About Us
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 5,100 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 code—not just tools—should 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.Our first dedicated Cloud Network Engineer 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.
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
- Enjoy working 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, 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, transit gateways, Route 53, Calico
- Ability to write and understand scripts and automation in the language of your choice - at dbt Labs you’ll encounter Python, 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
- Kubernetes networking experience
- Experience defining an SLA and implementing metric collections and reporting for the network products you’ve developed
Optional:
Qualifications:
- Have at least 8 years of experience
- Completed enrolment in related bootcamp
Compensation & Benefits
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
- The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed is $171,000 - $207,000
Equity Stake
Benefits - dbt Labs offers:
- Unlimited vacation (and yes we use it!)
- 401k w/3% guaranteed contribution
- Excellent healthcare
- Paid Parental Leave
- 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 PartnerInterview with Hiring ManagerTeam InterviewsFinal interview with one of our Values Carriersdbt 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 apply—we 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.
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