# Staff Software Engineer, Metadata

**Company:** [Fivetran](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fivetran)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $162k – $199k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Python, GraphQL, Postgres, Snowflake, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, Datadog, Java, C++, C#, ETL, dbt
**Posted:** 2026-08-13

> Technical leader for the Metadata team, owning architecture and delivery of distributed backend services for discovery, catalog, lineage, and run history. The role requires 8+ years of software engineering experience, strong cloud and systems expertise, and a record of leading multi-engineer initiatives.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of complex, team-level projects across Metadata services, coordinating development across multiple engineers.
- Design and develop architectures for new subsystems and own team-level subsystems end to end.
- Use AI tooling and agents across development and SDLC artifacts, including TDDs, PRDs, post-mortems, and test plans.
- Review and approve technical designs, identifying deficiencies before release.
- Drive technical initiatives across discovery API, catalog, lineage, and run history systems.
- Establish and uphold design, architecture, and coding best practices.
- Coach and mentor engineers and improve code quality through reviews and guidance.
- Write technical specifications, document common components, and maintain project documentation.
- Optimize critical code, follow up on incidents, and improve service reliability and performance.
- Participate periodically in the on-call rotation.

## Requirements
- **8+ years** of software engineering experience, including leadership of complex, team-scope technical work.
- Deep expertise designing and owning subsystems in distributed, cloud-based systems.
- Ability to set technical direction and drive multi-engineer initiatives.
- Excellent design and architecture judgment, including evaluating trade-offs and identifying design flaws.
- Strong coding, testing, estimation, and delivery skills.
- Track record of improving quality through code review, peer coaching, and engineering practices.
- Experience partnering with QE on test strategy and owning incidents, post-mortems, reliability, and performance.
- Proficiency in a modern backend or systems language such as Python, Java, C++, or C#.
- Experience with cloud platforms, containerization, and development infrastructure.
- Fluency with AI code assistants, coding agents, and conversational AI for SDLC artifacts.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with ETL, ELT, or cloud-based data platforms.
- Experience architecting metadata, catalog, lineage, or discovery/search systems.
- Experience with GraphQL APIs and high-throughput, multi-tenant data services.
- Familiarity with analytics engineering and the dbt ecosystem.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Oakland pay range: **$162,157.50–$198,877.25 USD**.
- 100% employer-paid medical insurance.
- Paid time off, sick time, parental leave, holidays, and volunteer days.
- RSU stock grants.
- Professional development and training opportunities.
- Virtual events, free food, and team-building activities.
- Monthly cell phone stipend.
- Mental health support platform with therapy, coaching, and mindfulness resources.

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