Software Engineer II - Database

This team is tasked with evolving a high performance extract-load-transform data integration system that enables our connector teams to ship the Fivetran ELT product using powerful abstractions. The role will challenge you to solve problems in the domains of performance engineering, data security, and cluster orchestration. You don’t need to be a subject matter expert before you join us (you will become one within this role!), but you will need to have experience working carefully with a high impact software team — especially in environments where the best option may not be obvious, your decisions have cascading implications, and where you sometimes need to measure three times before you cut once.

Be a horizontally-scaling engineer (we grow together as a team)
Design and implement features and performance improvements in the Fivetran core to create highly scalable distributed data pipelines on the cloud
Care and feel ownership of our product platform, and leverage your skills towards improving it
Advocate for core values, business impact, better engineering, and simple and direct solutions
Lead engineering-wide initiatives for a number of key technologies
Collaborate across engineering on cross-functional projects creating innovative solutions
Work across the project lifecycle: requirements, design, prototype, implementation, review, release, monitoring
Review and approve technical design documents and pull requests
Improve and enhance engineering systems documentation and development processes
Coach and mentor other software engineers
Contribute to hiring by participating in the interview process

Typically, 3-5 years of software development experience in fast paced environments
Demonstrated passion to learn how large-scale software engineering projects work
Has developed an ability to write, test, and deploy well-structured and performant code
Experience developing data-processing systems, preferably for an external-facing product
Strong technical communication skills (written and verbal) in English
Proficient level programming in an object oriented / systems language such as Java, Python, C# etc.
Experienced with end-to-end systems profiling, performance, and optimization
Experienced working in a cloud environment architecture utilizing AWS, GCP, Postgres, Kubernetes, Docker, or similar technologies

Perks and Benefits

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
Recharge, reenergize, and pursue personal and professional goals with a 30-day paid leave after 5 years*
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.

*May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information

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Software Engineer II - Database - FiveTran