Fivetran
Principal Software Engineer, AI Tooling & Adoption
$226K–$282K
Oakland, California, United States, AMER · Principal · Full-time · Posted Jul 23, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of software engineering experience.
About the job
Leads Fivetran’s engineering-wide AI adoption initiative, integrating AI development tools into workflows and delivering measurable productivity improvements.
What you'll do
- Drive AI adoption, change management, training, and measurement across the Engineering organization.
- Evaluate AI tools and lead their integration, security guardrails, and coding-agent implementations.
- Execute the AI adoption roadmap, manage the tool budget, and report business impact to stakeholders and executives.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of software engineering experience across multiple programming languages and paradigms.
- Hands-on experience with AI-powered development tools and strong understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, and model capabilities and limitations.
- Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, modern development workflows, and evaluating and implementing technologies at scale.
- Demonstrated ability to lead adoption and change across large engineering organizations, influence senior leaders, and communicate business value.
Nice to have
- Experience with Fivetran’s tech stack (Java, Python, C, SQL, Bazel, React).
- Background in developer productivity, platform engineering, or DevEx; production experience with virtual agents or coding assistants is also a bonus.
Pay
$225,813 — $282,266 USD (base salary)
Tools
Java, Postgres, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS
AI focus
Lead AI adoption across Engineering, including evaluating and integrating AI development tools, implementing virtual coding agents, establishing security and development standards, and measuring productivity gains.
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