Software Engineer II - Performance Engineering

From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity.

About the Role

Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.

We’re looking for a talented Software Engineer with a passion for building enterprise grade software to join the Performance Engineering team in the Platform Group.

As a Software Engineer in our Performance Engineering Team, your primary focus will be to ensure that our product base meets or exceeds performance standards driving the performance of the entire product base.

This is a full-time, hybrid position based out of our Oakland, CA office.

Technologies You’ll Use

• Java17, JUnit5
• Docker and Kubernetes
• AWS, GCP, Azure
• RDBMS and NoSQL Databases
• New Relic
• Terraform
• Bazel

What You’ll Do

• Develop and Debug code to identify and fix performance issues
• Analyze production workloads and system performance metrics to identify performance bottlenecks in our system
• Design, develop and maintain performance benchmarks
• Build proof of concepts and translate successful ones into solutions to maximize Fivetran product’s performance and efficiency
• Build and maintain a platform that focuses on improving the performance, resilience and quality of Fivetran products
• Impact Fivetran business across product verticals through the work you do
• Develop deep expertise in Fivetran's Product, Infrastructure, and Platform
• Communicate, coordinate, and align strategy with the engineering team members; make recommendations to improve reliability, performance, best practices, and processes
• Work with cross-functional teams (Developers, Product, SRE) across the organization
• Actively engage with fellow engineers in design and code reviews to ensure we deliver performant solutions that improves the product’s efficiency

Skills We’re Looking For

• 2+ years of experience in the software industry with a passion for solving complex software engineering problems
• Software engineering foundation - experience designing and developing reusable libraries and experimentation platforms for backend and frontend from scratch leveraging industry best practices
• Strong knowledge of and experience with OOP, preferably Java
• Hands-on experience working with any cloud technologies(AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization methodologies like Docker, K8s
• Experience working with RDBMS or NoSQL databases
• Experience interacting with continuous integration tools like CircleCI/Jenkins
• Knowledge of observability tools like New Relic, Splunk, DataDog is a plus
• Knowledge of Data Engineering is a plus

Bonus Skills​

• Performance Engineering background - experience analyzing, troubleshooting and automating performance workloads on large scale systems

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The pay range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the target position and level.

Oakland Pay Range

$133,897.53—$160,683.46 USD

Perks and Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical insurance**
• Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, 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
• 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.