Staff Software Engineer

About the Role

We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Reverse ETL product engineering team.

Formerly Census, we were acquired in May 2025 to augment Fivetran’s warehouse-first data movement product story. Now we’re integrating our entire product directly into the Fivetran dashboard, bringing best-in-class data activation to every Fivetran customer.

As a staff software engineer in Reverse ETL, you’ll be on the front lines of integrating data activation capabilities into the Fivetran product along every dimension – UI, authentication, billing, data model, and more. You’ll be a senior member of a distributed, collaborative, agile team of engineers of varying experience levels and diverse backgrounds.

This is a full-time position based out of our Oakland 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

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  Expertise in at least one interpreted language such as Python, Ruby on Rails, etc.



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  Hands-on experience with at least one compiled language such as C++, Kotlin, Scala, Go, Java, etc.



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  Solid understanding of relational databases (experience with data warehousing solutions (e.g., Snowflake) is a bonus)



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  Proven experience in system integration, including API consumption and development (experience with infrastructure management is a bonus)



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  Familiarity with leading cloud providers, such as GCP, AWS, or Azure



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  Experience being on-call

What You’ll Do

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  Make contributions to all parts of our tech stack, which comprises Ruby on Rails, Typescript, Vue, and AWS.



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  Be comfortable "filling in the gaps" in product / design specs. The prospect of being able to prototype to test ideas out before committing to building is exciting to you.



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  Work closely with our product team, leaders, and customers to help design and develop features that make Fivetran the one-stop shop for data activation.



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  Mentor early-career engineers, perform thoughtful and constructive code reviews, advise on best practices, provide project-level leadership, operate across teams, departments, and time zones.



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  Lead major projects, from driving research spikes, to writing and socializing design documents, to planning the implementation and rollout

Skills We’re Looking For

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  Can build things end-to-end. Our engineers build, deploy and maintain their code.



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  Is adept with data, backend systems, APIs, and UI components.



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  Is customer-focused, with an eye for building delightful product experiences and developer experiences.



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  Approaches new problems with a scrappy optimism, with a bias towards action.



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  Thrives in ambiguous environments where you get to work directly with customers and make decisions that build trust and have a huge impact on the business.



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  Present and available online for synchronous and asynchronous collaboration with a team distributed across North America.



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  Able to work in-person in our Oakland office 2 days per week.

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