Staff Software Engineer, Fivetran
$186.7-233.4k
2 days a week in office (Oakland, CA)
Automated data movement platform
Open for applications
Automated data movement platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$186.7-233.4k
2 days a week in office (Oakland, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make access to data s simple and reliable as electricity.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in the software industry with a passion for solving complex software engineering problems
- Strong knowledge of and experience with OOP, preferably Java
- Strong knowledge in database and query performance tuning
- Writes well-structured and performant code
- Proven track record of leading and delivering large and complicated projects
- Able to define project requirements and be proficient at designing the software and infrastructure to satisfy them
- Experience understanding customer requirements and/or problems and breaking them down into engineering tasks
- Be able to efficiently solve problems that unlock valuable use cases for our largest customers
- Be able to dive into previously written code and both suggest and effect improvements
- Understands and can explain how to build high performance systems and processes
- Enjoy mentoring and growing junior developers
- Have an analytical mindset that helps you identify design flaws in existing systems and drive improvements
- Strong written and verbal English skills to support complex analysis
- Knowledge of observability tools like New Relic, Grafana is a plus
- Experience interacting with continuous integration tools like Buildkite/Circle CI
- Experienced working in a cloud environment utilizing AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, BuildKite, or similar technologies
Desirable
- Experience in data processing (ETL, ELT) and/or cloud-based platforms
- Hands-on experience working with any cloud technologies(AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization methodologies like docker, K8s
- Expertise in Postgres database internal
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a talented Staff Software Engineer with a passion for building enterprise-grade software to join the PostgreSQL database connector team
- You will be focusing on developing world-class enterprise capabilities and features in support of our largest and most sophisticated customers
- We emphasize using no-nonsense code, and take great pride in the simplicity and effectiveness of the systems we build. Our back-end is built on Java, C, Postgres, and Kubernetes, and our front-end is built on React and Typescript
- Technologies You’ll Use:
- Java, PostgreSQL, GCP, SQL, BigQuery, Bazel, BuildKite
- You'll lead the design, development, and debugging of our intuitive best-in-class enterprise capabilities enabling Fivetran’s largest customers
- Manage and lead projects simultaneously, coordinating with different stakeholders to ensure timely and quality delivery in an iterative development environment
- Maintain and improve existing enterprise features; call for improvements in Fivetran's codebase and infrastructure
- Demonstrably maintain high standards for code quality, performance, scalability, and reliability by conducting thorough testing and reviews
- Collaborate across engineering on cross-functional projects creating innovative solutions
- Make Fivetran the most reliable and secure component of our customers’ data infrastructure
- Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends, advocating for the adoption of new tools and methodologies to improve the development process
- Work closely with the Customer Success and Go-To-Market (GTM) teams to assist in challenging customer situations. Provide technical expertise and solutions to ensure customer satisfaction and support Fivetran's growth objectives
- Participate periodically in on-call rotation
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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