dbt Labs

Senior Platform Software Engineer, Transport

dbt Labs

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $147,000 - $178,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsDNSDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPythonTerraform

About the role

  • 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

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

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Hard Skills & Tools
GoPythoncloud infrastructuredistributed systemsDockerKubernetesTerraformload balancingDNSVPCs
Soft Skills
collaborationmentoringownershipproblem-solvingcommunicationcustomer-focusedproactivearticulating technical concepts