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Staff Software Engineer, Compute

United States 200000.00 - 275000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted December 08, 2025
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Play a key role in building our platform from zero to one. Partner across teams and disciplines to design and deliver solutions that shape the future of data, while mentoring others and influencing our technical direction. Shape the future of dbt’s Compute platform—a new type of analytical query engine. By leveraging dbt’s ability to anticipate and optimize query execution from ingestion to consumption, you’ll help build a truly differentiated system that sets us apart from other database technologies.

Job Responsibility

  • Design, build, and maintain the Compute layer that powers dbt’s ability to optimize queries across ingestion, transformation, and consumption
  • Lead technical architecture discussions with a focus on query engines, storage systems, and distributed database design
  • Collaborate with Product, Design, Operations, and Security to deliver well-architected, scalable compute solutions
  • Build services, APIs, and experiences that support user delight, quality, high availability, and performance
  • Tackle ambiguous, open-ended technical challenges with strategic thinking, balancing technical constraints with user needs and product goals
  • Define and drive best practices in testing, observability, and system reliability
  • Mentor engineers across the company, fostering technical growth and collaboration
  • Champion a culture of technical excellence and innovation, influencing engineering direction across multiple teams or domains

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with expertise in database systems, query engines, or storage systems
  • Strong coding skills at the systems level C++, Rust, Go, Python, or Java
  • Experience designing and scaling distributed systems or SaaS platforms
  • Expertise with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform)
  • Proven ability to lead complex projects and collaborate across functions
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, clear communication, and a strong sense of ownership

Nice to have

  • Contributions to open source database technologies projects such as Apache Arrow, DuckDB, MongoDB Runtime, or other analytical data systems
  • Experience with performance optimization, observability, or large-scale query engines
  • Exposure to data engineering tools or modern frontend frameworks (React, TypeScript)
  • Background in distributed, remote-first teams

What we offer

  • Unlimited vacation
  • 401k
  • Pension Plan
  • 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave
  • Wellness stipend
  • Home office stipend
  • Equity Stake
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