Fivetran · 1 month ago
Staff Software Engineer - ETL Platform
Oakland, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$187K/yr - $233K/yrFivetran is a company dedicated to simplifying access to data, ensuring customer data arrives in a reliable manner. The Staff Software Engineer will join the ETL Platform team to manage and enhance data pipelines, ensuring smooth data flow and system performance for various clients.
AnalyticsCloud Data ServicesData Integration
Responsibilities
Make valuable contributions to the deepest recesses of our tech stack – including writing typesafe Ruby and Rails with Sorbet, building performant Kotlin microservices, managing highly available Spark clusters, working on deterministic Temporal workflows, and Terraforming all the things in AWS
Think in Parquet, live in cloud storage, and have data flowing through your veins
Operate in hostile territory on all sides–building and managing a data diffing ETL engine that operates across every type of data warehouse and SQL dialect imaginable on data you don't own or control, and send it to countless permutations of destinations that could respond any number of unpredictable ways
Be a reliable and steadfast operator, participating in the team on-call rotation to help diagnose, triage and fix performance bottlenecks and gnarly edge-cases our customers discover. You'll leave the campsite cleaner than you found it
Work closely with our product team to help design and develop new features to improve data pipeline observability and debuggability, putting you on a first name basis with the data teams of many companies you have come to love and respect
Qualification
Required
Expertise in at least one interpreted language such as Python, Ruby on Rails, etc
Expertise in at least one compiled language such as C++, Kotlin, Scala, Go, Java, etc
Solid understanding of relational databases (experience with data warehousing solutions (e.g., Snowflake) is a bonus)
Proven experience in system integration, including API consumption and development (experience with infrastructure management is a bonus)
Familiarity with leading cloud providers, such as GCP, AWS, or Azure
Experience being on-call
Ownership - Experience being on-call, driving system quality higher, managing costs and constantly recognizing areas to simplify while always improving composability
Autonomous and Self-Motivated - thrives in a high-trust environment, driving projects forward and making independent decisions with confidence
Adaptable and Resilient - comfortably navigates ambiguity and views challenges as opportunities for growth
Driven and Persistent - maintains a strong focus on goals, confidently overcoming obstacles and eagerly seeking innovative solutions to exceed expectations
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.
Company
Fivetran
Fivetran is a technology company that automates replicating data into a cloud data platforms.
Founded in 2012
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$853.11MKey Investors
Vista Credit PartnersAndreessen HorowitzMatrix
2023-05-18Debt Financing· $125M
2021-09-20Series D· $565M
2020-06-30Series C· $100M
Leadership Team
George Fraser
Chief Executive Officer
Taylor Brown
COO & Cofounder
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