Senior Platform Software Engineer, Transport

dbt Labs

Senior Platform Software Engineer handling cloud infrastructure at dbt Labs. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive seamless migrations and build scalable backend services.

Posted 4/20/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $147,000 - $178,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsDNSDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Join a senior, distributed team
Architect and build platform infrastructure
Drive seamless migrations
Develop scalable backend services
Tackle cloud networking challenges
Automate for scale
Collaborate and mentor
Own and troubleshoot

Requirements

What you’ll need

Worked asynchronously as part of a fully-remote, distributed team
Are an experienced backend or platform engineer, proficient in languages like Go or Python, with a history of building large-scale distributed systems.
Have deep expertise in modern cloud infrastructure, including extensive hands-on experience with a major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
Thrive at the intersection of product and infrastructure, with a passion for building internal platforms and automation that enhance developer productivity and platform reliability.
Bring familiarity with cloud networking concepts, including load balancing, DNS, VPCs, proxies, and service mesh technologies — or have a strong desire to learn and grow in this domain.
Take strong ownership of your work from end-to-end, demonstrating a systematic, customer-focused approach to problem-solving and a track record of contributing to complex technical projects.
Are a proactive and collaborative communicator, skilled at articulating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical partners and working effectively across team boundaries.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Unlimited vacation (and yes we use it!)
401k w/3% guaranteed contribution
Excellent healthcare
Paid Parental Leave
Wellness stipend
Home office stipend, and more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

GoPythoncloud infrastructuredistributed systemsDockerKubernetesTerraformload balancingDNSVPCs

Soft Skills

collaborationmentoringownershipproblem-solvingcommunicationcustomer-focusedproactivearticulating technical concepts