Senior Staff Systems Engineer

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From Fivetran’s 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’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven. About Us 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, we’re 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, we’re building on the strengths of both companies while continuing to deliver the products and experiences our customers know and trust. It’s an exciting time to join us: we’re 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 Staff Software Engineer to join our Systems Engineering team and lead the engineering behind our internal AI-powered application ecosystem. This is a high-leverage, high-visibility role with three interlocking mandates. First, you will own the development and governance of a code library and set of agent rules that will serve as the architectural foundation for multiple internal AI-enabled webapps at Fivetran. Second, you will work with stakeholders to develop, productionalize, and enhance custom apps built on this foundation. Third, you will act as a trusted advisor to engineering leadership, shaping policy and governance for how non-engineers should use AI to safely develop, productionalize, and deploy apps. This position sits at the crossroads of software engineering, platform architecture, and AI-assisted development. You will partner closely with business stakeholders and engineering platform teams across the company, translating a fast-moving, experimental "everyone builds" culture into production software held to a high standard of security, reliability, and maintainability. This is a full-time position based out of our Oakland, CA 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 Python, TypeScript/React Kubernetes, GCP Cloud SQL (PostgreSQL) BigQuery data sources, Claude API, Agent SDK GTM systems - Salesforce, Outreach, Gong, and Zendesk What You’ll Do Independently design and implement features and performance improvements to create highly scalable distributed data pipelines on the cloud Develop, maintain, and test code Conduct design and code reviews Collaborate with peers, product managers, customer support, and other stakeholders to deliver the best product with high quality, performance, and scalability Understand and fix challenges related to performance and scalability. Participate periodically in on-call rotation Participate in the hiring process Mentor Junior developers Make Fivetran the most reliable and secure component of our customers’ data infrastructure Skills We’re Looking For 10+ years of experience in the software industry with a passion for solving complex software engineering problems - experience designing and developing reusable libraries and experimentation platforms for backend and frontend from scratch leveraging industry best practices Experience working with distributed systems and cloud security concepts Demonstrated ability to write well-structured and performant code Ability to independently lead software and infrastructure design to satisfy project requirements Can identify design flaws in existing systems and come up with improvements Experience in code reviews, design, troubleshooting and testing Experience programming in an object oriented / systems language such as Java, C++, C# etc Hands-on experience working with any cloud technologies(AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization methodologies like Docker, K8s Experience interacting with continuous integration tools like BuildKite Knowledge of observability tools like New Relic/Grafana is a plus Understand how to use AI code assist and coding agents to automatically generate code for features, bugs, testing, and investigation Ability to use conversational AI systems (like Claude, ChatGPT, and internal chatbots) to support researching, authoring, reviewing, and synthesizing various SDLC artifacts such as TDDs, PRDs, Postmortems, Test Plans, and Proposals Bonus Skills​ Experience in data processing (ETL, ELT) and/or cloud-based platforms #LI-HYBRID #LI-VA1 The compensation range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire compensation for the target position and level, and may include sales incentives or target bonuses depending on the role. Our compensation ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Our job titles may span more than one career level. Within the range, individual compensation is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, business need, market demands. The comp