Job Description

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of dbt Labs. We are currently looking for a Staff Software Engineer in India.
This is an opportunity to take ownership of a highly technical and impactful role at the heart of a widely adopted open-source platform. As part of a small, senior-level team, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of the execution engine that powers thousands of data practitioners worldwide. You'll work on challenging system-level problems, contribute to long-term architectural decisions, and drive improvements to core frameworks that enable integrations across databases and platforms. In this role, you'll also mentor engineers, collaborate with a vibrant community, and shape the foundation of modern data infrastructure in a remote-first, highly autonomous environment.
Accountabilities:

• Dive deep into the execution engine to identify, debug, and eliminate performance bottlenecks in a Python-based codebase.
• Design and implement improvements to the adapter interface, enabling more efficient and powerful database integrations.
• Troubleshoot complex issues spanning Linux process management, concurrency, query planning, and networking.
• Lead technical design discussions and contribute to the long-term architectural roadmap.
• Review and guide contributions from the open-source community, maintaining high standards for quality and collaboration.
• Own distributed systems operations, including participation in on-call rotations to ensure reliability and high availability.

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional software development experience, with strong expertise in backend systems.
• Proficiency in Python, with deep experience in debugging and optimizing complex systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills grounded in first-principles thinking, especially within Linux environments.
• Solid understanding of database internals, including query engines, indexing, and transaction management.
• Excellent communication skills, ownership mindset, and ability to balance depth with fast, iterative delivery.
• Preferred: experience in data warehousing, analytics engineering, or open-source projects; familiarity with Go or Rust; exposure to compilers, developer tooling, or performance analysis tools.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity package.
• Unlimited vacation with encouragement to use it.
• Excellent healthcare insurance coverage.
• Paid parental leave.
• Wellness stipend.
• Remote-first, flexible work environment with emphasis on autonomy and work-life balance.

Jobgether is a Talent Matching Platform that partners with companies worldwide to efficiently connect top talent with the right opportunities through AI-driven job matching.
When you apply, your profile goes through our AI-powered screening process designed to identify top talent efficiently and fairly.
? Our AI evaluates your CV and LinkedIn profile thoroughly, analyzing your skills, experience and achievements.
? It compares your profile to the job's core requirements and past success factors to determine your match score.
? Based on this analysis, we automatically shortlist the 3 candidates with the highest match to the role.
? When necessary, our human team may perform an additional manual review to ensure no strong profile is missed.
The process is transparent, skills-based, and free of bias -- focusing solely on your fit for the role. Once the shortlist is completed, we share it directly with the company that owns the job opening. The final decision and next steps (such as interviews or additional assessments) are then made by their internal hiring team.
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