Staff Software Engineer, Adapters

About Us

Since 2016, dbt Labs has been on a mission to help analysts create and disseminate organizational knowledge. We've pioneered the practice of analytics engineering, built the primary tool in the analytics engineering toolbox, and have been fortunate enough to see a fantastic community coalesce to help push the boundaries of the analytics engineering workflow. Today, there are 50,000 teams using dbt every week, 100,000 dbt Community members, and over 5,100 dbt Cloud customers.

As of February 2025, we surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), scaling from $2M ARR to this milestone in only four years. Simultaneously, we've exceeded the 5,000 customer mark, with 85% year-over-year growth in adoption among Fortune 500 companies. This momentum is fueled by dbt’s critical role as the data control plane for enterprise data teams around the world, who rely on the technology to transform data into reliable, actionable business insights. We're rapidly growing and looking for passionate people to join our global team. Learn more about what makes us special by checking out our values here.

About The Role

dbt Core, one of the most popular Open Source Software (OSS) data transformation tools, has continued to grow and has ambitious goals for the year ahead. We are hiring developers in Romania to work on the data warehouse adapters, a key strategic asset of the dbt framework.

This is an existing team within dbt Labs that we are looking to expand. This team needs senior technical leadership and OSS stewardship. As data warehouses and dbt evolve and grow, this person will integrate new capabilities into the dbt adapters and ensure we are able to leverage their evolving functionality. Our data warehouse adapters have a significant OSS footprint so you will be able to work closely with the community and work in the open.

In this role, you can expect to:

• Evolve dbt’s architecture to keep up with our fast growing customer base and scaling needs
• Be a key contributor to the development of dbt Core and its adapters.
• Be an advocate for software engineering best practices
• Develop a robust software framework for seamlessly integrating adapters into dbt Cloud.
• Collaborate closely with the OSS community, product teams, and other adapter stakeholders.
• Mentor and support junior team members, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.

Qualifications:

• Have minimum 8 years experience as a software engineer, preferably in Python, Java or Rust
• Previous experience with SaaS products (SOA preferred)
• Minimum requirement of Bachelors degree in related field (computer science, computer engineering, etc.)
• Have an excellent level of English, both written and spoken

You are a good fit if you:

• Have worked on distributed systems at scale
• Are comfortable managing ambiguity and driving clarity and innovation
• Are comfortable driving business critical cross-team initiatives
• Understand how to make tradeoffs to ship useful features today without sacrificing long-term quality
• Are highly motivated and able to build alignment across stakeholders

You'll have an edge if:

• Value interacting with end users and deeply understanding their needs
• Have worked with data warehouses before and understand both their fundamentals (especially Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, etc) as well as data engineering principles
• Have direct experience with using dbt
• Have experience working on a distributed team
• Have been a data engineer in the past

Compensation & Benefits

• This is an FTE role only (CIM)
• Salary: 467000- 550000 RON gross /year
• Equity Stake
• Benefits: medical insurance, life insurance, vision& dental coverage, office refresh stipend e.g.
• 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):

• Interview with Talent Acquisition Partner
• Interview with Hiring Manager
• Team Interviews
• Final interview with Engineering Leadership

Who We Are

At dbt Labs, we have developed strong opinions on how companies should practice analytics.

Specifically, we believe that:

• Code-based transformations offer unmatched flexibility and transparency across various “multi-player” development to power everyone in the organization to collaborate on a common language
• Data analysts should adopt similar practices and tools to software developers
• Critical analytics infrastructure should be controlled by its users as open source software
• Analytic code itself — not just analytics tools — will increasingly be open source

It turns out that a lot of other people believe this too! Today, there are 50,000 teams using dbt every week, 100,000 dbt Community members, and 5,100 companies paying for dbt Cloud. Our customers include JetBlue, Hubspot, Vodafone New Zealand, and Dunelm. dbt is synonymous with the practice of analytics engineering, defining an entire industry. We’re backed by top investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and Altimeter.

dbt Labs is an equal opportunity employer. We're committed to building an inclusive team that welcomes a diversity of perspectives, people, and backgrounds regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or any other protected status. We feel strongly that whether or not your experience exactly fits the job description, your passion and skills will stand out and set you apart even if your career has taken some twists and turns. If you are on the fence about whether you meet our requirements, we encourage you to apply anyway! Please reach out to us directly at recruiting@dbtlabs.com if you need assistance or an accommodation_.

_Want to learn more about our focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at dbt Labs? Check out our DEI page here.

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