Staff Software Engineer-dbt core in Bangalore, भारत

Responsibilities

• Analyze and eliminate performance bottlenecks in the dbt Core Python execution engine.
• Architect and implement improvements to the adapter interface connecting dbt to databases and data platforms.
• Debug system-level issues involving Linux process management, concurrency, database query planning, and network protocols.
• Lead technical design discussions and contribute to dbt Core’s architectural roadmap.
• Mentor engineers and review contributions from the open-source community.
• Own distributed systems, troubleshoot production issues, and participate in an on-call rotation.

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional software development experience focused on production backend systems.
• Deep backend engineering experience and proficiency in Python.
• Comfort debugging Linux environments, including process scheduling, memory management, and file systems.
• Knowledge of database internals, including query execution, storage layers, indexing, and transaction management.
• Strong communication, ownership, and first-principles problem-solving skills.
• Preferred: experience in data warehousing, data engineering, or analytics engineering.
• Preferred: production experience with Go or Rust.
• Preferred: experience contributing to or maintaining a popular open-source project.
• Preferred: experience building compilers, interpreters, or developer tooling.
• Preferred: familiarity with performance tools such as perf or strace.

Benefits

• Remote-first and asynchronous-friendly work environment.
• 100% employer-paid medical insurance, subject to country and worker-type variations.
• Paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation depending on role and country, paid sick time, inclusive parental leave, paid holidays, a year-end Global Week of Rest, and volunteer days off.
• RSU stock grants.
• Professional development and training opportunities.
• Virtual happy hours, free food, and team-building activities.
• Monthly cell phone stipend.
• Mental health support platform offering therapy, coaching, and mindfulness resources for covered employees and dependents.