Fivetran
Manager Software Engineering
$212K–$264K
Oakland, California, United States, AMER · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
About the job
Leads the Data Application Platform engineering team, guiding people, delivery, and technical direction for core data-movement systems.
What you'll do
- Hire, coach, develop, and manage the performance of software engineers.
- Plan team priorities and execution to deliver high-quality software predictably.
- Guide architecture and coordinate cross-team work on scheduling, workflow management, application security, and database systems.
What they ask for
- Experience managing software engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, and performance management, with a track record of shipping production systems.
- Strong engineering foundation, including building and shipping production software and engaging on architecture and technical tradeoffs.
- Familiarity with SQL, application security, and platform scalability, plus clean code, modularity, testability, and backward compatibility.
- Experience driving cross-team technical initiatives and influencing engineering direction.
Nice to have
- Experience with data platforms or data engineering systems.
- Understanding of application security principles.
Pay
$211,513 — $264,391 USD (target new-hire compensation; base salary or total pay not specified)
Tools
Java, JUnit, Postgres Database, Claude Code, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP
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