Fivetran
Senior Software Engineer - Orchestration
$164K–$197K
USA - Austin (dbt) +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Location
- USA - Austin (dbt)
Ontario, Canada - Experience
- 5+ years in the software industry.
About the job
Designs and delivers features and performance improvements for the dbt platform’s orchestration control plane, including its scheduler, execution harness, and results processing.
What you'll do
- Build, test, and optimize orchestration services and their critical paths.
- Write and review technical designs and code; improve test coverage and reduce technical debt.
- Troubleshoot production incidents, plan mitigations, and collaborate across teams to deliver scalable features.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of software industry experience, including designing and building backend services and reusable components.
- Experience with distributed systems and cloud computing concepts; hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure and Docker or Kubernetes.
- Proficiency in a modern backend or systems language such as Python, Java, C++, or C#; ability to write performant, well-tested code.
- Experience with code reviews, design, troubleshooting, and testing; ability to lead feature-level work and explain design trade-offs.
Nice to have
- Experience in ETL/ELT or cloud-based data platforms, metadata/catalog/lineage/search systems, GraphQL APIs, or multi-tenant data services.
- Familiarity with analytics engineering and the dbt ecosystem; BuildKite and Datadog or Grafana experience is a plus.
Pay
$163,920 — $196,712 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, Rust, GraphQL, Postgres, Snowflake, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker
AI focus
Uses AI coding assistants and agents, including GitHub Copilot and Claude Code, and conversational AI to accelerate development and create or review SDLC artifacts such as designs, PRDs, post-mortems, and test plans.
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