# Lukas Schulte

> Lukas Schulte co-founded SDF Labs in 2022 and served as its CEO, bringing together a team to build SQL development technology in Rust. After SDF joined dbt Labs in January 2025, he worked as a director of engineering there. His current public profiles list Databricks. He previously held engineering roles at Microsoft, OCTI, and PiñataFarms, and co-founded Quantac.

- **Role:** At Databricks; exact title unverified
- **Organizations:** Databricks, dbt Labs, SDF Labs, PiñataFarms, OCTI, Quantac, Microsoft, A123, Northeastern University
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, Northeastern University
- **Known for:** Co-founded SDF Labs and led it as CEO through its January 2025 acquisition by dbt Labs., Helped build the company whose SQL technology became part of the dbt Fusion engine., Led SDF at its June 2024 public launch, when it announced $9 million in seed funding.

## Career timeline

- **2010-2014** — Studied computer engineering at Northeastern University.
- **2014-2016** — Software Development Engineer at Microsoft.
- **2016-2017** — Co-founder and CEO of Quantac.
- **2017-2019** — Director of Engineering at OCTI.
- **2019-2020** — Director of Engineering at PiñataFarms.
- **2020-2022** — Vice President of Engineering at PiñataFarms.
- **2022** — Co-founded SDF Labs with Wolfram Schulte, Michael Y. Levin, and Elias DeFaria; served as CEO.
- **2024-06** — SDF announced public product availability and $9 million in seed funding.
- **2025-01** — SDF Labs acquired by dbt Labs on January 14.
- **2025** — Director of Engineering at dbt Labs, as identified by his author biography and October podcast appearance.
- **2026-10** — Public LinkedIn and GitHub profiles reviewed in October 2026 list Databricks; start date and exact title unverified.

## Achievements

- Co-founded SDF Labs and led it as CEO through its January 2025 acquisition by dbt Labs.
- Helped build the company whose SQL technology became part of the dbt Fusion engine.
- Led SDF at its June 2024 public launch, when it announced $9 million in seed funding.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Current public GitHub and LinkedIn profiles reviewed this month identify Databricks as his organization; the transition date and precise job title are unverified.
- **2025-10** — Appeared on Insane Data on October 7 to discuss Rust, dbt Fusion, and the future of data development.
- **2025-05** — Appeared on the Open Source Startup Podcast with Anders Swanson and on the Analytics Engineering Podcast with Tristan Handy.
- **2025-01** — SDF Labs joined dbt Labs in an acquisition announced January 14.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schulte-lukas
- GitHub: https://github.com/schulte-lukas

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Last updated: 2026-10-25