Vertex Data
dbt Repo Performance

Cut dbt runtimes in half. Or better.

We audit every model, rewrite slow ones with incremental + microbatch strategies, prune unused exposures, and turn 4-hour runs into 40-minute runs.

The work

Slow dbt runs are rarely about Snowflake or BigQuery — they're about repo shape. Wide select-stars, materializations chosen by habit, missing incremental keys, stale exposures fan-out into a graph that runs for hours. We do the deep work most teams don't have the time for.

Outcomes

  • Median model runtime cut 40–70%
  • Critical path identified and shortened
  • Compute spend reduced (Snowflake credits, BigQuery slot-hours)
  • Stale models and exposures retired
  • A repo your team can understand in a week, not a quarter

What you get

  • Performance audit report (top 50 expensive models, recommendations)
  • Refactored incremental + microbatch models for hot paths
  • Tag strategy + selector-based scheduling
  • Pre-commit + CI checks that prevent regressions
  • Cost dashboard you actually look at
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