Software Engineer - Fullstack

Oakland, California, United States, AMER

Position Title: Staff Software Engineer - Fullstack

From Fivetran founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.

We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Reverse ETL product engineering team.

As a staff software engineer in Reverse ETL, you'll be on the front lines of integrating data activation capabilities into the Fivetran product across UI, authentication, billing, data model, and more. You'll be a senior member of a distributed, collaborative, agile team of engineers of varying experience levels and diverse backgrounds.

This is a full‑time position based out of our New York office. Our hybrid work model offers a blend of remote flexibility and in‑person collaboration, including two days in the office each week to connect and build as a team.

• Expertise in at least one interpreted language such as Python or Ruby on Rails.
• Hands‑on experience with at least one compiled language such as C++, Kotlin, Scala, Go, or Java.
• Solid understanding of relational databases (experience with data warehousing solutions such as Snowflake is a bonus).
• Proven experience in system integration, including API consumption and development (experience with infrastructure management is a bonus).
• Familiarity with leading cloud providers, such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• Experience being on‑call.

• Make contributions to all parts of our tech stack, which comprises Ruby on Rails, Typescript, Vue, and AWS.
• Be comfortable filling in the gaps in product and design specs and prototyping ideas before committing to build.
• Work closely with our product team, leaders, and customers to help design and develop features that make Fivetran the one‑stop shop for data activation.
• Mentor early‑career engineers, perform thoughtful and constructive code reviews, advise on best practices, provide project‑level leadership, and operate across teams, departments, and time zones.
• Lead major projects, from driving research spikes to writing and socializing design documents to planning implementation and rollout.

• Can build things end‑to‑end. Our engineers build, deploy, and maintain their code.
• Is adept with data, backend systems, APIs, and UI components.
• Is customer‑focused, with an eye for building delightful product experiences and developer experiences.
• Approaches new problems with a scrappy optimism and a bias towards action.
• Thrives in ambiguous environments where you get to work directly with customers and make decisions that build trust and have a huge impact on the business.
• Is present and available online for synchronous and asynchronous collaboration with a team distributed across North America.
• Able to work in‑person in our New York office 2 days per week.

New York Pay Range: $196,033 – $ USD.

• 100% employer‑paid medical insurance
• Generous paid time‑off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off
• RSU stock grants
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team‑building activities
• Monthly cell phone stipend
• Access to an innovative mental health support platform offering personalized care and resources such as therapy, coaching, and self‑guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their dependents

We are committed to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to participate in our interview process and to provide reasonable accommodations to facilitate participation and ensure a fair and accessible interview experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/protected veterans