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What this posting asks for

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

Main responsibilities

• 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.
• Design the validation and reconciliation approach for migrations and pipeline changes, and sign off with stakeholders that record counts, values, and busines…
• Design the monitoring, alerting, and data quality framework that gives end-to-end visibility into data freshness and accuracy across systems, and define the …
• Lead root cause analysis on the most complex cross-system data issues, and drive the systemic fixes that prevent recurrence.
• Serve as the technical lead and subject matter expert for business data within the Systems Engineering team.
• Mentor other engineers and review their designs and code, raising the team's proficiency in data modeling, testing, and pipeline design.

Competencies an interviewer will look for

• Technical skill Core
  In the posting: “With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required.” · “dbt Labs pioneered analytics engineering, helping teams transform data into reliable, governed insights.” · “We’re looking for a Senior Staff Systems Engineer, Data and Integrations to join our Systems Engineering team and set the technical direction for the data th…”
  Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.
• Communication Core
  In the posting: “Define team-wide standards for data modeling, data quality, testing, governance, and documentation, and drive their adoption across Systems Engineering and p…” · “Write and maintain design documents and data flow documentation for current and target state, so decisions are legible to the team and to partners.” · “Ability to evaluate trade-offs between short-term delivery and long-term data architecture health, and to communicate those decisions clearly.”
  Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech.
• Ownership and accountability Core
  In the posting: “In this role, you will own the data architecture behind our marketing, sales, billing, and product operations: the canonical data models, the contracts betwe…” · “Own the canonical data models for Fivetran's marketing, sales, billing, and product operations integrations, and define how business concepts map to data acr…” · “Design the monitoring, alerting, and data quality framework that gives end-to-end visibility into data freshness and accuracy across systems, and define the …”
  Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it.
• Leadership and mentoring Core
  In the posting: “You will partner closely with our Systems, Analytics, and Engineering teams, as well as Marketing, Revenue Operations, Accounting, Product Operations, and ot…” · “Business Partnership Technical Leadership” · “Mentor other engineers and review their designs and code, raising the team's proficiency in data modeling, testing, and pipeline design.”
  Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them.
• Customer focus Core
  In the posting: “With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required.” · “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…” · “Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers.”
  Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company.
• Planning and organisation Core
  In the posting: “We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.” · “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…”
  Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
• Data and analysis Core
  In the posting: “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.”
  Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it.
• Attention to detail and quality Core
  In the posting: “You will partner closely with our Systems, Analytics, and Engineering teams, as well as Marketing, Revenue Operations, Accounting, Product Operations, and ot…” · “A data engineering background is required, with expertise in data modeling, ETL/ELT development, data quality testing, and data validation at scale.” · “Data Architecture and Standards”
  Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
• Stakeholder management Core
  In the posting: “Design the validation and reconciliation approach for migrations and pipeline changes, and sign off with stakeholders that record counts, values, and busines…” · “Translate ambiguous requirements from cross-functional business partners into data models and technical designs, and drive alignment across teams with compet…” · “Write and maintain design documents and data flow documentation for current and target state, so decisions are legible to the team and to partners.”
  Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.
• Adaptability and learning Core
  In the posting: “Translate ambiguous requirements from cross-functional business partners into data models and technical designs, and drive alignment across teams with compet…” · “Generous paid time away from work, including paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation depending on role and country, plus paid sick time, inclusive paren…”
  Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.
• Problem solving Supporting
  In the posting: “Lead root cause analysis on the most complex cross-system data issues, and drive the systemic fixes that prevent recurrence.”
  Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix.
• Teamwork and collaboration Supporting
  In the posting: “Translate ambiguous requirements from cross-functional business partners into data models and technical designs, and drive alignment across teams with compet…”
  Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.

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