Manager Software Engineering
About The Position
Fivetran and dbt Labs build data pipelines and infrastructure for organizations to move, transform, and trust their data. The Engineering Manager for the Data Application Platform team leads engineers responsible for core data-movement systems, including scheduling and workflow management, application security, and database systems. The role guides team execution and career development, partners with technical leads on architectural strategy, and helps deliver critical initiatives reliably. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on growing people, building a healthy delivery process, and shaping technical direction while staying close to code and architecture. The position is full-time and based in Fivetran’s Oakland, California office. The hybrid model includes remote flexibility and two in-office days each week.
Requirements
- Experience managing software engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, and performance management, with a track record of shipping production systems.
- Strong engineering foundation, including having built and shipped production software and being able to engage credibly with senior engineers on architecture and technical tradeoffs.
- Familiarity with SQL, application security, and platform scalability, and a strong grasp of clean code, modularity, testability, and backward compatibility.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience working in distributed, asynchronous teams and explaining complex tradeoffs to engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience driving cross-team technical initiatives and influencing engineering direction.
- Track record of taking high-impact problems from definition through execution.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with data platforms or data engineering systems.
- Understanding of application security principles.
Responsibilities
- Hire, onboard, coach, and develop software engineers; provide day-to-day support and manage performance.
- Plan and prioritize team work, and guide execution to deliver high-quality software predictably.
- Partner with senior and staff engineers to guide the architecture and evolution of scheduling, workflow management, application security, and database systems, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and security.
- Coordinate shared technical work with leaders across the platform and engineering organization, ensuring core systems integrate effectively.
- Partner with product and engineering stakeholders to translate customer needs, security requirements, and operational feedback into priorities and a sequenced roadmap.
- Promote design documentation, thoughtful code review, and durable engineering practices so the team can deliver quickly while maintaining quality.
Benefits
- 100% employer-paid medical insurance.
- Paid time away from work, including paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation depending on role and country, paid sick time, inclusive parental leave, paid holidays, a year-end Global Week of Rest, and volunteer days off.
- RSU stock grants.
- Professional development and training opportunities.
- Company virtual happy hours, free food, and team-building activities.
- Monthly cell phone stipend.
- Access to a mental health support platform offering therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness resources for covered employees and dependents.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
