Senior Software Engineer, Fivetran
Databases
2 days a week in office
Automated data movement platform
Job no longer available
Automated data movement platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
2 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make access to data s simple and reliable as electricity.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for a a Senior Software Engineer enthusiastic to join our fast-growing company
- We're looking for someone who wants to learn and apply the key values that make our product great, dive deep into complex investigations into data replication and build a world class ELT solution
- Execution-oriented with strong technical and problem-solving skills that enables to design and develop software that is effective, intuitive, easy-to-operate, and elegantly simple
- Experience in architecting reliable distributed systems, with an emphasis on high-volume data management within enterprise and/or web-scale products and platforms that operate under strict SLAs
- Experience with use of a wide array of algorithms and data structures
- Strong knowledge and expertise in working with Java, AWS, Cloud-based APIs, databases, data warehouses, software design and programming best practices
- Skilled at communicating technical topics and risks to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Entrepreneurial mindset, excellent communication, and technical leadership skills
- Create and contribute to an environment that is geared to innovation, high productivity, high quality and customer service
- Strong knowledge and expertise in writing SQL queries and understanding of query execution plans
Desirable
- Knowledge of DBMS internals
- Familiarity with system level programming (such as process and memory management and inter-process communication)
- Experience with data replication, ETL/ELT tools
- Experience in designing and developing file, event, application, or database connectors
- Experienced working in a cloud environment utilizing AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, BuildKite, or similar technologies
What the job involves
- Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies
- As a part of the Database Connector Team, you will be responsible to help build new features of our data pipeline service, help improve our software architecture, and maintain reliable operation of the service
- Technologies You’ll Use:
- Java, C, SQL, MySQL, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, Bazel, Buildkite, Grafana
- Deep Dive into Data Replication: You'll debug and analyze complex replication issues, working with production code used by hundreds of customers
- Design & Develop New Features: Own the full development lifecycle—requirements gathering, design, prototyping, implementation, code reviews, release, and monitoring
- Collaboration & Ownership: Work closely with cross-functional teams, take initiative, and feel a strong sense of responsibility for the platform’s success
- Optimize Performance & Reliability: Continuously enhance performance, scalability, and efficiency to improve the product experience
- Maintain & Improve Existing Connectors: Contribute to maintaining, refining, and evolving Fivetran’s connectors and infrastructure
- Identify areas for improvement and drive meaningful changes
- Bug Fixes & On-Call Support: Troubleshoot issues, provide timely resolutions, and participate in on-call rotations to ensure high availability
Our take
Fivetran is a data integration company focused on one simple idea: making data easy to move and use. It provides a fully managed platform that automatically moves data from hundreds of sources into cloud destinations, helping team centralize information without building or maintaining complex pipelines. So, by handling the heavy lifting behind the scenes, Fivetran allows organizations to spend less time managing infrastructure and more time working on their data.
This approach has a real and growing impact, with more than 700 fully managed connectors, Fivetran supports hybrid and multi-cloud environments and keeps data accurate and secure as it flows into analytics and AI systems. Trusted by over 7,600 customers worldwide, the platform helps businesses standardize how data is collected and shared across teams, breaking down silos and making insights more accessible. And the result is a stronger data foundation that supports faster decision-making and innovation.
In 2025, the company's momentum was also recognized with a Microsoft Marketplace Partner of the Year Award and a finalist spot for Microsoft's Americas Emerging Partner of the Year. These milestones reflect its role in helping enterprises modernize data infrastructure on Microsoft Azure and prepare for AI-driven workloads. By continuing to deepen its partnerships and focus on reliable, automated data movement, Fivetran is well positioned to carry this success forward as organizations increasingly rely on data s the backbone of future intelligence.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2021
$565m
SERIES D
Jun 2020
$100m
SERIES C
Total funding: $727.7m
Company HQ
Downtown, Oakland, CA
Leadership
George Fraser
(CEO)George graduated with a PhD in Neurobiology from the University of Pittsburgh.
Taylor Brown
(COO)Taylor studied Business Administration (focusing on design strategy) at California College of the Arts to Masters level.
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