Manager Software Engineering
Hybrid (Oakland, CA)$211.5k - $264.4kfull-timePosted 4d ago
About the role
Engineering Manager for the Data Application Platform team leading core systems that support data movement (scheduling/workflow management, application security, and database systems) with a hands-on leadership approach, based in Oakland, CA with hybrid work.
Responsibilities
- Lead and Grow the Team: Hire, onboard, coach, and develop software engineers, while providing day-to-day support and managing performance.
- Own Team Delivery: Plan and prioritize the team’s work, and guide execution to deliver high-quality software predictably.
- Set Technical Direction: Partner with senior and staff engineers to guide the architecture and evolution of Fivetran’s scheduling, workflow management, application security, and database systems, focusing on reliability, scalability, and security.
- Drive Cross-Team Alignment: Work with leaders across Fivetran’s platform and engineering organization to coordinate shared technical work and ensure core systems integrate effectively.
- Shape the Roadmap: Partner with product and engineering stakeholders to translate customer needs, security requirements, and operational feedback into clear priorities and a well-sequenced roadmap.
- Raise the Engineering Bar: Build a culture of design docs, thoughtful code review, and durable engineering, enabling the team to ship quickly while maintaining quality.
Qualifications
- Lead Engineering Teams: Experience managing software engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, and performance management, with a track record of shipping production systems.
- Bring Strong Engineering Judgment: A solid engineering foundation—you’ve built and shipped production software and can engage credibly with senior engineers on architecture and technical tradeoffs.
- Understand Core Platform Domains: Familiarity with areas such as SQL, application security, and platform scalability, along with a strong grasp of clean code, modularity, testability, and backward compatibility.
- Communicate and Collaborate Effectively: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience working in distributed, asynchronous teams and explaining complex tradeoffs to engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders.
- Lead Across Teams: Demonstrated experience driving cross-team technical initiatives and influencing engineering direction.
- Deliver Through Ambiguity: A track record of taking high-impact problems from definition through execution.
Skills
Required:Lead Engineering TeamsEngineering JudgmentCore Platform DomainsCommunication & CollaborationCross-Team LeadershipDelivery Under Ambiguity
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 an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources for all covered employees and their dependents.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Fivetran
Moving data. Powering innovation.
Effortlessly centralize all the data you need so your team can deliver better insights, faster.
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