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Software Engineer

Fivetran· Engineering Department
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Hybrid (Oakland, CA)$140.6k - $168.7kfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Software Engineer role focused on designing, implementing, and improving highly scalable distributed data pipelines and enterprise-grade features for Fivetran’s ELT product, with emphasis on performance, security, and data governance. Hybrid in Oakland, CA with two in-office days per week.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement features and performance improvements to create highly scalable distributed data pipelines on the cloud.
  • Develop, maintain, and test code.
  • Conduct design and code reviews.
  • Collaborate with peers, product managers, customer support, and other stakeholders to deliver the best product with high quality, performance, and scalability.
  • Participate periodically in on-call rotation.
  • Make Fivetran the most reliable and secure component of our customers’ data infrastructure.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree, preferably in Software Engineering or Computer Science.
  • 3+ years of experience in the software industry with a passion for solving complex software engineering problems.
  • Software engineering foundation - experience designing and developing reusable libraries and experimentation platforms for backend and frontend from scratch leveraging industry best practices.
  • Demonstrated ability to write well-structured and performant code.
  • Ability to lead software and infrastructure design to satisfy project requirements.
  • Experience in code reviews, design, troubleshooting and testing.
  • Experience programming in an object oriented / systems language such as Java, C++, C# etc.
  • Experience interacting with continuous integration tools like Buidkite.
  • Knowledge of observability tools like New Relic/Grafana is a plus.
  • Knowledge of Data Engineering is a plus.
  • Understand how to use AI code assist and coding agents to automatically generate code for features, bugs, testing, and investigation.
  • Ability to use conversational AI systems (like Claude, ChatGPT, and internal chatbots) to support researching, authoring, reviewing, and synthesizing various SDLC artifacts.

Skills

Required:Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering or Computer Sciencesoftware engineering experienceBackend and frontend library development

Benefits

  • 100% employer-paid medical insurance
  • Generous paid time away from work, including paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation depending on role and country, plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave, paid holidays, year-end Global Week of Rest, 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 for employees and dependents.
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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