Staff Software Engineer
About The Position
Fivetran is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join their Database Connector team. This team is responsible for building and operating the core replication technology that ensures reliable, scalable data movement for enterprise customers. The role is ideal for engineers who are interested in database internals, change data capture, replication correctness, and large-scale distributed systems. The Staff Software Engineer will lead the design and evolution of connector capabilities, investigate complex replication behaviors, and contribute to the technical direction of systems supporting mission-critical workloads, including large Oracle deployments. This is a full-time position based in Toronto, Canada, with a hybrid work model that includes two days per week in the office for collaboration.
Requirements
- Significant hands-on software engineering experience building backend, infrastructure, or distributed systems.
- Strong experience with Java and/or C/C++ in production systems.
- Deep understanding of database internals, transaction semantics, query behavior, and data consistency.
- Experience building or maintaining data replication, CDC, ETL/ELT, migration, or connector systems.
- Experience investigating low-level or poorly documented system behavior, such as binary logs, protocols, storage formats, or APIs.
- Strong system design skills, especially for reliable distributed systems operating under strict correctness and availability requirements.
- Ability to lead technical direction and influence architecture across teams.
- Strong communication skills and a track record of mentoring engineers.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Oracle internals, redo/archive logs, or log-based replication.
- Experience with database migration or replication products.
- Experience in systems-level engineering, including kernel, drivers, networking, or protocol analysis.
- Experience working on developer infrastructure or highly reliable data platforms.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and improve database connectors with a focus on correctness, performance, scalability, and operability.
- Investigate complex replication and CDC issues in production systems used by enterprise customers.
- Analyze low-level database behavior, logs, and transaction flows to support new features and improve reliability.
- Develop support for new database capabilities, especially in Oracle and other enterprise database platforms.
- Drive software design and technical roadmap decisions for the team.
- Improve observability, testing, and operational excellence across connector systems.
- Partner with engineers across teams to raise architecture quality and reliability across the broader platform.
- Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership through design reviews, implementation guidance, and hands-on development.
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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
