Senior Software Engineer - Databases
Content + Source + Freshness • 11 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
High value opportunity with strong growth potential in data engineering for modern businesses.
- Compelling collaboration opportunities with a modern tech stack
- Strong focus on performance and reliability improvements
- Significant potential for career advancement
Pros
- Strong demand for skills in database performance and reliability
- Collaborative environment with modern tech stack
- Opportunities for mentoring and team collaboration
Cons
- Potentially high workload and project deadlines
- Limited insight on compensation structure
Who it's for
Mid to Senior level • Hybrid with Toronto office presence
Good fit
- Senior software engineers with Java skills
- Developers eager to tackle performance challenges
- Candidates interested in data pipeline technologies
Not recommended for
- New developers with little database knowledge
- Those preferring a fully remote role
- Candidates uninterested in collaboration or mentorship
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
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 seeking an enthusiastic Senior Software Engineer to join our fast-growing data company. As a part of the databases team, you will help drive performance improvements, improve reliability/architecture and build new features for our NoSQL data pipeline services.
This is a full-time, hybrid position based out of our Toronto office in Canada. 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
- Java
- MongoDB, Amazon DynamoDB, Azure Cosmos DB
- AWS, GCP, Azure
- Bazel, Docker, Kubernetes, Github
What You’ll Do
- Write and deliver code reliably, along with automated tests (unit and integration)
- Break down project work into tasks with effort estimates
- Give and receive feedback through code reviews
- Independently create technical designs for new features and actively seek feedback
- Write common components to be used within the team or department
- Mentor less experienced engineers on improving all aspects of their code, according to established coding practices
- Collaborate daily with team members to develop new features and improvements while minimizing technical debt
- Resolve customer issues in collaboration with customer support
- Work across the software development lifecycle: requirements, design, prototype, implementation, review, release, and monitoring
Skills We’re Looking For
- Expertise in Java development
- Experience developing reliable software with high-volume data management under strict SLAs
- Experience working with popular cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Knowledge of popular NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB, Amazon DynamoDB)
- Knowledge of and appreciation for clean code practices
- Ability to troubleshoot problematic code and identify root cause(s)
Bonus Skills
- Experience working with MongoDB and/or Amazon DynamoDB change data capture
- Experience developing data integration tools (ETL or ELT)
- Experience identifying and optimizing performance bottlenecks in distributed systems
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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
Click here to learn more about Fivetran's Benefits by Region.
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.
Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.
To learn more about Fivetran’s culture and what it’s like to be part of the team, click here and enjoy our video.
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