Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer - Fullstack

Fivetran

Location:
Canada , Toronto

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

167548.00 - 209435.00 CAD / Year

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Job Description:

We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Reverse ETL product engineering team. Formerly Census, we were acquired in May 2025 to augment Fivetran’s warehouse-first data movement product story. Now we’re integrating our entire product directly into the Fivetran dashboard, bringing best-in-class data activation to every Fivetran customer. As a staff software engineer in Reverse ETL, you’ll be on the front lines of integrating data activation capabilities into the Fivetran product along every dimension – UI, authentication, billing, data model, and more. You’ll be a senior member of a distributed, collaborative, agile team of engineers of varying experience levels and diverse backgrounds.

Job Responsibility:

Make contributions to all parts of our tech stack, which comprises Ruby on Rails, Typescript, Vue, and AWS
Be comfortable 'filling in the gaps' in product / design specs
Work closely with our product team, leaders, and customers to help design and develop features that make Fivetran the one-stop shop for data activation
Mentor early-career engineers, perform thoughtful and constructive code reviews, advise on best practices, provide project-level leadership, operate across teams, departments, and time zones
Lead major projects, from driving research spikes, to writing and socializing design documents, to planning the implementation and rollout

Requirements:

Expertise in at least one interpreted language such as Python, Ruby on Rails, etc.
Hands-on experience with at least one compiled language such as C++, Kotlin, Scala, Go, Java, etc.
Solid understanding of relational databases (experience with data warehousing solutions (e.g., Snowflake) is a bonus)
Proven experience in system integration, including API consumption and development (experience with infrastructure management is a bonus)
Familiarity with leading cloud providers, such as GCP, AWS, or Azure
Experience being on-call
Can build things end-to-end
Is adept with data, backend systems, APIs, and UI components
Is customer-focused, with an eye for building delightful product experiences and developer experiences
Approaches new problems with a scrappy optimism, with a bias towards action
Thrives in ambiguous environments where you get to work directly with customers and make decisions that build trust and have a huge impact on the business
Present and available online for synchronous and asynchronous collaboration with a team distributed across North America
Able to work in-person in our Oakland office 2 days per week

Nice to have:

Experience with data warehousing solutions (e.g., Snowflake)
Experience with infrastructure management

What we offer:

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

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
April 22, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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