Senior Software Engineer, Fivetran
Databases
$166.6-199.9k
+ RSUs
Office located in Oakland, CA
Automated data movement platform
Job no longer available
Automated data movement platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$166.6-199.9k
+ RSUs
Office located in Oakland, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make access to data s simple and reliable as electricity.
Role
Who you are
- Experience in Java. Knowledge of additional languages (e.g. C++) is preferred
- Experience in reliable distributed systems, with an emphasis on high-volume data management platform that operate under strict SLAs
- You know how to design and code systems and software that is effective, performant, intuitive, easy to operate, and elegantly simple
- Expertise in working with popular Cloud platforms, Cloud-based APIs, databases
- Can troubleshoot problems with existing code
- You have experience with and knowledge of relational Databases
- You can write efficient SQL queries
Desirable
- Knowledge of Postgres internal
- Postgres contributor
- Experience in data processing (ETL or ELT)
What the job involves
- We’re looking for an enthusiastic Senior Software Engineer to join our fast-growing data company
- As a part of the databases team, you will help drive performance improvement, improve reliability/architecture and build new features for our Postgres data pipeline services, including both database and REST services
- Technologies You’ll Use:
- Java
- SQL
- Bazel, BuildKite, Docker, Kubernetes, Github
- AWS, GCP, Azure
- Postgres database
- Create technical design document for new features
- Write and test code
- Review and approve technical design documents and git pull requests
- Work with team members and assist with their challenges
- Resolve customer issues
- Collaborate with a broader set of stakeholders, including PM, CSE, SE and Sales
- Work across the project lifecycle: requirements, design, prototype, implementation, review, release, and monitoring
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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