Principal Software Engineer – Data Lakes

September 8

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Fivetran

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Data Integration • Technology • Cloud Computing

Fivetran is a company that focuses on simplifying the process of data integration by providing automated data connectors that sync data from different sources into data warehouses, enabling seamless analytics and insights. Using a streamlined, fully-managed approach, Fivetran helps businesses consolidate their data infrastructure to ensure consistent data availability and reliability.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

💰 $565M Series D on 2021-09

📋 Description

• Contribute to the technical architecture, design, and development of Fivetran’s Managed Data Lake product offering • Partner closely with product teams to understand requirements and design new capabilities that go directly into customers’ hands • Design, develop, implement, and operate highly reliable large-scale data lake systems with a dedicated engineering team • Contribute to open-source projects such as DuckDB and Polaris • Analyze fault-tolerance, high availability, performance, and scale challenges and implement solutions • Ensure operational excellence, meeting commitments on security, reliability, availability, and performance • Set technical directions and influence cross-functional teams

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on or research experience with high-performance relational data management systems • Deep understanding of infrastructure & software optimizations and performance engineering • Proven track record of leading and delivering large and complicated projects • Strong development skills in Java and C++ • Solid experience with public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP) • Demonstrated knowledge of columnar storage formats • Growth mindset and excitement about seeking innovative solutions • Excellent team player with ability to make everyone around you better • Familiarity with Postgres, Temporal, gRPC • Experience with Kubernetes, Grafana • Knowledge of data lake/table formats: Iceberg, Polaris, Delta Lake, Parquet, DuckDB

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical insurance* • Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off • RSU stock grants* • Professional development and training opportunities • Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities • Monthly cell phone stipend • Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources for employees and covered dependents • Note: *May vary by country and worker type - contact recruiter for details