Senior Software Engineer - Connectors

Fivetran; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 29,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-paid medical insurance

Generous PTO + sick time + parental "H

RSU stock grants

Professional development and training

Company virtual happy hours and team‑b

Monthly cell phone stipend

Mental health support platform access

Job summary

Fivetran seeks a Senior Software Engineer for Connectors to design and improve data pipelines powering the modern data stack. You’ll work on pipelines that move terabytes of data from various sources to customer warehouses, patch and create new connectors, and help maintain high availability across a global Kubernetes cluster.

You’ll mentor teammates, participate in architectural discussions, and push for technical excellence in a fast-growing environment that values collaboration and impact.

Qualifications

• Experience building reliable distributed systems.
• Strong background in data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Expertise in Java and cloud-based services (AWS/GCP).

Responsibilities

• Own core data pipelines moving data from sources to data warehouses.
• Contribute to code and architecture, review peers, and mentor juniors.
• Patch and build connectors operating on a global Kubernetes cluster.
• Ensure high performance, reliability, and SLAs for large-scale data.

Skills

Distributed systems

Data pipelines

Java development

Problem solving

Technical leadership

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

SQL/NoSQL

CircleCI

Cloud APIs

Job description

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, APAC

Position Title: Senior Software Engineer - Connectors

About Us

From Fivetrans 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. Were proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.

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, were 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, were building on the strengths of both companies while continuing to deliver the products and experiences our customers know and trust. Its an exciting time to join us: were 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.

About the Role

Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer for our data pipeline service to build and work on data pipelines that moves data from various sources to data warehouses. The work is very diverse all the way from patching software to building new connectors operating on our global Kubernetes compute cluster. You will be responsible for ensuring the technical excellence for your team and owned services, by contributing to the code, reviewing code, contributing to architectural design and mentoring your junior colleagues.

This is a full-time position based out of our Bangalore office. Our hybrid work model offers a blend of remote flexibility and in-person collaboration, including two days in the office each week to connect and build as a team.

Technologies You'll Use

Java, SQL, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, CircleCI.

What You'll Do

You'll be working with Cloud APIs, SQL, and NoSQL databases, events, etc.

You'll be working on the core data pipeline that moves terabytes of data from all our customers to their data warehouses

You will process the data into clean, incremental, automated updates

Skills We're Looking For

Strong technical and problem-solving skills, with recent hands-on software development experience

Experience in reliable distributed systems, with an emphasis on high-volume data management within enterprise and/or web-scale products and platforms that operate under strict SLAs

Broad technical knowledge which encompasses Software development and automation

Experience with use of wide array of algorithms and data structures

Expertise in working with Java, AWS, Cloud-based APIs, databases, software design and programming best practices

Entrepreneurial mindset, excellent communication, and technical leadership skills

Create and contribute to an environment that is geared to innovation, high productivity, high quality and customer Service

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Perks and Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical insurance*
• Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays (including a year end Global Week of Rest), 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
• 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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Were honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, were proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes.

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.

To learn more about Fivetrans culture and what its like to be part of the team, click here and enjoy our video.

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