Senior Data Engineer

About the role:

As a Senior Data Engineer at dbt Labs, you will take the lead in building and owning data infrastructure (e.g. infrastructure, pipelines, data products). This data ecosystem is crucial for powering analyses, guiding business decisions, accelerating growth, and driving efficiency across business operations. This team combines strategic, operational, and problem-solving skills with a pragmatic sense of how to get things done and drive change across the organization.

In this role, you can expect to:

• Design, build and manage our data pipelines, ensuring all user and product event data is seamlessly integrated into our data warehouse.
• Develop canonical datasets to track key product metrics including user growth, engagement, and revenue.
• Work collaboratively with various teams, including Infrastructure, Product, Marketing, Finance, and GTM to understand their data needs and provide solutions.
• Implement robust and fault-tolerant systems for data ingestion and processing.
• Participate in data architecture and engineering decisions, bringing your strong experience and knowledge to the table.
• Ensure the security, integrity, and compliance of data according to industry and company standards.

You are a good fit if you have:

• Worked asynchronously as part of a fully-remote, distributed team.
• Have 5+ years of experience as a data engineer and 8+ years of any software engineering experience (including data engineering).
• Proficiency in at least one programming language commonly used within Data Engineering, such as Python, Scala, or Java.
• Strong data infrastructure and data architecture skills.
• Expertise with any of ETL schedulers such as Airflow, Dagster, Prefect or similar frameworks.
• Solid understanding of Spark and ability to write, debug and optimize Spark code.
• A bias for action and urgency, not letting perfect be the enemy of the effective.
• A “full-stack mindset”, not hesitating to do what it takes to solve a problem end-to-end, even it it requires going outside the original job description.

You'll have an edge if you have:

• Experience developing and scaling a dbt project while leveraging engineering best practices (e.g. data quality tests, unit tests, etc)
• Master’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Math).
• Have experience at a SaaS company.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $180,000 - $200,000 USD
• Equity Stake
• Benefits: In the US, dbt Labs offers unlimited vacation (and yes we use it!), 401k w/3% guaranteed contribution, excellent healthcare, paid parental leave, wellness stipend and a home office stipend. For employees outside the United States, dbt Labs offers a competitive benefits package
• Benefits - dbt Labs offers:
  • Unlimited vacation (and yes we use it!)
  • 401k w/3% guaranteed contribution
  • Excellent healthcare
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Wellness stipend
  • Home office stipend, and more!

*Equity or comparable benefits may be offered depending on the legal limitations

What to expect in the hiring process (all video interviews unless accommodations are needed):

1. Interview with Talent Acquisition Partner
2. Interview with Hiring Manager
3. Team Interviews