Senior Software Engineer

IND - BengaluruFull-time2026-10-07 → 2026-11-15

Core

Design, build, and maintain MetricFlow, an open-source semantic engine that turns dbt models into trusted, reusable business metrics for BI tools, notebooks, and AI agents.

Role type

Senior IC software engineer (open-source project steward)

Builds

MetricFlow open-source engine and its integration with the dbt ecosystem

Domain

Data infrastructure / Analytics engineering / Semantic layers

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Python (modern typing, testing, packaging), SQL, query compilation/parsing, system design, distributed systems, open-source contribution

Preferred skills

dbt, MetricFlow, LookML, Cube, CI/CD, release engineering, developer APIs/SDKs/CLIs

Technologies

Python, SQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift, GitHub, Slack

Responsibilities

Design and implement core features (metric definitions, query compilation, SQL generation); triage issues and review external pull requests; collaborate with dbt Cloud/Core teams; improve performance and observability; write technical documentation and RFCs; mentor engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

About Fivetran

Fivetran and dbt Labs are bringing together two industry-leading companies with a shared mission: helping organizations unlock the full value of their data. Together, we’re delivering the data infrastructure layer that helps organizations move, transform, and trust their data — from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on. Fivetran helps organizations automate data movement across the systems, clouds, engines, and tools they rely on. dbt Labs pioneered analytics engineering, helping teams transform data into reliable, governed insights.