Full-Time

Senior Software Engineer

Databases

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Fivetran

Fivetran

1,001-5,000 employees

Automated data movement and management platform

Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
Cybersecurity

Compensation Overview

$166.6k - $199.9kAnnually

Senior

Oakland, CA, USA

Full-time position based out of our Oakland, California office.

Category
Backend Engineering
FinTech Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
MySQL
NoSQL
BigQuery
Java
Postgres
Oracle
Snowflake
Requirements
  • 5+ years programming in Java languages
  • Writes well-structured and performant code
  • Be able to dive into code that has been previously written and suggest improvements
  • Understand and can explain how to build high performance systems and processes
  • Able to define project requirements and be proficient at designing software and infrastructure
  • Enjoy mentoring and growing junior develops
  • Have an analytical mindset that helps you identify design flaws in existing systems and come up with improvements
  • Experience understanding customer requirements and/or problems and breaking them down into engineering tasks
Responsibilities
  • Dive deep into data replication debugging, analyzing existing code that is in use by hundreds of customers today. Some clients are operating the largest Oracle clusters in the world.
  • Analyze new features that are introduced by various data sources including Snowflake, BigQuery, SQL Server, Postgres, MySQL, and NoSQL databases and determine how to develop supporting features.
  • Contribute to the efforts to the maintenance and improvement of existing connectors; call for improvement in all areas of Fivetran's codebase and infrastructure
  • Be a part of the process to move a high performance client side service to the cloud and operate at scale
  • Develop software designs and technical roadmap for the team
  • Contribute to hiring by participating in the interview process

Fivetran offers an automated platform for data movement that helps businesses manage their data efficiently through a process called ELT (Extract, Load, Transform). It features over 400 pre-built, no-code connectors that simplify linking various data sources and automatically handles updates, data normalization, and schema drift. Fivetran stands out from competitors by focusing on automation and security, ensuring compliance with data protection regulations. The company's goal is to make data movement seamless and secure, enabling better decision-making for businesses.

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$707.7M

Headquarters

Oakland, California

Founded

2012

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

5%

2 year growth

5%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Growing demand for data integration boosts Fivetran's market potential.
  • Partnerships with Deliveroo and BOOST showcase Fivetran's effectiveness in data-driven decisions.
  • Integration with dbt Cloud accelerates data insights, benefiting analytics-focused companies.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from Atlan could challenge Fivetran's market position.
  • Rapid connector expansion may lead to quality control issues.
  • Hybrid deployment options could complicate platform management and customer support.

What makes Fivetran unique

  • Fivetran offers over 500 pre-built connectors, leading the data movement industry.
  • The platform automates ELT processes, freeing data engineers for strategic tasks.
  • Fivetran's hybrid deployment allows pipeline operation in any environment, enhancing flexibility.

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