Staff Software Engineer, Fivetran

• 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
• Understand and know how/when to leverage AI agent to improve engineering efficiency
• Understands and can explain how to build high performance systems and processes
• 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
• Enjoy mentoring and growing junior developers
• Strong written and verbal English skills to support complex analysis

Desirable

• 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
• The work we do is both highly visible and critically important to the long term growth and success of Fivetran
• Fivetran is the epitome of data-driven-development — our engineering team is focused on building a world class product that:
• Facilitates Data Analytics — join our mission to reliably deliver best-in class schemas, and clean data, designed to be intuitively useful to analysts
• Contributes to our Community — help develop tools like Data Lakes, SQL-based Transformations, and schema explorers to empower analysts to choose the best tools, and to make those tools more powerful
• Is Absolutely Dependable — work to make Fivetran the most reliable and secure component of our customers’ data infrastructure
• 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
• 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