dbt Labs is the pioneer of analytics engineering, helping data teams transform raw data into reliable, actionable insights. Since 2016, weve 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, weve 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. Were 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
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 were just getting started.Were 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 . As a Senior Platform Engineer in the networking space, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing our cloud network infrastructure. This is an opportunity to establish the practice of network engineering as you help our Infrastructure team support and expand our flagship dbt Cloud offering in AWS and Azure, with possibilities of further expansion.
The role will include designing resilient network architectures with an eye for availability, scalability, and security. Challenges include bringing flexible network architecture to life that supports both single and multi-tenanted deployments and perhaps most importantly our new cell-based architecture.
Youll join (and be supported by!) the Ops Platform departments Compute, Network, and Storage team, but also work closely with our Multi Cloud Infrastructure and Security Engineering teams.
In this role, you can expect to:
Help us operate our network, including troubleshooting and monitoring (with the help of our SRE team). Promptly diagnose and resolve issues
Design network architecture - streamline and improve existing systems while also planning for the future as we expand our tenancy and cloud offerings
Review the network needs of developer teams as they develop new features and services - provide subject matter expertise
Configure and managing Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), routing, network security services (collaborating with our Security Engineering team), load balancing, DNS, and more
Reduce toil by automating standard operational tasks - and leveling up performance and reliability
Come up with novel solutions to allow our clients to securely connect their Data Warehouses to dbt Cloud - potentially regardless of where either is hosted. Expand our already robust PrivateLink offerings .
Improve our documentation for network configurations, processes, diagrams, and runbooks
You are a good fit if you have:
Worked asynchronously as part of a fully-remote, distributed team
A desire to work collaboratively with product engineering and other stakeholders, including security, field engineering, customer support, and more!
Expertise in all layers of the OSI model, fundamental networking protocols (TCP, UDP, DHCP, DNS, HTTP, TLS, etc), VPNs, IPv4 and IPv6, public and private DNS management, etc
Proxy, reverse proxy, and load balancer experience
Experience or interest in operating at least some of the tools in our stack, including nginx, Istio, Envoy, AWS and Azure Load Balancer offerings, AWS Transit Gateway or Azure vWan/vHub, Route 53, Network Policy (currently Calico), WAF (Signal Sciences)
Kubernetes networking / CNI experience, production experience implementing a service mesh and/or mTLS
Ability to write and understand scripts and automation in the language of your choice - at dbt Labs youll encounter Python, Rust, Go, and Bash with Terraform for IaC
You'll have an edge if you have:
Experience in multiple public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Terraform experience
Experience defining an SLA and implementing metric collections and reporting for network products youve developed
Salary : We offer competitive compensation packages commensurate with experience, including salary, equity, and where applicable, performance-based pay. Our Talent Acquisition Team can answer questions around dbt Labs' total rewards during your interview process. In select locations (including Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York City, San Francisco, Washington, DC, and Seattle), an alternate range may apply, as specified below.
The typical starting salary range for this role is: $154,000 - $186,300 USD
The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed is $171,000 - $207,000 USD
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Benefits - dbt Labs offers:
Unlimited vacation (and yes we use it!)
Excellent healthcare
Wellness stipend
Home office stipend, and more!
*Equity or comparable benefits may be offered depending on the legal limitations
What to expect in the hiring process (all video interviews unless accommodations are needed): Interview with Talent Acquisition Partner
Interview with Hiring Manager
Team Interviews
Final interview with one of ourValues Carriers
dbt Labs is an equal opportunity employer, committed to building an inclusive team that welcomes diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. Even if your experience doesnt 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.
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