Staff Software Engineer-dbt core

About the role

We are looking for a systems-oriented engineer to join the small, expert team that builds and maintains this foundational piece of the modern data stack. This is an opportunity to work on deeply technical, high-leverage problems where your contributions will improve the daily workflow of a massive and passionate open-source community.

What you'll do

• Dive deep into the dbt-core execution engine, using your systems expertise to identify, debug, and eliminate performance bottlenecks in our Python codebase
• Architect and implement improvements to our adapter interface, the crucial layer that connects dbt to a growing ecosystem of databases and data platforms
• Debug complex, system-level issues that span from Linux process management and concurrency models to database query planning and network protocols
• Lead technical design discussions and contribute to the long-term architectural roadmap for dbt Core, making key decisions about what, how
• Mentor other engineers and review contributions from our vibrant open-source community, upholding our high standards for code quality, testing

What you need

• 6–11 yrs of experience
• dbt
• Python
• Linux
• Any graduate

Good to have

• Data warehousing