Senior Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Systems

Fivetran; Remote; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data technology firm is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to architect and develop high-performance data lake systems. This full-time remote position requires 5+ years in containerized applications and proficiency in Java and cloud infrastructure. The role involves collaboration with product teams, improving service performance, and contributing to open-source projects. Competitive perks include medical insurance, generous PTO, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

100% employer-paid medical insurance

Generous paid time-off policy

RSU stock grants

Professional development opportunities

Monthly cell phone stipend

Access to mental health support

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with high-performance containerized applications.
• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure and service orchestration.
• Proven record in leading large complicated projects.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate reliable large-scale data lake systems.
• Drive performance and availability improvements for data lake services.
• Collaborate with product teams to deliver capabilities.

Skills

Containerized applications experience

Cloud infrastructure knowledge

Java development skills

Kubernetes debugging experience

Public cloud expertise (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Innovative problem-solving

Team collaboration

Education

MS or PhD in Computer Science

Tools

Kubernetes

Java

Postgres

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Overview

Position Title: Senior Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Systems

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. We are proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.

About the Role

Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies. We are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to contribute to the technical architecture, design, operation and development of Fivetran's Managed Data Lake product offering. As part of a senior engineering team, you will partner with product and engineering teams to build scalable, high-performance systems, advance open-source technologies, and set technical standards that raise the bar across the organization.

This is a full-time remote position based out of Germany.

Technologies Youll Use

• Java, Postgres, Temporal, gRPC
• AWS, GCP, Azure, Istio, Kubernetes, Grafana
• Iceberg, Polaris, Delta Lake, Parquet, DuckD

What Youll Do

• Partner closely with product teams to understand requirements and design cutting-edge new capabilities that go directly into customers hands.
• Design, develop, implement, and operate highly reliable large-scale data lake systems in cooperation with a dedicated data lake engineering team and our SRE teams.
• Drive significant performance, latency, and availability improvements for our data lake services.
• Ensure operational excellence of the services and meet the commitments to our customers regarding security, reliability, availability, and performance.
• Investigate and resolve fault-tolerance and high availability issues as well as performance and scale challenges both inside and across service boundaries.
• Contribute to open-source projects such as DuckDB and Apache Polaris.
• Embrace Fivetran innovations with open-source standards and toolsets.
• Set technical directions and influence cross-functional teams.

Skills Were Looking For

• 5+ years of hands-on or research experience maintaining and operating high-performance containerized applications that span multiple services.
• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, deployment, service orchestration, software optimizations and performance engineering of highly distributed services.
• Proven track record of leading and delivering large and complicated projects.
• Strong development skills in Java.
• Experience running and debugging Kubernetes containerized services.
• Solid experience with public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Growth mindset and excitement about breaking the status quo by seeking innovative solutions.
• Excellent team player who is consistent in making everyone around you better.

Bonus Skills

• Hands-on or research experience with high-performance relational data management systems.
• Demonstrated knowledge of columnar storage formats.
• MS or PhD in Computer Science is preferred.

Perks and Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical insurance
• Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off
• RSU stock grants
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Company virtual happy hours, free food, and team-building activities
• Monthly cell phone stipend
• Access to mental health support platform for covered employees and dependents

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/protected veterans. We value diversity and encourage applicants from all backgrounds.

To learn more about Fivetran\'s culture and what it\'s like to be part of the team, please contact the recruiter for details.

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.