Systems Engineer, Integrations (Data and Systems)

About the Role

Fivetran and dbt Labs are bringing together two industry-leading companies with a shared mission: helping organizations unlock the full value of their data. Together, we’re delivering the data infrastructure layer that helps organizations move, transform, and trust their data — from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on. Fivetran helps organizations automate data movement across the systems, clouds, engines, and tools they rely on. dbt Labs pioneered analytics engineering, helping teams transform data into reliable, governed insights. Together, we support thousands of organizations as they build a trusted foundation for analytics, AI, and better business decisions. As we bring our teams and technology together, we’re building on the strengths of both companies while continuing to deliver the products and experiences our customers know and trust. It’s an exciting time to join us: we’re creating a company with the scale, talent, and technology to help more organizations put their data to work with greater speed, confidence, and impact. During this transition period, you may see references to both Fivetran and dbt Labs throughout our recruiting process as we integrate our teams, systems, and career sites.

We’re looking for a Systems Engineer, Data and Integrations to build and maintain system-to-system and data integrations on our Systems Engineering team. In this role, you will help develop our integration architecture, build and maintain reliable integrations that support business processes running across multiple systems, and proactively ensure the timeliness and accuracy of the data flow.

This position will sit at the crossroads of software engineering, systems integration, and quality assurance, ensuring our internal systems are properly integrated and primed for scalability. You will partner closely with our other Systems and Engineering teams, as well as business partner teams across the company.

This is a full-time position 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

Our core systems are Salesforce, Netsuite, Coupa, Workday, and Zendesk. Our current integration stack includes Celigo and Fivetran itself.

Working knowledge of one or more of our business applications, with a desire to keep learning, is necessary. You should also be fluent in SQL and strong in a general purpose programming language such as Python or Typescript.

A software engineering background is strongly preferred, with proficiency in API integrations, integration testing, and monitoring/alerting solutions. Help us bring established software engineering practices to internal systems!

What You’ll Do

• Partner with others on the Systems Engineering Architecture team to define our preferred integration patterns to satisfy our integration needs.
• Enforce standards, guidelines, and governance for data and process integration across various internal systems.
• Handle inquiries from other technical teams, often requiring investigation and code changes.
• Work with business partner teams to understand business processes and build appropriate integrations to support them.
• Plan and execute integration engineering end-to-end, from design to code.
• Ensure that our integrations are proactively monitored. 
• Create dashboards and alerts that provide end-to-end visibility into system performance and stability, minimizing downtime and improving incident response times.

Skills We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in Systems Engineering roles, with a focus on integrating data and applications.
• Proficiency in a general purpose programming language is required.
• Strong SQL proficiency is required.
• Working knowledge of business applications such as Salesforce, Netsuite, Coupa, Workday, and Zendesk.
• Ability to balance short-term tactical needs with long-term strategic vision, driving organizational best practices around quality.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical colleagues.

Bonus Skills

• Familiarity with iPaaS platforms and reverse ETL tools, their capabilities, and tradeoffs.
• Experience working with data pipelines (ETL/ELT) and SQL for data validation or monitoring.

By stepping into this role, you’ll be at the forefront of driving quality, reliability, and observability of the integrations that power Fivetran’s key business processes!

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