Fivetran

SaaS

SeniorStaffSoftwareEngineer-BinaryLogDataReplication

CA$207–258k Oakland, California, United States; Toronto, Ontario, Canada Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior Staff Software Engineer - Binary Log Data Replication at Fivetran. Skills: Binary Log Data Replication, SQL Server, Oracle, Java. Build new features. Improve software architecture”

Industry & Context.

SaaS
Problems you'll solve

Dive deep into complex investigations; Solve critical problems; Identify design flaws; Come up with improvements; Breaking down problems into engineering tasks

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years programming in Java, C or C++ languages, background in SQL Server, Experience with SQL Server and/or Oracle binary log reading, ability to reverse engineer database binary logs, Writes well-structured and performant code, Be able to solve critical problems for our largest customers to minimize impact, Be able to dive into code that has been previously written and suggest improvements, Understand and can explain how to build high performance systems and processes, Able to define project requirements, proficient at designing software and infrastructure, Have an analytical mindset that helps you identify design flaws in existing systems and come up with improvements, Experience understanding customer requirements and/or problems and breaking them down into engineering tasks

Nice to Have

Advanced knowledge in reverse engineering, particularly with database systems, Experience in working with open source projects with other collaborators, Experience in data processing (ETL, ELT), cloud-based platforms, Experience in designing and developing file, event, application, or database connectors, Experienced working in a cloud environment utilizing AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, BuildKite, or similar technologies

What You'll Do.

Improve software architecture

Maintain reliable operation

Learn and apply key values

Dive deep into complex investigations

Build a world class ELT solution

Deliver best-in class schemas

Make Fivetran reliable and secure

Develop and implement strategies

Understand and improve database binary log structure

Debug and analyze existing code

Contribute to maintenance and improvement

Move high-performance client-side service to cloud

Develop software designs

Craft technical roadmap

Assist Customer Success and GTM Teams

Provide technical expertise and solutions

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with Database Group leadership; Work closely with Customer Success and Go-To-Market (GTM) teams; Connect and build as a team

Process & Methodology

Define project requirements, Designing software and infrastructure, Crafting the rolling 12 month technical roadmap

Full Job Description

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 building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies. Fivetran is looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer enthusiastic to join our fast-growing company. Database Team with a focus on SQL Server, Oracle binary log reading and change data capture, 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 database transaction logs, binary log parsing, data replication and build a world class ELT solution for SQL Server or 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 code, 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 positio

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