Senior Software Engineer ll (Backend)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer ll (Backend): Create and maintain stable, scalable foundational services for the dbt platform cloud product with an accent on architectural principles, API redesign, and high-scale data executions. Focus on building secure APIs, evolving core data models, and ensuring reliability for hundreds of thousands of daily runs.

Location: Ireland - Remote

Salary: 112,000 - 145,000 Euro

Company

Pioneer of analytics engineering with the leading platform used by over 90,000 teams weekly, driving data transformations and AI use cases for enterprises like AstraZeneca and Nasdaq.

What you will do

• Build and maintain stable, scalable foundational services leveraged by other teams, based on solid architectural principles and cross-team collaboration.
• Collaborate with product teams to influence and design the API surface.
• Design and develop reliable, secure, highly available experiences for dbt Cloud admins and end users.
• Work with Python (Django), Go, React, Postgres, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, and Datadog.
• Mentor junior engineers and advocate for platform-focused security.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field
• Strong fundamentals in object-oriented programming
• Designed and built API-driven applications using REST and/or gRPC
• Experience supporting and evolving APIs through multiple iterations
• Location: Ireland - Remote

Nice to have

• Worked with authentication protocols like SAML and OIDC, fine-grained authorization
• Interest in application-level product security
• Built reliable, mission-critical software for external customers
• Experience with Datadog or log monitoring for production debugging
• Experience on distributed teams

Culture & Benefits

• Unlimited vacation
• Pension plan with employer match
• Private healthcare plan
• Wellness stipend
• Home office stipend
• Company RSUs

Hiring process

• Interview with Talent Acquisition Partner
• Interview with Hiring Manager
• Team Interviews