Senior Director, Lead Software Engineering

<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 Head of Engineering for a dashboard and data modeling interface. Must be an experience Sr leader, and also an operator proficient with modern tooling stacks and AI assistants. Will be responsible for organizing and implementing much of the work around a new highly integrated product offering and an open source repo.</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">You’ll also be responsible for ensuring the technical excellence of your team and owned services, by reviewing code, contributing to architectural designs, and mentoring your junior colleagues.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This is a full-time remote role.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Technologies You’ll Use</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Python, Django, Javascript, Claude Code, MCPs, data warehouses, SQL, visualization libraries.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong> </strong>Manage small but world class all-star engineering team</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Own and implement many core product features</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Drive and execute deep integrations into existing products and platform</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Balance features, scope and speed</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Skills We’re Looking For</strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Team leadership</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Architectural skill - able to see the simple and efficient paths</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">AI coding tool proficiency and effectiveness</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Scope simplification</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>For example, our required AI competencies for Engineering:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Understand how to use AI code assist and coding agents to automatically generate code for features, bugs, testing, and investigation</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">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</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">#LI-HYBRID #LI-AM1</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>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 compensation range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your location during the hiring process.</p></div><div class="t ... (truncated, view full listing at source)