Senior Staff Software Engineer

About the role

<div class="content-intro"><p>From Fivetran’s 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.</p></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>About the Role</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Fivetran and dbt Labs are bringing together two industry-leading companies with a shared mission: helping organizations unlock the full value of their data. Together, we’re delivering the data infrastructure layer that helps organizations move, transform, and trust their data — from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on. Fivetran helps organizations automate data movement across the systems, clouds, engines, and tools they rely on. dbt Labs pioneered analytics engineering, helping teams transform data into reliable, governed insights. Together, we support thousands of organizations as they build a trusted foundation for analytics, AI, and better business decisions. As we bring our teams and technology together, we’re building on the strengths of both companies while continuing to deliver the products and experiences our customers know and trust. It’s an exciting time to join us: we’re creating a company with the scale, talent, and technology to help more organizations put their data to work with greater speed, confidence, and impact. During this transition period, you may see references to both Fivetran and dbt Labs throughout our recruiting process as we integrate our teams, systems, and career sites.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We're looking for a senior-level technical leader to architect, build, and lead our Semantic Layer, the service that turns our customers' raw warehouse data into consistent, reusable metrics and analytical models they can trust across their entire organization.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You'll drive the architecture and long-term technical direction of the semantic layer, raising the bar for its performance, reliability, and analytical power so customers can ask any question of their data and get a fast, correct answer.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The work is very diverse, all the way from designing the modeling and query semantics, to building and optimizing the query execution engine, to operating sync and compute services on our global Kubernetes compute cluster. You'll also be responsible for ensuring the technical excellence of your team and owned services, by reviewing code, contributing to architectural designs, and mentoring your junior colleagues.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This is a full-time, fully remote position.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Technologies You’ll Use</strong></span></p> <p><span class="emphasis" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Python, Postgres, DuckDB, Data Warehouses, Kubernetes, Docker, GCP, BuildKite, Grafana</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Design, build, and lead the architecture of Fivetran's semantic layer, defining the modeling and query semantics that power metrics and analytics across customer data</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Independently design and implement features and performance improvements to create highly scalable distributed data systems on the cloud</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Develop, maintain, and test code</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Drive technical direction and architectural designs across the team and owned services</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Conduct design and code reviews</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Understand and fix challenges related to performance and scalability of query execution over large data warehouses</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Collaborate with peers, product managers, customer support, and other stakeholders to deliver the best product with high quality, performance, and scalability</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Participate periodically in on-call rotation</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Participate in the hiring process</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Mentor junior developers and make Fivetran the most reliable and secure component of our customers' data infrastructure</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Skills We’re Looking For</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- 8+ years of experience in the software industry with a passion for solving complex software engineering problems, including experience designing and developing reusable libraries, services, and platforms from scratch leveraging industry best practices</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Experience working with distributed systems and cloud security concepts</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL, with deep experience working with relational databases (Postgres) and data warehouses</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Demonstrated ability to write well-structured and performant code</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Ability to independently lead software and infrastructure design to satisfy project requirements</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Can identify design flaws in existing systems and come up with improvements</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Experience in code reviews, design, troubleshooting, and testing</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Hands-on experience working with cloud technologies (AWS, GCP) and containerization methodologies like Docker and Kubernetes</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Experience interacting with continuous integration tools like BuildKite; knowledge of observability tools like Grafana is a plus</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Understand how to use AI code assist and coding agents to automatically generate code for features, bugs, testing, and investigation, and use conversational AI systems (like Claude, ChatGPT, and internal chatbots) to support researching, authoring, reviewing, and synthesizing SDLC artifacts such as TDDs, PRDs, Postmortems, Test Plans, and Proposals</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Bonus Skills​</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Experience building semantic layers, metrics layers, or BI/analytics modeling tools</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Experience with query engines or query optimization (DuckDB, Spark, or similar)</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Experience in data processing (ETL, ELT) and/or cloud-based data platforms</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Experience designing query languages, DSLs, or analytical APIs</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Open-source contributions to data or analytics tooling</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>#LI-REMOTE #LI-DJ1</strong></span></p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>The compensation range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire compensation for the target position and level, and may include sales incentives or target bonuses depending on the role.  Our compensation ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Our job titles may span more than one career level. Within the range, individual compensation is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, business need, market demands. The compensation range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your location during the hiring process.</p></div><div class="title">New York Pay Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$207,073</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$258,841.50 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p> </p> <p class="p-rich_text_section" style="line-height: 1.3;"><strong data-stringify-type="bold">Perks and Benefits</strong></p> <ul> <li>100% employer-paid medical insurance<strong>*</strong></li> <li>Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off</li> <li>RSU stock grants*</li> <li>Professional development and training opportunities</li> <li>Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities</li> <li>Monthly cell phone stipend</li> <li>Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.</li> </ul> <p style="line-height: 1.3;"><em><strong>*</strong>May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information</em></p> <p style="line-height: 1.3;"><em>Click <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CdawUwjo1Q1B7ghZJ_owdmmHB8VtqhBu?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a> to learn more about Fivetran's Benefits by Region.</em></p> <hr> <p style="line-height: 1.3;">We’re honored to be <a class="c-link" href="https://fivetran.com/blog/hvr-acquisition-series-d" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://fivetran.com/blog/hvr-acquisition-series-d" data-sk="tooltip_parent">valued at over $5.6 billion</a>, but more importantly, we’re proud of our <a class="c-link" href="https://fivetran.com/culture" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://fivetran.com/culture" data-sk="tooltip_parent">core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream</a>. Read about us in <a class="c-link" href="https://fivetran-com.s3.amazonaws.com/news/forbes-aug-sept-2022-digital-reprint-10-21-22.pdf" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://fivetran-com.s3.amazonaws.com/news/forbes-aug-sept-2022-digital-reprint-10-21-22.pdf" data-sk="tooltip_parent">Forbes</a>.     </p> <p style="line-height: 1.3;">Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.</p> <p style="line-height: 1.3;">To learn more about Fivetran’s culture and what it’s like to be part of the team, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlhtp4dGh8o" target="_blank">click here</a> and enjoy our video.</p> <p style="line-height: 1.3;">To learn more about our candidate privacy policy, you can <a href="https://fivetran.com/candidate-privacy" target="_blank">read our statement here</a>.</p> <hr> <p style="line-height: 1.3;"><em>We are committed to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to participate in our interview process. If you require accommodations at any stage of the process due to a disability, medical condition, or any other circumstance, please don't hesitate to submit your request by filling out this <a href="https://forms.gle/V7k3t4u9j523XkEt6">form</a>. We will work with you to provide reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation and ensure a fair and accessible interview experience. Your request and any information provided will be kept confidential and will not impact your candidacy. We look forward to hearing from you and accommodating your needs to the best of our ability.</em></p></div>

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