Senior Staff AI Infrastructure Engineer

United States Digital Space LLC; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

dbt Labs and the company are seeking a Senior Staff R&D Software Engineer to join the company AI team in Austin. You’ll explore AI research, prototype production features, and shape the technical roadmap across product, data platform, and GTM.

This role requires independent leadership and a willingness to tackle diverse tasks in a startup-like environment. We value deep systems thinking and building scalable back-end and front-end services with modern stacks, including Java, Python, React, and

Responsibilities

• Identify which emerging AI research and techniques are worth pursuing, and set the agenda for the company AI’s technical roadmap accordingly
• Prototype new ideas quickly, then take the ones that prove out and turn them into shipped, production-grade features
• Define technical direction that spans the company AI and collaborating departments — product, data platform, and go‑to‑market — resolving architectural tradeoffs that cross department lines
• Build and maintain both back-end and front-end systems for the

Job description

dbt Labs and the company are seeking a Senior Staff R&D Software Engineer to join the company AI team in Austin. You’ll explore AI research, prototype production features, and shape the technical roadmap across product, data platform, and GTM.

This role requires independent leadership and a willingness to tackle diverse tasks in a startup-like environment. We value deep systems thinking and building scalable back-end and front-end services with modern stacks, including Java, Python, React, and