Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Fivetran, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

employer-paid medical coverage

stock grants

development opportunities

phone stipend

mental health resources

Job summary

Fivetran, Inc. is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to lead end-to-end delivery for a data activation product that connects warehouse data with business systems. You will provide technical direction across services, APIs and UI areas while delivering hands-on solutions.

You will mentor engineers, shape features with product partners, and coordinate work across time zones in a hybrid setup with in-person collaboration in Toronto or Oakland.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering software end to end and maintaining production code.
• Broad capability across data-oriented backend systems, APIs and UI components.
• Experience with at least one interpreted language and one compiled language.
• Understanding of relational databases, system integration and API development.
• Familiarity with a major cloud provider and on-call support.
• Customer focus and ability to make decisions in ambiguous settings.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy and maintain features across the product stack, including backend services, APIs and interface components.
• Work with product partners, leaders and customers to shape features and resolve gaps in early product or design specifications.
• Prototype ideas to assess their value before committing to larger implementation work.
• Lead major projects from research and technical design through implementation planning, rollout and ongoing operation.
• Mentor less experienced engineers, review code and share engineering practices.
• Coordinate work across teams, departments and time zones, providing project-level technical leadership.

Skills

End-to-end software delivery

Cross-team collaboration

Decision making in ambiguity

Customer-focused development

Tools

Ruby on Rails

TypeScript

Vue.js

AWS

Job description

Role overview

Lead backend engineering for a data activation product that connects warehouse data with business systems. This staff-level role combines hands-on, end-to-end delivery with technical direction across services, APIs and user-facing product areas, while helping integrate capabilities into a broader platform.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy and maintain features across the product stack, including backend services, APIs and interface components.
• Work with product partners, leaders and customers to shape features and resolve gaps in early product or design specifications.
• Prototype ideas to assess their value before committing to larger implementation work.
• Lead major projects from research and technical design through implementation planning, rollout and ongoing operation.
• Mentor less experienced engineers, review code and share engineering practices.
• Coordinate work across teams, departments and time zones, providing project-level technical leadership.

Requirements

• Strong experience delivering software end to end, including deploying and maintaining production code.
• Broad capability across data-oriented backend systems, APIs and UI components.
• Experience with at least one interpreted language and one compiled language.
• Understanding of relational databases, system integration and API development.
• Familiarity with a major cloud provider and experience participating in on-call support.
• Customer focus, initiative and comfort making decisions in ambiguous settings while communicating across teams.

Nice to have

Experience with data warehousing or infrastructure management is beneficial. The described stack includes Ruby on Rails, TypeScript, Vue and AWS.

Benefits and work setup

The role is based in Toronto or Oakland and follows a hybrid model combining remote flexibility with in-person collaboration.

• employer-paid medical coverage
• paid leave and holidays
• stock grants
• development opportunities
• a phone stipend
• mental health resources

details may vary by location and worker type.