Senior Software Engineer – Core Databases (Hybrid)

Fivetran; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-paid medical insurance

Generous paid time-off and holidays

RSU stock grants

Professional development and training

Company virtual happy hours and team-B

Monthly cell phone stipend

Mental health support platform

Job summary

Fivetran is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Core Databases team, based in our Novi Sad office with a hybrid work model that blends remote flexibility and in-person collaboration. You will help evolve a high-performance extract-load-transform system that powers hundreds of data connectors with maintainable engineering practices and robust performance considerations.

The role demands deep understanding of relational databases, system design, and practical software engineering, with

Qualifications

• Execution-oriented with the ability to balance speed and quality.
• Design and code scalable, intuitive, and maintainable systems.
• Experience with cloud services, network protocols, serialization, and relational databases.
• Knowledge of object-oriented design and memory management techniques.

Responsibilities

• Learn deeply about Fivetran to focus development on practical system improvements.
• Contribute to development and planning of the roadmap.
• Collaborate with a small but mighty core team and broader stakeholders.
• Work across the project lifecycle: requirements, design, prototype, implementation, review, release, monitoring.
• Review and approve pull requests.
• Take ownership of the product and continuously improve it.

Skills

C language

Python

Relational databases

Postgres

Oracle

SQL Server

Make

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Jenkins

GCP

Azure

AWS

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Jenkins

GCP

Azure

AWS

Job description

Fivetran is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Core Databases team, based in our Novi Sad office with a hybrid work model that blends remote flexibility and in-person collaboration. You will help evolve a high-performance extract-load-transform system that powers hundreds of data connectors with maintainable engineering practices and robust performance considerations.

The role demands deep understanding of relational databases, system design, and practical software engineering, with