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Senior R&D Software Engineer, Fivetran AI

Fivetran · USA - New York

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 that include researching AI techniques, prototyping new ideas, and developing both back-end and front-end systems for the AI product. You will also take ownership of production reliability and collaborate with product and design teams to shape future developments. This role requires adaptability and a willingness to work across multiple areas of software engineering.

Our read on this posting2.8out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
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 execute complex, ambiguous tasks with minimal hand-holding
  • Comfortable reading AI/ML research and turning findings into working prototypes
  • Genuine willingness to work across the full stack: research, backend, frontend, SRE, and QA
  • Writes well-structured, performant code and can dive into unfamiliar codebases

Nice to have

  • Experience with LLM-powered applications
  • Familiarity with semantic layers (dbt, LookML, Sigma, or similar)
  • Experience with the MCP ecosystem or building AI agent integrations
  • 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

  • Role involves a wide range of responsibilities, which may lead to a lack of focus in specific areas of expertise
  • No specific mention of a structured career progression or mentorship opportunities
  • Hybrid work model requires in-office presence two days a week, which may not suit all candidates

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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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