Staff Software Engineer
Core
Design and lead the technical direction for Cloud Signals systems including billing, usage metering, telemetry pipelines, and notifications for the combined Fivetran + dbt platform.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Backend/Platform)
Builds
Billing and usage metering systems, high-volume telemetry/event pipelines (Vortex), notification services, and usage reporting dashboards.
Domain
SaaS Data Infrastructure / Cloud Computing
Required skills
Distributed systems design, Event-driven architectures, Relational databases, Cloud data warehouses, API design, Infrastructure as code, Observability, Technical leadership, Cross-team collaboration, AI coding assistants
Preferred skills
Billing/metering systems, Telemetry/analytics pipelines, Notification platforms, Data processing (ETL/ELT), System consolidation post-M&A
Technologies
Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Java, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Kafka, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Datadog
Responsibilities
Set architecture and design docs for critical revenue systems, Lead Fivetran + dbt billing integration, Evolve Vortex telemetry platform, Grow shared notification service, Define SLOs and lead incident response, Mentor engineers and review code/designs, Partner with leadership on roadmap and build-vs-buy decisions
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope
