Software Engineer II, Databases

Fivetran
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaPosted 24 February 2026

Job Description

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">About the Role</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We’re seeking an enthusiastic Software Engineer to join our fast-growing data company. As a part of the databases team, you will help drive performance improvements, improve reliability/architecture and build new features for our NoSQL data pipeline services.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This is a full-time, hybrid position based out of Fivetran's Toronto, Canada 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</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Technologies You’ll Use</span></strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Java</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">MongoDB, Amazon DynamoDB, Azure Cosmos DB</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">AWS, GCP, Azure</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bazel, Docker, Kubernetes, Github</span></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">What You’ll Do</span></strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Write and deliver code reliably, along with automated tests (unit and integration)</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Optimize code to make it more performant</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Break down project work into tasks with estimates</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Give and receive feedback through code reviews</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Collaborate daily with team members to develop new features and improvements while minimizing technical debt</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Resolve customer issues in collaboration with customer support</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Work across the software development lifecycle: requirements, design, prototype, implementation, review, release, and monitoring</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Use AI coding agents to automatically generate code for use cases such as incident resolution, feature development, testing, and investigations</span></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Skills We’re Looking For</span></strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Expertise in Java development</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience developing reliable software with high-volume data management under strict SLAs</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience working with popular cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience using AI coding agents for development</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Knowledge of popular NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB, Amazon DynamoDB)</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"> <p><span sty ... (truncated, view full listing at source)