Software Engineer

Fivetran; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Fivetran is seeking an enthusiastic Software Engineer to join our databases team. You will help drive performance improvements, improve reliability/architecture and build new features for our NoSQL data pipeline services.

As part of a fast-growing data company, you will write reliable code with automated tests, review code with teammates, and troubleshoot customer issues in collaboration with the support team throughout the full software development lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Strong Java development experience.
• Experience with NoSQL databases.
• Experience building data pipelines / ETL/ELT.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-growing data company.

Responsibilities

• Write and deliver code reliably, along with automated tests (unit and integration)
• Optimize code to make it more performant
• Break down project work into tasks with estimates
• Give and receive feedback through code reviews
• Collaborate daily with team members to develop new features and improvements while minimizing technical debt
• Resolve customer issues in collaboration with customer support
• Work across the software development lifecycle: requirements, design, prototype, implementation, review, release, and monitoring
• Use AI coding agents to automatically generate code for use cases such as incident resolution, feature development, testing, and investigations

Skills

Java development

Distributed systems

NoSQL databases

Performance optimization

Code reviews

Unit and integration testing

Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Troubleshooting

Tools

MongoDB

Amazon DynamoDB

Azure Cosmos DB

Bazel

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub

Job description

• Fivetran + dbt Labs is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies
• We’re seeking an enthusiastic Software Engineer to join our fast-growing data company. As a part of the databases team, you will help drive performance improvements, improve reliability/architecture and build new features for our NoSQL data pipeline services

Technologies You’ll Use:

• Java
• MongoDB, Amazon DynamoDB, Azure Cosmos DB
• AWS, GCP, Azure
• Bazel, Docker, Kubernetes, Github

• Write and deliver code reliably, along with automated tests (unit and integration)
• Optimize code to make it more performant
• Break down project work into tasks with estimates
• Give and receive feedback through code reviews
• Collaborate daily with team members to develop new features and improvements while minimizing technical debt
• Resolve customer issues in collaboration with customer support
• Work across the software development lifecycle: requirements, design, prototype, implementation, review, release, and monitoring
• Use AI coding agents to automatically generate code for use cases such as incident resolution, feature development, testing, and investigations

• Ability to troubleshoot problematic code and identify root cause(s)
• Knowledge of popular NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB, Amazon DynamoDB)
• Expertise in Java development
• Experience working with popular cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experience using AI coding agents for development
• Knowledge of and appreciation for clean code practices
• Experience developing reliable software with high-volume data management under strict SLAs
• Experience working with MongoDB and/or Amazon DynamoDB change data capture
• Experience developing data integration tools (ETL or ELT)
• Experience identifying and optimizing performance bottlenecks in distributed systems