Job brief: Senior Staff Systems Engineer, Data & Integrations

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Fivetran's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
• The apply link opens fivetran.com, the address Fivetran's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $202,787 to $253,484 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Oakland, California, United States, AMER · USA - Oakland
• Posted: 2026-10-06

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Staff".

Must have

• With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required.
• A data engineering background is required, with expertise in data modeling, ETL/ELT development, data quality testing, and data validation at scale.
• 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, or a similar role, with a deep focus on modeling and transforming business data and a track record of technical…
• The compensation range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire compensation for the target position and level, and may include sales inc…

Conditions

• Generous paid time away from work, including paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation depending on role and country, plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave, paid holida…

Main duties

• Help us bring established data engineering practices to internal business systems, and define what those practices should be here.
• Own the canonical data models for Fivetran's marketing, sales, billing, and product operations integrations, and define how business concepts map to data acr…
• Contribute to the design of integration architecture, establishing guidance for when to use batch, real-time, and event-driven data movement.
• Lead the design and execution of our most complex data initiatives, including bulk migrations, system consolidations, and re-implementation of core integrati…
• Build, review, and ship the SQL and Python transformations and pipelines behind these initiatives, setting the bar for code quality on the team.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for data and analytics jobs across the U.S.: $130k a year (763 listings, 162 employers). This listing is 75% higher.
• Across Fivetran's 109 open listings, 32% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Fivetran hires

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