Sr. Engineering Manager, Core Group

Posted Jun 6

About Us

Since 2016, dbt Labs has been on a mission to help analysts create and disseminate organizational knowledge. dbt Labs pioneered the practice of analytics engineering, built the primary tool in the analytics engineering toolbox, and has been fortunate enough to see a fantastic community coalesce to help push the boundaries of the analytics engineering workflow. Today there are 30,000 companies using dbt every week, 100,000 dbt Community members, and over 4,100 dbt Cloud customers. You can learn more about our values here.

About the team:

The Core Group has stewardship over the open-source and cloud implementations of the dbt project and adapters, works in public, and is responsible for ensuring the teams stay close to the needs of the business, collaborate effectively with all cloud EPD teams, adding new capabilities to dbt, optimizing the performance of parsing and executing projects, and reviewing community contributions.

In this role, you can expect to:

  • Build, support, and lead 2 teams of 10-15 highly talented and engaged engineers with the support of the manager of the adapters team
  • Coach and mentor engineers and a manager on the team to help them grow their skills and their careers
  • Partner with the product team to execute the timely delivery of key business initiatives
  • Foster and grow our OSS and cloud offering of our products and active Community
  • Hold 1:1s, quarterly and annual reviews with every member of the team
  • Gather, compile, and clearly communicate performance feedback to the team
  • Actively participate in our recruiting process from sourcing to hiring
  • Foster technical decision-making within the team and across teams

You are a good fit if you have:

  • Have 3+ years of hands-on technical management experience as an engineering manager
  • Have collaborated tightly with a product manager before
  • Have a demonstrated track record of growing engineers of all levels to the next level
  • Have successfully partnered with other internal teams to coordinate large spanning initiatives
  • Are value-oriented, and you share our company values
  • Are technical, and capable of having in-depth decisions with engineers about decisions they are making
  • Have worked asynchronously as part of a fully-remote, distributed team

You'll have an edge if you have:

  • Have used dbt in the past or have a background in analytics engineering
  • Have experience with maturing Python codebases
  • Have contributed to or maintained an OSS project
  • Have experience managing a distributed team of engineers, or working remotely
  • Have strong written communication skills
  • Have startup experience

Qualifications:

  • Have 10+ years experience in Engineering roles
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field OR
  • Completed enrollment in related bootcamp

Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary: $223,000-262,000
  • Equity Stake
  • Benefits - dbt Labs offers:
  1. Unlimited vacation (and yes we use it!)
  2. 401k w/3% guaranteed contribution
  3. Excellent healthcare
  4. Paid Parental Leave
  5. Wellness stipend
  6. Home office stipend, and more!

What to expect in the hiring process (all video interviews unless accommodations are needed):

  1. Interview with Talent Acquisition Partner
  2. Interview with Hiring Manager
  3. Team Interviews
  4. Final interview with CTO

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Who we are

At dbt Labs, we have developed strong opinions on how companies should practice analytics.

Specifically, we believe that:

  • Code, not graphical user interfaces, is the best abstraction to express complex analytic logic
  • Data analysts should adopt similar practices and tools to software developers
  • Critical analytics infrastructure should be controlled by its users as open source software
  • Analytic code itself — not just analytics tools — will increasingly be open source

It turns out that a lot of other people believe this too! Today, there are 30,000 companies using dbt every week, 100,000 dbt Community members, and 4,100 companies paying for dbt Cloud. Our customers include JetBlue, Hubspot, Vodafone New Zealand, and Dunelm. dbt is synonymous with the practice of analytics engineering, defining an entire industry. We’re backed by top investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and Altimeter. 

dbt Labs is an equal opportunity employer. We're committed to building an inclusive team that welcomes a diversity of perspectives, people, and backgrounds regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or any other protected status. We feel strongly that whether or not your experience exactly fits the job description, your passion and skills will stand out and set you apart even if your career has taken some twists and turns. If you are on the fence about whether you meet our requirements, we encourage you to apply anyway! Please reach out to us directly at recruiting@dbtlabs.com if you need assistance or an accommodation. 

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

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.