Fivetran
Senior Staff Systems Engineer, Data & Integrations
$203K–$253K
Oakland, California, United States, AMER · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, or a similar role.
About the job
Sets technical direction for business data architecture and leads complex integrations, migrations, and data quality initiatives across Fivetran’s core business systems.
What you'll do
- Own canonical data models and team standards for data modeling, quality, testing, governance, and documentation.
- Lead complex migrations, consolidations, and integration re-implementations from design through validation, cutover, and stabilization.
- Build and oversee pipelines, monitoring, reconciliation, and cross-system issue resolution; mentor engineers and align business partners.
What they ask for
- Expert SQL proficiency, including complex transformations, performance tuning, and large-scale reconciliation.
- Strong proficiency in Python or TypeScript and experience building production-grade, tested data pipelines.
- Hands-on experience with business systems data models, including a migration, org merge, or major re-implementation.
- Experience delivering large-scale ETL/ELT solutions and associated data quality, validation, and governance frameworks; ability to lead technical initiatives across teams.
Nice to have
- Experience with dbt or a similar transformation framework; API-based and event-driven integration patterns.
- Experience with iPaaS or reverse ETL tools, cloud platforms, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, or AI/ML for data quality, matching, and automation.
Pay
$202,787 — $253,483.50 USD (target new hire compensation; base salary or total pay not specified)
Tools
SQL, Python, TypeScript, Salesforce, NetSuite, Coupa, Workday, Zendesk
AI focus
Familiarity with AI/ML capabilities to augment data quality, matching, and automation is a bonus skill.
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