Fivetran
SaaS
SeniorSystemsEngineer,R&DBusinessSystems
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“Senior Systems Engineer, R&D Business Systems at Fivetran. Skills: Systems Engineering, Data Pipelines, API Integrations, Backend Development, AI/ML Agents, Cloud Data Warehousing, CI/CD. Lead the development of custom system solutions, tools, and dashboards. Design, develop, and maintain bidirectional integrations between core platforms”
What You'll Achieve.
seamless data flow and process alignment across the Fivetran feature development lifecycle; streamline the feature development lifecycle and R&D operations; quickly access relevant data, draft compelling technical requirements and design, synthesize customer feedback, and align with strategic goals and OKRs; improve operational efficiency and launch innovative products faster; measure and drive operational excellence in feature delivery and business velocity
Industry & Context.
solving complex system engineering problems; streamline the feature development lifecycle; improve operational efficiency
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of experience in the software industry, experience designing and developing reusable libraries and experimentation platforms for backend and frontend from scratch, Proven experience developing integrations using APIs (REST/GraphQL), webhooks, and modern programming/scripting languages (Python, Java), building systems leveraging low-code and full code solutions, deploying them using modern CI/CD practices, ensuring observability, proficiency in SQL, experience working with cloud data warehouses (e. g. , BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift), experience with BI and data visualization tools such as Sigma, Looker Studio, Tableau, or Power BI, Experience building ground-up and deploying AI/ML-powered utilities or agents using LLMs (e. g. , OpenAI, Claude, etc. ), Hands-on experience using, administering, and customizing core enterprise systems: Jira, Slack, Zendesk, Salesforce, Aha!, Excellent communication skills in English, Ability to independently drive complex projects, breaking down large-scale initiatives into phased deliverables
Nice to Have
3+ years of experience in automation/operations roles within high-growth SaaS or tech companies, Experience building custom internal tools, AI agents, or web applications to support business operations
What You'll Do.
Lead the development of custom system solutions
and maintain bidirectional integrations between core platforms
Create ground-up and maintain custom AI agents and internal tools
Design and build production-grade backend services and integration workflows
and integration patterns
operational readiness
and production support for internal tools and data pipelines
Build maintainable React-based internal applications
Leverage AI assistants to streamline IDE-based development
Create comprehensive technical documentation
and govern self-service analytics dashboards
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
working cross-functionally with global, engineering, product, design, and data analytics teams; in partnership with our centralized analytics team
Communication Scope
Excellent communication skills in English; ability to bridge the gap between technical details and business outcomes
Process & Methodology
independently drive complex projects, breaking down large-scale initiatives into phased deliverables
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. We’re looking for a Senior Systems Engineer within our Engineering Strategy and Operations group. Our Research and Development (R extend Atlassian Cloud via Forge and ScriptRunner; manage data flows in BigQuery and SQL; and deploy solutions on GCP using modern CI/CD practices. What You’ll Do Lead the development of custom system solutions, tools, and dashboards that power the R&D operations and seamless data flow and process alignment across the Fivetran feature development lifecycle. Design, develop, and maintain bidirectional integrations between core platforms such as Jira, Zendesk, Salesforce, and other GTM and G&A Systems to streamline the feature development lifecycle and R&D operations. Create ground-up and maintain custom AI agents and internal tools to help engineering managers, product Managers and leadership quickly access relevant data, draft compelling technical requirements and design, synthesize customer feedback, and align with strategic goals and OKRs to improve operational efficiency and launch innovative products faster. Design and build production-grade backend services and integration workflows in Python and TypeScript. Define API contracts, data models, and integration patterns with strong attention to reliability, idempotency, and security. Write high-quality, tested code with clear standards for unit, integration, and end-to-end testing. Own observability, operational readiness, and production support for internal tools and data pipelines. Build maintainable React-
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