Senior Software Engineer II

Summary

Join dbt Labs' rapidly growing team as a backend/frontend engineer to design and develop services for cost observability. Contribute to a multi-tenant, distributed architecture, ensuring reliability and scalability. Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams. Participate in code reviews and on-call rotations. Influence engineering culture, tooling, and processes. Shape the path of a product not yet in full production. Enjoy a clear growth trajectory and opportunities for leadership within a supportive and collaborative environment.

Requirements

• Strong foundation in Python and experience with distributed systems , APIs , and Kubernetes
• Exposure to multi-tenant SaaS systems and comfort navigating complex architectures
• Experience or interest in gRPC , Protocol Buffers , Kafka , and modern CI/CD practices
• A growth mindset, with enthusiasm for learning through retrospectives and team collaboration
• Proven experience leading system design efforts and mentoring other engineers
• Ability to take loosely defined problems and build cohesive, maintainable solutions
• Comfort owning services end-to-end—from design and development to deployment and monitoring
• Have 5 to 8+ years experience

Responsibilities

• Design and develop back-end services and front-end experiences that bring cost observability to life for our users
• Contribute to a multi-tenant, distributed architecture , ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and other engineering teams to shape new features
• Participate in (and later help lead) code reviews , and on-call rotations (starting later this year)
• As a team still in its early stages, you’ll have the chance to influence engineering culture, tooling, and processes

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Rust, or interest in exploring it where relevant

Benefits

• Unlimited vacation (and yes we use it!)
• 401k w/3% guaranteed contribution
• Excellent healthcare
• Paid Parental Leave
• Wellness stipend
• Home office stipend, and more!