Fivetran
Senior Software Engineer
$175K–$210K
Oakland, California, United States, AMER · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 22, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in the software industry.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Software Engineering or Computer Science.
About the job
Build enterprise capabilities and scalable distributed data pipeline features, improving the performance, security, and reliability of Fivetran systems.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, maintain, and test features and performance improvements for cloud-based distributed data pipelines.
- Conduct design and code reviews, troubleshoot scalability issues, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver reliable, high-quality software.
- Participate in on-call rotations and hiring; mentor junior developers.
What they ask for
- Experience designing and developing reusable libraries and experimentation platforms for backend and frontend.
- Experience with distributed systems and writing well-structured, performant code; ability to lead software and infrastructure design.
- Experience with code reviews, design, troubleshooting, and testing.
- Programming experience in an object-oriented or systems language, plus hands-on cloud and containerization experience and familiarity with continuous integration tools.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of observability tools such as New Relic/Grafana and AI tools.
- Experience in data processing (ETL, ELT) and/or cloud-based platforms.
Pay
$174,915–$209,906.50 USD base salary
Tools
Java, SQL, Bazel, BuildKite, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP
AI focus
The team uses AI and other advanced tools to help ensure high-quality Fivetran systems; knowledge and use of AI tools is a plus.
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