Senior Software Engineer, MetricFlow Open Source

Fivetran, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 41,560 - 72,730; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-paid medical insurance

Generous paid time-off policy

Professional development and training

Job summary

Fivetran is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the Semantic Layer team in Bangalore. You will be a core contributor to MetricFlow, designing features, optimizing query generation, and shaping the long-term architecture of a foundational project in the modern data stack.

You will write production code, drive technical decisions, and collaborate with a global community of contributors and adopters. This is a high-ownership role with emphasis on performance, reliability, and scalable data

Qualifications

• Strong professional software engineering experience shipping production systems.
• Deep proficiency in Python, including typing, testing practices, and packaging.
• Strong SQL fundamentals and understanding of analytical query engines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain core features of MetricFlow across data warehouses.
• Own MetricFlow as an open-source project — triage issues, manage releases, and engage with the community.
• Collaborate with engineers across dbt Cloud/Core and the Semantic Layer service to ensure seamless integration.
• Improve performance, reliability, and observability of metric query execution at scale.
• Translate customer and community feedback into shipped improvements with product and design teams.
• Write clear technical documentation, RFCs, and design docs for the team.
• Mentor other engineers through code reviews and pairing.

Skills

Python

SQL

Software engineering

Distributed teamwork

Communication

Tools

GitHub

CI/CD

Python packaging

Job description

Fivetran is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the Semantic Layer team in Bangalore. You will be a core contributor to MetricFlow, designing features, optimizing query generation, and shaping the long-term architecture of a foundational project in the modern data stack.

You will write production code, drive technical decisions, and collaborate with a global community of contributors and adopters. This is a high-ownership role with emphasis on performance, reliability, and scalable data