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Senior Software Engineer

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From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.

About the Role

Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.

Fivetran is looking for a talented Senior Software Engineer with a passion for building enterprise-grade software to join the team. You will be focusing on developing world-class enterprise capabilities and features in support of our largest and most sophisticated customers.

The work we do is both highly visible and critically important to the long term growth and success of Fivetran. You will have an impact across the entire product as we develop our next generation of enterprise, data governance, and solutions engineering offerings.

Fivetran is the epitome of data-driven-development — our engineering team is focused on building a world class product that:

Facilitates Data Analytics — join our mission to reliably deliver best-in class schemas, and clean data, designed to be intuitively useful to analysts.
Contributes to our Community — help develop tools like Data Lakes, SQL-based Transformations, and schema explorers to empower analysts to choose the best tools, and to make those tools more powerful.
Is Absolutely Dependable — work to make Fivetran the most reliable and secure component of our customers’ data infrastructure.

We emphasize using no-nonsense code, and take great pride in the simplicity and effectiveness of the systems we build. Our back-end is built on Java, C, Postgres, and Kubernetes, and our front-end is built on React and Typescript.

This is a full-time, hybrid position based out of our Toronto, Canada office.

Technologies You’ll Use

Java, Postgres, GCP, SQL, BigQuery, Bazel, BuildKite, Grafana

What You’ll Do

Lead the design, development, and debugging of our intuitive best-in-class enterprise capabilities enabling Fivetran’s largest customers.
Manage and lead projects simultaneously, coordinating with different stakeholders to ensure timely and quality delivery in an iterative development environment.
Maintain and improve existing enterprise features; call for improvements in Fivetran's codebase and infrastructure.
Demonstrably maintain high standards for code quality, performance, scalability, and reliability by conducting thorough testing and reviews.
Collaborate across engineering on cross-functional projects creating innovative solutions.
Make Fivetran the most reliable and secure component of our customers’ data infrastructure.
Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends, advocating for the adoption of new tools and methodologies to improve the development process.
Work closely with the Customer Success and Go-To-Market (GTM) teams to assist in challenging customer situations. Provide technical expertise and solutions to ensure customer satisfaction and support Fivetran's growth objectives.
Participate periodically in on-call rotation.
Participate in the hiring process.

Skills We’re Looking For

5+ years of experience in the software industry with a passion for solving complex software engineering problems.
Strong knowledge of and experience with OOP, preferably Java.
Writes well-structured and performant code.
Proven track record of leading and delivering large and complicated projects.
Able to define project requirements and be proficient at designing the software and infrastructure to satisfy them.
Experience understanding customer requirements and/or problems and breaking them down into engineering tasks.
Be able to efficiently solve problems that unlock valuable use cases for our largest customers.
Be able to dive into previously written code and both suggest and effect improvements
Understands and can explain how to build high performance systems and processes.
Enjoy mentoring and growing junior develops.
Have an analytical mindset that helps you identify design flaws in existing systems and drive improvements.
Hands-on experience working with any cloud technologies(AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization methodologies like docker, K8s.
Strong written and verbal English skills to support complex analysis.
Knowledge of observability tools like New Relic, Grafana is a plus.
Experience interacting with continuous integration tools like Buildkite/Circle CI.

Bonus Skills

Experience in data processing (ETL, ELT) and/or cloud-based platforms.
Experienced working in a cloud environment utilizing AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, BuildKite, or similar technologies.

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Perks and Benefits

100% employer-paid medical insurance*
Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off
RSU stock grants*
Professional development and training opportunities
Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
Monthly cell phone stipend
Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.

*May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information

Click here to learn more about Fivetran's Benefits by Region.

We’re honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, we’re proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes.

Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.

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What You Should Know About Senior Software Engineer, Fivetran

At Fivetran, located in the vibrant city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, we're on a mission to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in building enterprise-grade software that powers data pipelines for thousands of companies. Your work will involve developing innovative features that enhance our product's capabilities and support our largest clients. You'll lead projects that require collaboration with various stakeholders and maintain high standards for code quality. With our tech stack rooted in Java, C, Postgres, and Kubernetes, you’ll ensure Fivetran remains the most dependable component of our customers’ data infrastructure. You’ll deepen your expertise in cloud technologies like GCP, help ensure data reliability, and contribute to impactful decisions in the development process. In this hybrid role, enjoy working in an environment that values your insights and encourages continuous learning. Plus, with exciting perks such as 100% employer-paid medical insurance and generous paid time off, you’ll find a supportive community that truly values its engineers. Join us at Fivetran and be part of a team that believes in the power of data to drive success.

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What are the main responsibilities of a Senior Software Engineer at Fivetran?

As a Senior Software Engineer at Fivetran, you'll lead the design and development of enterprise capabilities, manage multiple projects, and ensure high code quality while collaborating with various stakeholders. You'll improve existing features and participate in on-call rotations to support customer success.