Senior Software Engineer, Release Engineering Jobs

dbt Labs

Location:
United States

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

143000.00 - 203000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Release Engineering team and help build a seamless, reliable CI/CD platform that powers dbt Cloud across all of our environments and cloud providers. Our mission is to make it easy for engineers to ship changes quickly and safely by providing a stable, observable, and intuitive platform. You’ll work with tools like Helm, ArgoCD, Terraform, Python, GitHub Actions, and Kargo to scale and refine our deployment systems. This is a high-impact role where your work directly improves developer velocity and reliability across the organization.

Job Responsibility:

Design, build, and maintain components of our CI/CD platform to make deployments safer, faster, and more reliable
Lead initiatives that improve automation, observability, and self-service capabilities for engineers
Collaborate across teams to identify friction points in our delivery process and build tools to eliminate them
Evolve our release architecture to support dbt Cloud’s multi-cloud, cell-based infrastructure at scale
Continuously improve developer experience by refining build pipelines, release workflows, and infrastructure-as-code practices

Requirements:

Experience designing, operating, or improving CI/CD systems for large-scale distributed applications
Proficiency with one or more of the following: Helm, ArgoCD, Terraform, GitHub Actions, or Kubernetes
Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code practices and the principles of reliable, observable systems
Background in Python (or other modern language) development for automation or platform tooling
A collaborative mindset and interest in enabling other developers through tooling and platform improvements
Worked asynchronously as part of a fully remote, distributed team

Nice to have:

Experience with Kargo or similar progressive delivery systems
Hands-on experience with multi-cloud architectures (AWS, GCP, Azure)
A track record of improving developer productivity or release safety at scale

What we offer:

Unlimited vacation
401k w/3% guaranteed contribution
Excellent healthcare
Paid Parental Leave
Wellness stipend
Home office stipend

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 08, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Remote work

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