About the position
Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies. We're looking for a talented Staff Software Engineer with a passion for building enterprise-grade software to join the PostgreSQL database connector 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. Fivetran is the epitome of data-driven-development - our engineering team is focused on building a world class product that facilitates Data Analytics, contributes to our Community, and is Absolutely Dependable. 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 Oakland, CA office. Our hybrid work model offers a blend of remote flexibility and in-person collaboration, including two days in the office each week to connect and build as a team.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Requirements
- 10+ 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.
- Strong knowledge in database and query performance tuning.
- 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 developers.
- Have an analytical mindset that helps you identify design flaws in existing systems and drive improvements.
- 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.
- Experienced working in a cloud environment utilizing AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, BuildKite, or similar technologies.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in data processing (ETL, ELT) and/or cloud-based platforms.
- Hands-on experience working with any cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization methodologies like docker, K8s.
- Expertise in Postgres database internals.
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.
