Senior Software Engineer

IRL - Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-30 → 2026-09-26

Core

Build and maintain stable, scalable foundational services and redesign external APIs for the dbt platform cloud product to power hundreds of thousands of daily executions.

Role type

Senior Software Engineer (Platform Services)

Builds

dbt Cloud platform services, external APIs, and foundational infrastructure

Domain

Data infrastructure, analytics engineering, cloud platforms

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Object-oriented programming, API design (REST/gRPC), scalable architecture, unit/integration testing, autonomous problem-solving

Preferred skills

SAML/OIDC authentication, application security, distributed systems, Datadog monitoring

Technologies

Python (Django), Go, React, Postgres, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, Datadog

Responsibilities

Design and develop reliable, secure, highly available experiences for dbt Cloud admins and end users; Collaborate with Product Management, UX, Security, and Support; Mentor junior engineers and advocate for platform security; Work iteratively with cross-functional teams to deliver features

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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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.