Fivetran
Senior Staff Software Engineer
$232K–$290K
Oakland, California, United States +1 · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 8, 2026
- Location
- Oakland, California, United States
Oakland, California, United States, AMER - Experience
- 10+ years of experience in the software industry.
About the job
Leads the engineering foundation and governance for internal AI-powered applications, productionizes custom apps, and advises on safe AI-assisted development.
What you'll do
- Build and govern a reusable code library and agent rules for internal AI-enabled web apps; develop and productionize apps on that foundation.
- Advise engineering leadership on policies for secure AI-assisted app development and deployment; partner with business stakeholders and platform teams.
- Design, implement, test, review, and improve software, including scalable distributed systems; mentor developers and participate in on-call and hiring.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of software industry experience, including designing and developing reusable libraries and experimentation platforms for backend and frontend.
- Experience with distributed systems and cloud security; ability to lead software and infrastructure design independently.
- Experience programming in an object-oriented or systems language such as Java, C++, or C#; hands-on cloud and containerization experience.
- Experience with code reviews, design, troubleshooting, and testing; familiarity with continuous integration tools.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of observability tools such as New Relic/Grafana.
- Experience in data processing (ETL, ELT) and/or cloud-based platforms.
Pay
$232,338 — $290,422 USD (target new-hire compensation; base salary or total pay not specified)
Tools
Python, TypeScript/React, Kubernetes, GCP Cloud SQL (PostgreSQL), BigQuery, Claude API, Agent SDK, BuildKite
AI focus
Develops and governs internal AI-powered applications and agent rules, productionizes custom apps, and guides safe AI-assisted development. Uses AI code assistants, coding agents, and conversational AI to generate code and support SDLC artifacts.
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