Senior Software Engineer

Technologies You’ll Use

• Java
• SQL
• Bazel, BuildKite, Docker, Kubernetes, Github
• AWS, GCP, Azure
• Postgres database
• AI Tools

What You’ll Do

• Design and implement features and performance improvements to create highly scalable distributed data pipelines on the cloud
• Develop, maintain, and test code
• Conduct design and code reviews
• Collaborate with peers, product managers, customer support, and other stakeholders to deliver the best product with high quality, performance, and scalability
• Understand and fix challenges related to performance and scalability
• Participate periodically in on-call rotation
• Participate in the hiring process
• Mentor Junior developers
• Make Fivetran the most reliable and secure component of our customers’ data infrastructure

Skills We’re Looking For

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Software Engineering or Computer Science
• 5+ years of experience in the software industry with a passion for solving complex software engineering problems
• Software engineering foundation - experience designing and developing reusable libraries and experimentation platforms for backend and frontend from scratch leveraging industry best practices
• Experience working with distributed systems
• Demonstrated ability to write well-structured and performant code
• Ability to lead software and infrastructure design to satisfy project requirements
• Experience in code reviews, design, troubleshooting and testing
• Experience programming in an object oriented / systems language such as Java, C++, C# etc
• Hands-on experience working with any cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization methodologies like Docker, K8s
• Experience interacting with continuous integration tools like Buildkite
• Knowledge of observability tools like New Relic/Grafana is a plus
• Knowledge of AI tools and usage is a plus

Bonus Skills

• Experience in data processing (ETL, ELT) and/or cloud-based platforms