Becoming a dbt Architect

Learn a practical, repeatable approach to managing analytics costs with dbt. This course focuses on the real-world workflow teams use to control spend: understanding cost drivers, identifying hotspots, establishing team standards, and turning cost signals into an actionable optimization backlog.

Learning objectives: After this course, you will be able to:

• Explain common cost drivers in analytics workloads (over-refreshing, inefficient transformations, poorly designed rebuild patterns)
• Apply job design and project patterns that reduce avoidable spend
• Create an operating rhythm for cost management (visibility → prioritization → optimization → measurement)
• Define team agreements that prevent cost regressions (standards, review checks, and ownership)

 
Prerequisites:

• dbt Fundamentals (or equivalent experience)

 
What to bring:

• You must bring your own laptop to complete the hands-on exercises
• We will provide a sandbox dbt + data platform environment for exercises.

 
Duration: 4 hours

• A valid dbt Summit pass is required to register for trainings and certifications
• Trainings and certifications will take place in-person at dbt Summit only