Senior Software Engineer

Fivetran + dbt Labs is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our dbt Platform Services teams. In this role you can expect to create and maintain stable, scalable services that are foundational to the dbt platform cloud product, based off solid architectural principles. We’re also driving forward the next evolution of the dbt platform by redesigning our external APIs to power improved user experiences. From rethinking our core data model and entities, to scaling our APIs accessing state that power hundreds of thousands of dbt run executions a day, you’ll be working on some of the most crosscutting and high scale work at dbt Labs today.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain stable, scalable foundational services that can be leveraged by other engineering teams, based off solid architectural principles and cross-team collaboration; Collaborate with many internal partners and product teams to influence the design of our API surface; Design and develop reliable, secure, highly available and delightful experiences for both customer personas: the dbt Cloud admin and the end user; Collaborate with Product Management, UX designers, Security, and Customer Support.

Requirements

Have strong fundamentals in object-oriented programming; Have designed and built API-driven applications using REST and/or gRPC for API endpoints; Have experience supporting and evolving APIs through multiple iterations; Are able to balance speed of delivery with designing scalable, reusable components; Are passionate about design and code reviews that help grow the team; Are highly motivated and able to work autonomously; Are ready to go outside of the team’s realm when there are infrastructure-related dependencies and collaborate with other teams to aid the delivery of team features; Ensure high programming standards by writing unit, functional, and integration tests; Have a systematic problem-solving approach coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.

Nice to have

Have worked with authentication protocols like SAML and OIDC and fine-grained authorization; Have an interest in application-level product security; Have built reliable, mission-critical software for external customers; Have designed and implemented scalable architecture patterns; Have experience with Datadog or other log monitoring services and working with it to debug production issues; Have experience working on a distributed team.

Benefits

100% employer-paid medical insurance*; Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays (including a year end Global Week of Rest), and volunteer days off; RSU stock grants*; Professional development and training opportunities; Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities; Monthly cell phone stipend; Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.