Principal Software Engineer

USA - Oakland💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-11 → 2026-09-27

Core

Define and drive the long-term technical vision for critical platform components enabling Fivetran to scale from thousands to tens of thousands of customers.

Role type

Principal Software Engineer (Platform Engineering)

Builds

Core systems for the data movement platform

Domain

Data infrastructure / Distributed systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Distributed systems architecture, Java (JVM, JIT, GC tuning, thread management), System design, Cross-team leadership, Engineering best practices, Scalability planning

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

Java, JUnit, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Bazel, BuildKite, Datadog, Grafana, Claude Code

Responsibilities

Define long-term architectural vision for core platform systems, Drive design and evolution of large-scale distributed systems, Lead high-impact projects spanning multiple teams, Establish best practices for system design and operational excellence

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship

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About Fivetran

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 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.