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Fivetran

Senior Staff R&D Software Engineer, Fivetran AI

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about 13 hours ago
Austin, TX, USASenior / Staff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$220k - $275k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Identify promising AI research and set the technical roadmap for Fivetran AI.
  • Prototype new ideas and turn successful prototypes into production-grade features.
  • Define technical direction across departments and resolve architectural tradeoffs.
  • Build and maintain back-end and front-end systems for the Fivetran AI product.
  • Set the long-term technical vision for capabilities like AISQL.
  • Take ownership of production reliability and participate in on-call rotations.
  • Establish engineering quality standards and perform hands-on work as needed.
  • Use coding agents to automate repetitive tasks.
  • Mentor staff and senior engineers, enhancing technical judgment across the department.
  • Represent Fivetran AI in cross-department planning and strategy discussions.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of programming experience in Python and/or Java.
  • Ability to influence technical direction across collaborating departments.
  • Comfortable reading AI/ML research and turning findings into prototypes.
  • Deep product and market awareness to judge emerging techniques.
  • Proven track record of defining and executing independent technical direction.
  • Experience with SQL and data warehouses like BigQuery or Snowflake.
  • Willingness to work across the full stack, including research and QA.
  • Ability to write well-structured, performant code.
  • Experience using coding agents to enhance engineering efficiency.
  • Demonstrated mentoring skills for senior and staff engineers.

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.