Software Engineer I

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 lev...

Fivetran and dbt Labs are bringing together two industry-leading companies with a shared mission: helping organizations unlock the full value of their data.

Together, we’re delivering the data infrastructure layer that helps organizations move, transform, and trust their data — from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on.

Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies. We’re looking for a Software Engineer I enthusiastic to join our fast-growing company.
As a part of the Oracle Connector Team, you will be responsible for helping build new features of our data pipeline service, improving our software architecture, and maintaining the 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 data replication, and build a world-class ELT solution for Oracle systems.
This is a contract position based out of our Toronto office. Our hybrid work model offers a blend of remote flexibility and in-person collaboration, including two days in the office each week to connect and build as a team.
 
Java, C
Oracle
SQL
Docker/Kubernetes
 
Dive deep into data replication debugging, analyzing existing code that is in use by hundreds of customers today. Some clients are operating the largest Oracle clusters in the world.
Analyze new features that are introduced by Oracle in recent releases and determine how to develop supporting features.
Contribute to the efforts to the maintenance and improvement of existing connectors; call for improvement in all areas of Fivetran's codebase and infrastructure.
Be a part of the process to move a high performance client side service to the cloud and operate at scale.
Develop software designs and technical roadmap for the team.

 

Coding:
1+ years programming in Java or C languages
Writes well-structured and performant code
Be able to dive into code that has been previously written and suggest improvements
Design:
Understand and can explain how to build high performance systems and processes
Have an analytical mindset that helps you identify design flaws in existing systems and come up with improvements
System:
1+ years of of working in a cloud environment utilizing AWS, GCP, Docker/Kubernetes, CircleCI, or similar technologies
1+ years of infrastructure as code on Docker/Kubernetes, AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, Google Cloud Deployment Manager, or equivalent.
Project management:
Able to define project requirements. Proficient at designing software and infrastructure
Experience understanding customer requirements and/or problems and breaking them down into engineering tasks
Collaboration:
Experience working in large distributed teams
 
Working experience with database internals such as storage format, compression techniques, encryption, disaster recovery, transaction management, or high availability.
Working experience in designing and developing file, event, application, or database connectors.
Working experience with advanced Java development such as multi-threads, multi-tasking, different asynchronous programming mechanisms, garbage collector tuning, etc.
Working experience setting up, maintaining and tuning production Oracle RDBMS.

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Ontario Pay Range
$88,821—$106,590 CAD
 
Perks and Benefits
100% employer-paid medical insurance*
Generous paid time away from work, including paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation depending on role and country, plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave, paid holidays, including a year-end Global Week of Rest, 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
Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.
*May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information
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