<div class="content-intro"><p>From Fivetran\u2019s 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\u2019re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.<\/p><\/div><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>About Us<br><\/strong><\/span><\/p>
\n<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fivetran and dbt Labs are bringing together two industry-leading companies with a shared mission: helping organizations unlock the full value of their data.<br>Together, we\u2019re delivering the data infrastructure layer that helps organizations move, transform, and trust their data \u2014 from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on.<br>Fivetran helps organizations automate data movement across the systems, clouds, engines, and tools they rely on. dbt Labs pioneered analytics engineering, helping teams transform data into reliable, governed insights. Together, we support thousands of organizations as they build a trusted foundation for analytics, AI, and better business decisions.<br>As we bring our teams and technology together, we\u2019re building on the strengths of both companies while continuing to deliver the products and experiences our customers know and trust. It\u2019s an exciting time to join us: we\u2019re creating a company with the scale, talent, and technology to help more organizations put their data to work with greater speed, confidence, and impact.<br>During this transition period, you may see references to both Fivetran and dbt Labs throughout our recruiting process as we integrate our teams, systems, and career sites.<\/span><\/p>
\n<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>About the Role<\/strong><\/span><\/p>
\n<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.<\/span><\/p>
\n<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We\u2019re seeking a Principal Software Engineer to contribute to the technical architecture, design and development of Fivetran\u2019s Managed Data Lake product offering. As part of a senior engineering team, you\u2019ll partner with product and engineering teams to build scalable, high-performance systems, advance open-source technologies, and set technical standards that raise the bar across the organization.<\/span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <\/span><\/p>
\n<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This is a full-time remote position based out of Germany. <\/span><\/p>
\n<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Technologies You\u2019ll Use<\/strong><\/span><\/p>
\n<ul>
\n<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Java, C++, Postgres, Temporal, gRPC<\/span><\/li>
\n<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Grafana<\/span><\/li>
\n<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iceberg, Polaris, Delta Lake, Parquet, DuckDB<\/span><\/li>
\n<\/ul>
\n<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>What You\u2019ll Do<\/strong><\/span><\/p>
\n<ul>
\n<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Partner closely with product teams to understand requirements and design cutting-edge new capabilities that go directly into customer\u2019s hands.<\/span><\/li>
\n<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Design, develop, implement, and operate highly reliable large-scale data lake systems in cooperation with a dedicated data lake engineering team.<\/span><\/li>
\n<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Contribute to open-source projects such as DuckDB and Polaris.<\/span><\/li>
\n<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Embrace Fivetran innovations with open-source standards and toolsets.<\/span><\/li>
\n<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Analyze fault-tolerance and high availability issues, performance and scale challenges, and solve them.<\/span><\/li>
\n<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Ensure operational excellence of the services and meet the commitments to our customers regarding security, reliability, availability, and performance.<\/span><\/li>
\n<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Set technical directions and influence cross-functional teams.<\/span><\/li>
\n<\/ul>
\n<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Skills We\u2019re Looking For<\/strong><\/span><\/p>
\n<ul>
\n<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6+ years of hands-on or research experience with high-performance relational data management systems.<\/span><\/li>
\n<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Deep understanding of infrastructure & software optimizations and performance engineering to drive significant performance, latency, and availability improvements.<\/span><\/li>
\n<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Proven track record of leading and delivering large and complicated projects.<\/span><\/li>
\n<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Strong development skills in Java and C++.<\/span><\/li>
\n<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Solid experience with public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP).<\/span><\/li>
\n<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Demonstrated knowledge of columnar storage formats.<\/span><\/li>
\n<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Growth mindset and excitement about breaking the status quo by seeking innovative solutions.<\/span><\/li>
\n<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Excellent team player who is consistent in making everyone around you better.<\/span><\/li>
\n<\/ul>
\n<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Bonus Skills<\/strong><\/span><\/p>
\n<ul>
\n<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Strongly prefer an MS or PhD in Computer Science, ideally focusing on database management and\/or storage engines.<\/span><\/li>
\n<\/ul>
\n<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">#LI-IM1<\/span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">#LI-REMOTE<\/span><\/p><div class="content-conclusion"><p> <\/p>
\n<p class="p-rich_text_section" style="line-height: 1.3;"><strong data-stringify-type="bold">Perks and Benefits<\/strong><\/p>
\n<ul>
\n<li>100% employer-paid medical insurance<strong>*<\/strong><\/li>
\n<li data-pm-slice="1 1 []">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.<\/li>
\n<li>RSU stock grants*<\/li>
\n<li>Professional development and training opportunities<\/li>
\n<li>Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities<\/li>
\n<li>Monthly cell phone stipend<\/li>
\n<li>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.<\/li>
\n<\/ul>
\n<p style="line-height: 1.3;"><em><strong>*<\/strong>May vary by country and worker type – please reach out to your recruiter for more information<\/em><\/p>
\n<p style="line-height: 1.3;"><em>Click <a href="https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1CdawUwjo1Q1B7ghZJ_owdmmHB8VtqhBu?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here<\/a> to learn more about Fivetran's Benefits by Region.<\/em><\/p>
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\n<p style="line-height: 1.3;">We\u2019re honored to be <a class="c-link" href="https:\/\/fivetran.com\/blog\/hvr-acquisition-series-d" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https:\/\/fivetran.com\/blog\/hvr-acquisition-series-d" data-sk="tooltip_parent">valued at over $5.6 billion<\/a>, but more importantly, we\u2019re proud of our <a class="c-link" href="https:\/\/fivetran.com\/culture" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https:\/\/fivetran.com\/culture" data-sk="tooltip_parent">core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream<\/a>. Read about us in <a class="c-link" href="https:\/\/fivetran-com.s3.amazonaws.com\/news\/forbes-aug-sept-2022-digital-reprint-10-21-22.pdf" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https:\/\/fivetran-com.s3.amazonaws.com\/news\/forbes-aug-sept-2022-digital-reprint-10-21-22.pdf" data-sk="tooltip_parent">Forbes<\/a>. <\/p>
\n<p style="line-height: 1.3;">Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.<\/p>
\n<p style="line-height: 1.3;">To learn more about Fivetran\u2019s culture and what it\u2019s like to be part of the team, <a href="https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xlhtp4dGh8o" target="_blank">click here<\/a> and enjoy our video.<\/p>
\n<p style="line-height: 1.3;">To learn more about our candidate privacy policy, you can <a href="https:\/\/fivetran.com\/candidate-privacy" target="_blank">read our statement here<\/a>.<\/p>
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\n<p style="line-height: 1.3;"><em>We are committed to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to participate in our interview process. If you require accommodations at any stage of the process due to a disability, medical condition, or any other circumstance, please don't hesitate to submit your request by filling out this <a href="https:\/\/forms.gle\/V7k3t4u9j523XkEt6">form<\/a>. We will work with you to provide reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation and ensure a fair and accessible interview experience. Your request and any information provided will be kept confidential and will not impact your candidacy. We look forward to hearing from you and accommodating your needs to the best of our ability.<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n