Staff Software Engineer - PostgreSQL Databases

<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><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>About the Role</strong></span></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 looking for a talented Staff Software Engineer with a passion for building enterprise-grade software to join the PostgreSQL database connector team. You will be focusing on developing world-class enterprise capabilities and features in support of our largest and most sophisticated customers. The work we do is both highly visible and critically important to the long term growth and success of Fivetran.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fivetran is the epitome of data-driven-development — our engineering team is focused on building a world class product that:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Facilitates Data Analytics — join our mission to reliably deliver best-in class schemas, and clean data, designed to be intuitively useful to analysts.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Contributes to our Community — help develop tools like Data Lakes, SQL-based Transformations, and schema explorers to empower analysts to choose the best tools, and to make those tools more powerful.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Is Absolutely Dependable — work to make Fivetran the most reliable and secure component of our customers’ data infrastructure.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We emphasize using no-nonsense code, and take great pride in the simplicity and effectiveness of the systems we build. Our back-end is built on Java, C, Postgres, and Kubernetes, and our front-end is built on React and Typescript.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This is a full-time, hybrid 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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Technologies You’ll Use</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Java, PostgreSQL, GCP, SQL, BigQuery, Bazel, BuildKite</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Lead the design, development, and debugging of our intuitive best-in-class enterprise capabilities enabling Fivetran’s largest customers.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Manage and lead projects simultaneously, coordinating with different stakeholders to ensure timely and quality delivery in an iterative development environment.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Maintain and improve existing enterprise features; call for improvements in Fivetran's codebase and infrastructure.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Demonstrably maintain high standards for code quality, performance, scalability, and reliability by conducting thorough testing and reviews.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Collaborate across engineering on cross-functional projects creating innovative solutions.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Make Fivetran the most reliable and secure component of our customers’ data infrastructure.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends, advocating for the adoption of new tools and methodologies to improve the development process.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Work closely with the ... (truncated, view full listing at source)