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Staff Software Engineer, Metadata

Fivetran· Engineering Department
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Oakland, CA$196k - $245kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Staff software engineer to lead the metadata layer of the dbt platform, owning discovery API, catalog, lineage, and run history services; focuses on architecture, design, mentorship, and driving complex subsystems end-to-end. Fully remote with occasional in-person visits to Oakland, CA.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and delivery of complex, team-level projects across the Metadata services, coordinating development across multiple engineers
  • Independently design and develop the architecture of new subsystems, and own team-level subsystems end to end
  • Use AI tooling and agents — across development and SDLC artifacts such as TDDs, PRDs, post-mortems, and test plans
  • Review and approve technical designs, ensuring they meet a high quality bar, and identify design deficiencies before they ship
  • Drive technical initiatives across the team's responsibility areas — discovery API, catalog, lineage, and run history
  • Set and uphold design, architecture, and coding best practices, and hold teammates accountable for code quality
  • Coach and mentor engineers, demonstrably improving the quality of code across the team
  • Write technical specs, document common components, and keep the team accountable for necessary project documentation
  • Fix and optimize critical parts of the codebase, drive incident follow-through, and advance the reliability and performance of the services you own
  • Participate periodically in the on-call rotation

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of leading complex, team-scope technical work to completion
  • Deep expertise designing and owning subsystems in distributed, cloud-based systems
  • Demonstrated ability to set technical direction for a team and drive multi-engineer initiatives across an area of ownership
  • Excellent design and architecture judgment; identifies design flaws in existing systems and proposes sound solutions with clear trade-offs
  • Writes exemplary, well-tested code that serves as a model for others, and reliably estimates and delivers sprint to sprint
  • Strong track record of raising quality through code review, coaching peers, and enforcing accepted engineering practices
  • Experience partnering with QE on test strategy and owning operational health — incidents, post-mortems, reliability, and performance
  • Proficiency in a modern backend or systems language such as Python, Java, C++, or C#
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and managing dev infrastructure
  • Fluent in using AI code assistants and coding agents to generate and investigate code, and conversational AI to author, review, and synthesize SDLC artifacts

Skills

Required:Software engineering leadershipDistributed systems designTechnical direction & architectureBackend developmentCloud platformsContainerization & orchestration
Nice to have:AI tooling for SDLC

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, including a 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 mental health support platform for all covered employees and their dependents
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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