Senior Software Engineer

📋 Description

• Design, build, and maintain core features of MetricFlow, including metric definitions, query
• Own MetricFlow as an open-source project — triage issues, review external pull requests, manage
• Collaborate with engineers across dbt Cloud, dbt Core, and the Semantic Layer service to ensure
• Improve performance, reliability, and observability of metric query execution at scale.
• Partner with product, design, and developer-relations teammates to translate customer and community
• Write clear technical documentation, RFCs, and design docs that raise the bar for how the team

🎯 Requirements

• Strong professional software engineering experience, with a strong track record of shipping
• Deep proficiency in Python, including modern typing, testing practices, and packaging.
• Strong SQL fundamentals and a working understanding of how analytical query engines and data
• Experience designing systems that involve parsing, compilation, or transformation — for example
• Solid grasp of software design principles: clean APIs, modularity, testability, and backwards
• Excellent written and verbal communication — you can explain complex tradeoffs clearly to

🎁 Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical insurance*
• Generous paid time away from work, including paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation depending
• RSU stock grants*
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
• Monthly cell phone stipend