or apply directly on Fivetran 's site. We never take the application ourselves.
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 Staff R&D Software Engineer on the Fivetran AI team, you will research and develop innovative solutions for AI agents, focusing on creating a governed context layer for data. Your role will involve prototyping new ideas, building and maintaining both back-end and front-end systems, and driving the AISQL capability. You will also mentor other engineers and influence technical direction across teams, all while operating in a startup-like environment with shifting priorities.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- 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
- 8+ 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
- Demonstrated ability to mentor other engineers
- Comfortable reading AI/ML research and turning findings into working prototypes
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
- The role requires a high degree of independence and the ability to navigate ambiguity, which may not suit everyone.
- The job operates in a startup-like environment, which can involve shifting priorities and responsibilities.
- No specific mention of remote work flexibility beyond the hybrid model of two days in the office each week.
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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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