Senior Orchestration Engineer — Remote & Scalable Data Platform

Fivetran, Inc.; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Professional development

Team events

Cell phone stipend

Mental health platform

Job summary

Fivetran, Inc. in Canada is seeking a senior software engineer to join our Orchestration team, owning the design and delivery of features end-to-end across high-throughput APIs and data models.

You’ll work with Python, Rust, GraphQL, and modern data systems, develop high-quality back-end services, improve performance, and collaborate with product, QE, and support teams. This full-time, remote role offers opportunities to use AI tooling and contribute to scalable data infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Experience designing backend services and reusable components from the ground up.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and cloud concepts.
• Proven ability to write well-structured, tested code.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement features across metadata services (discovery, catalog, lineage, run history).
• Develop, maintain, and test high-quality code with performance in mind.
• Write technical designs and review trade-offs with the team.
• Improve test coverage and reduce tech debt through refactoring.
• Troubleshoot production issues and participate in on-call rotation.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend services

Python

Rust

GraphQL

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Fivetran, Inc. in Canada is seeking a senior software engineer to join our Orchestration team, owning the design and delivery of features end-to-end across high-throughput APIs and data models.

You’ll work with Python, Rust, GraphQL, and modern data systems, develop high-quality back-end services, improve performance, and collaborate with product, QE, and support teams. This full-time, remote role offers opportunities to use AI tooling and contribute to scalable data infrastructure.