.

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