Staff Software Engineer - Adapters (C++/Rust)

dbt Labs is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Fusion Adapters and Connectivity team. The ideal candidate will have a strong programming background in Rust, Go, or C++, as well as experience designing or maintaining SDKs, libraries, or compute/data integration codebases. The team is building the next generation of data execution and connectivity infrastructure, enabling dbt workloads to run efficiently across diverse compute engines and data platforms.

Requirements

• Strong programming background in Rust, Go, C++ or similar performance-oriented languages.
• Experience designing or maintaining SDKs, libraries, connectors, or compute/data integration codebases.
• Exposure to data warehouses, query engines, Arrow/columnar ecosystems, or execution runtimes.
• A desire to build foundational platform components that other teams and community members rely on.
• Comfort working in public code review loops, async-first communication, and collaborative RFC processes.
• A mindset grounded in debuggability, reliability, and ownership in ambiguous problem spaces.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Benefits package
• RSUs or comparable benefits