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Senior R&D Software Engineer, Fivetran AI

Fivetran · Oakland, California, United States, AMER

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
80 days
Fivetran 's roles stay open a median of 73 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
1% of Fivetran 's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Fivetran
high
212 stale, 4 reposted of 232 open
Hiring momentum
375 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-22

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Fivetran 's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Fivetran .

About this role

As a Senior R&D Software Engineer on the Fivetran AI team, you will engage in a variety of tasks from researching AI techniques to prototyping and shipping production software. Your responsibilities will include building and maintaining back-end and front-end systems, contributing to the AISQL capability, and ensuring production reliability. This role requires versatility and a willingness to adapt to different engineering tasks as needed.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Fivetran as an employer.

What you need

  • 5+ years of programming experience across Python and/or Java
  • Experience with SQL and data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake, Databricks, or similar)
  • Ability to work across the full stack: research, backend, frontend, SRE, and QA
  • Strong product and market awareness
  • Experience using coding agents or similar AI tooling
  • Analytical mindset to identify gaps in existing systems and design improvements

Nice to have

  • Experience with LLM-powered applications
  • Familiarity with semantic layers (dbt, LookML, Sigma, or similar)
  • Experience with the MCP (Model Context Protocol) ecosystem
  • Background in site reliability engineering
  • Experience in data processing (ETL, ELT) and/or building data connectors

What you get

  • 100% employer-paid medical insurance
  • Generous paid time away from work, including paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation, paid sick time, inclusive parental leave, paid 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

Worth weighing

  • The role operates like a startup, which may involve shifting priorities and a high degree of ownership
  • No specific mention of remote work flexibility beyond the hybrid model of two days in the office each week
  • The compensation range is provided but may vary based on various factors and is subject to change

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Listed by Fivetran on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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