Staff Software Engineer

IND - Remote🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-05 → 2026-09-27

Core

Steward the performance, reliability, and architectural integrity of dbt Core, the open-source engine for data transformation, and architect the adapter framework connecting to databases.

Role type

Staff Software Engineer (Systems & Infrastructure)

Builds

dbt Core execution engine and adapter framework

Domain

Data Infrastructure / Open Source Software

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Python, Linux systems debugging, database internals, performance optimization, system architecture, technical leadership

Preferred skills

Go or Rust, compiler/interpreter development, open-source maintenance, performance analysis tools (perf/strace)

Technologies

Python, Linux, Go, Rust, perf, strace

Responsibilities

Identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks in the Python codebase; Architect and implement improvements to the adapter interface; Debug complex system-level issues spanning process management and network protocols; Lead technical design discussions and define the long-term architectural roadmap; Mentor engineers and review open-source community contributions; Troubleshoot production issues and participate in on-call rotation

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic ownership

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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.