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Fivetran

Staff R&D Software Engineer, Fivetran AI

Fivetran
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about 5 hours ago

Base Salary

$184k - $230k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Research emerging techniques in retrieval, reasoning, and agentic AI.
  • Prototype new ideas and turn successful prototypes into production-grade features.
  • Define technical direction across multiple teams within Fivetran AI.
  • Build and maintain back-end and front-end systems for the Fivetran AI product.
  • Drive the AISQL capability forward, executing natural language to SQL.
  • Take ownership of production reliability, including on-call rotation and incident response.
  • Set high standards for testing and QA practices.
  • Use coding agents to automate repetitive tasks.
  • Independently define and execute plans based on high-level direction.
  • Mentor other engineers and contribute to the hiring process.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of programming experience in Python and/or Java.
  • Ability to influence and define technical direction across multiple teams.
  • Comfortable reading AI/ML research and turning findings into prototypes.
  • Strong product and market awareness to judge emerging techniques.
  • Experience with SQL and data warehouses like BigQuery or Snowflake.
  • Willingness to work across the full stack, including research, backend, frontend, SRE, and QA.
  • Ability to write well-structured, performant code.
  • Experience using coding agents or similar AI tooling.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and influence technical decisions.
  • Thrives in a startup-like environment with shifting priorities.

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.