Principal Software Engineer

Fivetran

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In this role, you will develop highly scalable data lake systems and work closely with product teams to design innovative features while integrating open standards and technologies.

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Your role in the team

  • Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.
  • We're seeking a Principal Software Engineer to contribute to the technical architecture, design and development of Fivetran's Managed Data Lake product offering.
  • As part of a senior engineering team, you'll partner with product and engineering teams to build scalable, high-performance systems, advance open-source technologies, and set technical standards that raise the bar across the organization.
  • Partner closely with product teams to understand requirements and design cutting-edge new capabilities that go directly into customer's hands.
  • Design, develop, implement, and operate highly reliable large-scale data lake systems in cooperation with a dedicated data lake engineering team.
  • Contribute to open-source projects such as DuckDB and Polaris.
  • Embrace Fivetran innovations with open-source standards and toolsets.
  • Analyze fault-tolerance and high availability issues, performance and scale challenges, and solve them.
  • Ensure operational excellence of the services and meet the commitments to our customers regarding security, reliability, availability, and performance.
  • Set technical directions and influence cross-functional teams.

Our expectations of you

Qualifications

  • Deep understanding of infrastructure & software optimizations and performance engineering to drive significant performance, latency, and availability improvements.
  • Proven track record of leading and delivering large and complicated projects.
  • Strong development skills in Java and C++.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of columnar storage formats.
  • Growth mindset and excitement about breaking the status quo by seeking innovative solutions.
  • Excellent team player who is consistent in making everyone around you better.
  • Strongly prefer an MS or PhD in Computer Science, ideally focusing on database management and/or storage engines.

Experience

  • 6+ years of hands-on or research experience with high-performance relational data management systems.
  • Solid experience with public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP).

What we offer

  • This is a full-time remote position based out of Germany.

Topics you will work on

Job locations

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  • Location Munich
    Bayern, Germany

About your employer

Fivetran is a modern company that offers an automated platform for data integration. With over 5,000 customers worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies, Fivetran provides a reliable solution for maintenance-free access to data. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in Oakland, USA.

Company type
Startup
Work model
Onsite, Hybrid, Full Remote
Industry
Internet, IT, Telecommunication
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Principal Software Engineer

Fivetran