Software Engineer II - Databases

Posted 8 Days Ago
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Toronto, ON
Hybrid
Mid level
Big Data • Cloud • Software • Database
Fivetran is the leader in modern data movement.
The Role
This role involves building new features for Fivetran's data pipeline service, enhancing software architecture, and ensuring reliable operation of the service. The engineer will analyze existing code, troubleshoot data replication issues, develop technical roadmaps, and contribute to software designs while collaborating in a hybrid environment.
Summary Generated by Built In

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.

 

About the Role

 

Fivetran is looking for a Software Engineer II to join our fast-growing company. As a part of the Oracle Connector Team, you will be responsible to help build new features of our data pipeline service, help improve our software architecture, and maintain reliable operation of the service. We're looking for someone who wants to learn and apply the key values that make our product great, dive deep into complex investigations into data replication and build a world class ELT solution for Oracle systems.

 

Fivetran is the epitome of data-driven-development — our engineering team is focused on building a world class product that:

 

  • Facilitates Data Analytics — join our mission to reliably deliver best-in class schemas, and clean data, designed to be intuitively useful to analysts.
  • 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. 
  • Is Absolutely Dependable — work to make Fivetran the most reliable and secure component of our customers’ data infrastructure.

 

We emphasize using no-nonsense tools, 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.

 

This is a full-time, hybrid position based out of Toronto, Canada.

 

Technologies You’ll Use

 

Java, C, Oracle, SQL, Docker and Kubernetes

 

What You'll Do

 

  • Dive deep into data replication debugging, analyzing existing code that is in use by hundreds of customers today. Some clients are operating the largest Oracle clusters in the world.
  • Analyze new features that are introduced by Oracle in recent releases and determine how to develop supporting features.
  • Contribute to the efforts to the maintenance and improvement of existing connectors; call for improvement in all areas of Fivetran's codebase and infrastructure.
  • Be a part of the process to move a high performance client side service to the cloud and operate at scale.
  • Develop software designs and technical roadmap for the team.
  • Contribute to hiring by participating in the interview process.

 

Skills We're Looking For

 

  • Code:
    • 3+ years programming in Java or C languages
    • Writes well-structured and performant code
    • Be able to dive into code that has been previously written and suggest improvements
  • Troubleshoot:
    • 1 experience on-call or supporting customer with live production system
    • Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems
  • Design:
    • Understand and can explain how to build high performance systems and processes
    • Have an analytical mindset that helps you identify design flaws in existing systems and come up with improvements
  • System:
    • 1+ year of infrastructure as code on Docker/Kubernetes, AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, Google Cloud Deployment Manager, or equivalent.
  • Collaboration:
    • Experience working in large distributed teams

 

Bonus Skills

 

  • Working experience with database internals such as storage format, compression techniques, encryption, disaster recovery, transaction management, or high availability.
  • Working experience in designing and developing file, event, application, or database connectors.
  • Working experience with advanced Java development such as multi-threads, multi-tasking, different asynchronous programming mechanisms, garbage collector tuning, etc.
  • Working experience setting up, maintaining and tuning production Oracle RDBMS.

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Perks and 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 in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.

*May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information

Click here to learn more about Fivetran's Benefits by Region.

We’re honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, we’re proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes.     

Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.

To learn more about Fivetran’s culture and what it’s like to be part of the team, click here and enjoy our video.

To learn more about our candidate privacy policy, you can read our statement here.

We are committed to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to participate in our interview process. If you require accommodations at any stage of the process due to a disability, medical condition, or any other circumstance, please don't hesitate to submit your request by filling out this form. We will work with you to provide reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation and ensure a fair and accessible interview experience. Your request and any information provided will be kept confidential and will not impact your candidacy. We look forward to hearing from you and accommodating your needs to the best of our ability.

Top Skills

C
Java
The Company
HQ: Oakland , CA
1,200 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Fivetran is the global leader in modern data integration. Our mission is to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. Built for the cloud, Fivetran enables data teams to effortlessly centralize and transform data from hundreds of SaaS and on-prem data sources into high-performance cloud destinations. Fast-moving startups and the world’s largest companies use Fivetran to accelerate modern analytics and operational efficiency, fueling data-driven business growth. Fivetran is headquartered in Oakland, California, with offices around the world.

Why Work With Us

At Fivetran, we live by our values daily. In every interaction, it is easy to identify that we work with integrity, we take initiative, and we employ a team-first approach. Our Glassdoor rating is no accident: just as customer experience is a guiding light for us, so is employee satisfaction. Experience ownership, impact, and recognition here.

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