Staff Software Engineer
Fivetran
9 months ago
Oakland, CA, USA
Staff+
H1B Sponsor
Base Salary
$187k - $233k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and debugging of enterprise capabilities for Fivetran's largest customers.
- Manage and lead multiple projects, coordinating with stakeholders for timely delivery.
- Maintain and improve existing enterprise features and advocate for codebase enhancements.
- Ensure high standards for code quality, performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Collaborate on cross-functional projects to create innovative solutions.
- Work to make Fivetran a reliable and secure component of customer data infrastructure.
- Stay updated with emerging technologies and advocate for new tools and methodologies.
- Assist Customer Success and GTM teams in challenging customer situations.
- Participate in on-call rotation as needed.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in the software industry with a focus on complex engineering problems.
- Strong knowledge of OOP, preferably in Java.
- Experience in database and query performance tuning.
- Ability to write well-structured and performant code.
- Proven track record of leading and delivering large projects.
- Proficient in defining project requirements and designing software solutions.
- Experience in breaking down customer requirements into engineering tasks.
- Strong problem-solving skills to unlock valuable use cases.
- Ability to suggest and implement improvements in existing code.
- Understanding of high-performance systems and processes.
- Enjoy mentoring junior developers.
- Strong analytical mindset to identify design flaws.
- Excellent written and verbal English skills.
- Knowledge of observability tools like New Relic and Grafana is a plus.
- Experience with continuous integration tools like Buildkite/Circle CI.
- Experience in cloud environments using AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, or Docker.
Benefits
- 100% employer-paid medical insurance.
- Generous paid time-off policy, including sick time and parental leave.
- RSU stock grants.
- Professional development and training opportunities.
- Company virtual happy hours and team-building activities.
- Monthly cell phone stipend.
- Access to a mental health support platform for personalized care.
Tech Stack
AWSBazelBuildkiteDockerGoogle BigQueryGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKubernetesPostgreSQLReactSQLTypeScript
Categories
BackendData EngineeringData Science