Senior Software Engineer - Platform Security

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.

Overview

Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies. We’re looking for a talented Senior Software Engineer with a passion for building enterprise grade software to join the team. You will be focusing on developing world-class enterprise capabilities and features in support of our largest and most sophisticated customers. The work we do is both highly visible and critically important to the long term growth and success of Fivetran. You will have an impact across the entire product as we develop our next generation of enterprise, data governance, and solutions engineering offerings.

As an Engineer in the Platform Security group, you will help secure our data pipeline service, help improve our platform architecture, and maintain reliable operation of the service. We're looking for people who want to learn the key values that make our product great, and implement those values in the many small decisions you make every day as a developer. You will collaborate with engineers across the engineering organization as we identify opportunities for product improvements. You will 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.

What You’ll Do

• Design and implement features and performance improvements in the Fivetran core to create highly scalable distributed data pipelines on the cloud
• Conduct design and code reviews 
• Develop, maintain, and test code
• Collaborate across engineering on cross-functional projects creating innovative solutions
• Understand and fix challenges related to performance and scalability. 
• Participate periodically in on-call rotation
• Participate in the hiring process 
• Make Fivetran the most reliable and secure component of our customers’ data infrastructure

What You'll Bring

• Experience working with distributed systems and cloud security concepts 
• Knowledge and understanding of security fundamentals 
• Able to define project requirements
• Proficient at designing software and infrastructure
• Can identify design flaws in existing systems and come up with improvements
• Writes well-structured and performant code
• Experience in code reviews, design, troubleshooting and testing 
• Java programming experience
• Mentors Junior developers

Bonus Skills

• Experience with security in Kubernetes (K8s) 
• Knowledge of SAML and OAuth authentication / authorization protocols 
• Experience in networking protocols, naming services and network trust
• Experience with Hashicorp Vault
• Demonstrated understanding of TLS certificate management 
• Demonstrated understanding of http protocol security
• Experienced working in a cloud environment utilizing AWS, GCP, Postgres, Kubernetes, Docker, CircleCI, or similar technologies

Perks and Benefits

• 100% paid Medical, Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance. Benefits begin on your first day!
• Option of Health Savings Account (HSA) or Flexible Savings Account (FSA)
• Generous paid time off (PTO) plus paid sick time, holidays, parental leave, and volunteer days off
• 401k match program
• Eligible donation match program
• Monthly cell phone stipend
• Work-from-home equipment reimbursement for your home office setup!
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team building activities
• Pet Insurance 
• Commuter benefits to help with transit and parking costs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Referral Bonuses
• Stock equity -- every employee is granted stock options when they walk in the door   
• Annual Camp Fivetran trip that brings together every employee from around the world

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. 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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