Senior Director, Lead Software Engineering

From Fivetran’s 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’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.

About the Role

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

We’re looking for a Head of Engineering for a dashboard and data modeling interface. Must be an experience Sr leader, and also an operator proficient with modern tooling stacks and AI assistants. Will be responsible for organizing and implementing much of the work around a new highly integrated product offering and an open source repo.

You’ll also be responsible for ensuring the technical excellence of your team and owned services, by reviewing code, contributing to architectural designs, and mentoring your junior colleagues.

This is a full-time role based out of our Oakland, CA office. Our hybrid work model offers a blend of remote flexibility and in-person collaboration, including two days in the office each week to connect and build as a team.

Technologies You’ll Use

Python, Django, Javascript, Claude Code, MCPs, data warehouses, SQL, visualization libraries.

What You’ll Do

 - Manage small but world class all-star engineering team
 - Own and implement many core product features
 -Drive and execute deep integrations into existing products and platform
- Balance features, scope and speed

Skills We’re Looking For

 - Team leadership
 - Architectural skill - able to see the simple and efficient paths
 - AI coding tool proficiency and effectiveness
 - Scope simplification

For example, our required AI competencies for Engineering:

• Understand how to use AI code assist and coding agents to automatically generate code for features, bugs, testing, and investigation
• Ability to use conversational AI systems (like Claude, ChatGPT, and internal chatbots) to support researching, authoring, reviewing, and synthesizing various SDLC artifacts such as TDDs, PRDs, Postmortems, Test Plans, and Proposals
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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The compensation range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire compensation for the target position and level, and may include sales incentives or target bonuses depending on the role.  Our compensation ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Our job titles may span more than one career level. Within the range, individual compensation is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, business need, market demands. The compensation range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your location during the hiring process.

Oakland Pay Range$251,835—$314,794 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.

*May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information

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We’re honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, we’re proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes.