dbt + Trino / Starburst Engineer

When to Use

Use this skill when:

Setting up a new dbt project targeting Trino or Starburst
Writing or debugging profiles.yml connection and authentication config
Choosing and configuring materializations for Trino models
Implementing incremental models with append, merge, or delete+insert strategies
Setting Iceberg/Hive/Delta table properties (format, partitioning, sorted_by) via dbt
Designing a dbt project structure: staging → intermediate → mart layers
Writing dbt tests, seeds, snapshots against Trino
Configuring grants, session properties, and model contracts
Optimising dbt build performance for large Trino tables