Fivetran

Fivetran

Senior Staff Software Engineer

Oakland, California, United States · Staff+ · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$232k-$290kDetected 19 days ago
JavaDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentData StructuresAWSGCPDockerKubernetesGrafanaDatadogPlatform EngineeringdbtData EngineeringJUnitLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

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About the role

  • You will operate at the intersection of architecture, execution, and organizational influence - solving deeply complex distributed systems challenges while shaping engineering direction across multiple teams.
  • Java (JVM, JIT, GC tuning, thread management), JUnit
  • This is a full-time position based out of our Oakland office.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Complex System Design:
  • Drive the design and evolution of large-scale distributed systems that power Fivetran's data movement platform.
  • Lead Complex System Design: Drive the design and evolution of large-scale distributed systems that power Fivetran's data movement platform.
  • Drive Cross-Team Initiatives: Lead high-impact projects spanning multiple teams, align stakeholders, and ensure successful execution.
  • Raise the Engineering Bar: Establish best practices for system design, code quality, and operational excellence across the organization.
  • Improve Platform Performance: Identify and lead efforts to optimize system performance, reliability, and cost at scale.
  • Extensive Experience: 12+ years of software engineering experience, with deep expertise in building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
  • System Design Mastery: Proven ability to design and evolve complex, scalable, and reliable platform architectures.

Requirements

  • With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required.
  • Demonstrated experience leading cross-team technical initiatives and influencing engineering direction.

Skills

  • Experience in data processing (ETL, ELT) and/or cloud-based platforms
  • Experience working in startup environments.
  • Expertise in backend development (Java preferred) with a solid foundation in data structures and system fundamentals.
  • Performance & Reliability: Experience optimizing system performance, scalability, and cost in high-throughput systems.
  • Communication & Influence: Strong ability to communicate complex technical ideas and influence senior stakeholders.
  • Ownership & Ambiguity: Track record of driving ambiguous, high-impact problems from definition to execution.
  • Bonus Skills​
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  • Our job titles may span more than one career level.
  • The compensation range is subject to change and may be modified in the futu

Compensation

  • The compensation range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire compensation for the target position and level, and may include sales incentives or target bonuses depending on the role.

Benefits

  • Set the long-term architectural vision for core platform systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and efficiency.

Company info

  • Fivetran and dbt Labs are bringing together two industry-leading companies with a shared mission: helping organizations unlock the full value of their data.
  • Together, we're delivering the data infrastructure layer that helps organizations move, transform, and trust their data - from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on.
  • Fivetran helps organizations automate data movement across the systems, clouds, engines, and tools they rely on. dbt Labs pioneered analytics engineering, helping teams transform data into reliable, governed insights.
  • Together, we support thousands of organizations as they build a trusted foundation for analytics, AI, and better business decisions.
  • As we bring our teams and technology together, we're building on the strengths of both companies while continuing to deliver the products and experiences our customers know and trust.
  • It's an exciting time to join us:
  • we're creating a company with the scale, talent, and technology to help more organizations put their data to work with greater speed, confidence, and impact.
  • During this transition period, you may see references to both Fivetran and dbt Labs throughout our recruiting process as we integrate our teams, systems, and career sites.
  • It's an exciting time to join us: we're creating a company with the scale, talent, and technology to help more organizations put their data to work with greater speed, confidence, and impact.
  • Fivetran and dbt
  • Labs are bringing together two industry-leading companies with a shared mission:
  • helping organizations unlock the full value of their data.
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