Senior Software Engineer II, Release Engineering

Senior Software Engineer II, Release Engineering

dbt Labs is the pioneer of analytics engineering, helping data teams transform raw data into reliable, actionable insights. Since 2016, we've grown from an open source project into the leading analytics engineering platform, now used by over 50,000 teams every week.

As of February 2025, we've surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and serve more than 5,400 dbt Cloud customers, including JetBlue, HubSpot, Vodafone New Zealand, and Dunelm. We're backed by top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and Altimeter. At our core, we believe in empowering data practitioners :

• Code-based data transformations unlock transparency, flexibility, and collaboration
• Analysts should adopt software engineering best practices to build trusted data products
• Core analytics infrastructure should be open source and user-controlled
• Analytic codenot just toolsshould be shared and community-driven

dbt is now synonymous with analytics engineering, defining the modern data stack and serving as the data control plane for enterprise teams around the world. And we're just getting started. We're growing fast and building a team of passionate, curious people across the globe. Learn more about what makes us special by checking out our values.

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Release Engineering team and help build a seamless, reliable CI / CD platform that powers dbt Cloud across all of our environments and cloud providers. Our mission is to make it easy for engineers to ship changes quickly and safely by providing a stable, observable, and intuitive platform. You'll work with tools like Helm, ArgoCD, Terraform, Python, GitHub Actions, and Kargo to scale and refine our deployment systems. This is a high-impact role where your work directly improves developer velocity and reliability across the organization.

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dbt Labs is an equal opportunity employer, committed to building an inclusive team that welcomes diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. Even if your experience doesn't perfectly align with the job description, we encourage you to applywe value potential just as much as a perfect resume.

Want to learn more about our focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at dbt Labs? Check out our DEI page.

dbt Labs reserves the right to amend or withdraw the posting at any time. For employees outside the United States, dbt Labs offers a competitive benefits package. Equity or comparable benefits may be offered depending on the legal or country limitations.