Senior Software Engineer, Fivetran
Databases
CA$139.9-167.8k
+ Equity
2 days a week in office
Automated data movement platform
Be an early applicant
Automated data movement platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$139.9-167.8k
+ Equity
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
- Expertise in Java development
- Experience developing reliable software with high-volume data management under strict SLAs
- Experience working with popular cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Knowledge of popular NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB, Amazon DynamoDB)
- Knowledge of and appreciation for clean code practices
- Ability to troubleshoot problematic code and identify root cause(s)
Desirable
- Experience working with change data capture for MongoDB, Amazon DynamoDB and/or IBM Db2
- Experience developing data integration tools (ETL or ELT)
- Experience identifying and optimizing performance bottlenecks in distributed systemsThis role is a backfill for an existing position and offers an opportunity to step into a well-established team and make an immediate impact
What the job involves
- Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies
- We’re seeking an enthusiastic Senior Software Engineer to join our fast-growing data company
- As a part of the databases team, you will help drive performance improvements, improve reliability/architecture and build new features for our data pipeline services
- Write and deliver code reliably, along with automated tests (unit and integration)
- Break down project work into tasks with effort estimates
- Give and receive feedback through code reviews
- Independently create technical designs for new features and actively seek feedback
- Write common components to be used within the team or department
- Mentor other engineers on improving all aspects of their code, according to established coding practices
- Collaborate daily with team members to develop new features and improvements while minimizing technical debt
- Resolve customer issues in collaboration with customer support
- Work across the software development lifecycle: requirements, design, prototype, implementation, review, release, and monitoring
- Technologies You’ll Use
- Java
- NoSQL databases: MongoDB, Amazon DynamoDB, Azure Cosmos DB
- Relational databases: IBM Db2, CockroachDB
- AWS, GCP, Azure
- Bazel, Docker, Kubernetes, Github
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.
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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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