Job brief: Senior Software Engineer - Orchestration

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 2026-11-06.
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• 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: $163,920 to $196,712 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Remote · USA - Austin (dbt) · CAN - Remote - Ontario
• Posted: 2026-10-08

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

Level: Senior. The title says "Senior".

Must have

• With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required.
• 5+ years of experience in the software industry with a passion for solving complex software engineering problems, including designing and building backend services and reusable co…
• 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

• Participate periodically in the on-call rotation, and be mindful of security throughout your work
• 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

• Design and implement features and performance improvements across the Orchestration team's services — the scheduler, execution harness, and results processing
• Develop, maintain, and test high-quality, maintainable code, and optimize critical paths for performance
• Write technical designs for feature-level work, actively seek feedback, and clearly explain the trade-offs of your decisions
• Participate in and review technical designs and pull requests, providing constructive feedback to the team
• Improve test coverage with comprehensive unit tests and refactor code to drive down tech debt

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for software engineer jobs across the U.S.: $187k a year (1,154 listings, 68 employers). This listing pays about the same.
• Across Fivetran's 101 open listings, 36% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Fivetran hires

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