Senior Data Pipeline Engineer - Cloud & Distributed

Triwill Group; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 174,915 - 209,906; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-paid medical insurance*

Generous paid time-off policy (PTO)

RSU stock grants*

Professional development and training

Company virtual happy hours, free food

Monthly cell phone stipend

Mental health support platform access

Job summary

Fivetran in Oakland is seeking a senior data-focused engineer to design, implement, and maintain core data pipelines that move data across cloud platforms with reliability and scale. You will contribute to building highly scalable, secure data movement infrastructure and work closely with a team that values performance and quality.

The role requires strong backend fundamentals, distributed systems experience, and proficiency in Java/C++/C#.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering with backend focus.
• Experience designing reusable libraries and backend platforms.
• Experience with distributed systems and high-scale data pipelines.
• Proficient in object-oriented languages such as Java, C++, or C#.
• Experience with code reviews, debugging, and testing.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement features to scale distributed data pipelines on cloud.
• Develop, maintain, and test code.
• Conduct design and code reviews.
• Collaborate with product managers and other teams to deliver high-quality, scalable product.
• Mentor junior developers and participate in hiring.
• Participate in on-call rotation.

Skills

5+ years experience

Distributed systems

Well-structured code

Object-oriented languages

Java / C++ / C#

Cloud tech (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Docker / Kubernetes

CI tools (Buildkite)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

SQL

BigQuery

Bazel

BuildKite

JUnit5

Job description

Fivetran in Oakland is seeking a senior data-focused engineer to design, implement, and maintain core data pipelines that move data across cloud platforms with reliability and scale. You will contribute to building highly scalable, secure data movement infrastructure and work closely with a team that values performance and quality.

The role requires strong backend fundamentals, distributed systems experience, and proficiency in Java/C++/C#.