Senior Systems Engineer, Data and Integrations

Fivetran Fivetran · Data AI · Novi Sad, Serbia · Systems Engineering Department

Fivetran is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer, Data and Integrations to build and maintain system-to-system and data integrations. This role involves developing integration architecture, ensuring reliable integrations, and proactively monitoring data flow timeliness and accuracy. The position sits at the intersection of software engineering, systems integration, and quality assurance, focusing on internal systems integration, scalability, quality, reliability, and observability.

What you'd actually do

  1. Partner with others on the Systems Engineering Architecture team to define our preferred integration patterns to satisfy our integration needs.
  2. Enforce standards, guidelines, and governance for data and process integration across various internal systems.
  3. Handle inquiries from other technical teams, often requiring investigation and code changes.
  4. Work with business partner teams to understand business processes and build appropriate integrations to support them.
  5. Plan and execute integration engineering end-to-end, from design to code.

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of experience in Systems or Software Engineering roles, with a focus on integrating data and applications.
  • Proficiency in a general purpose programming language
  • Strong SQL proficiency
  • 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.

Nice to have

  • 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.

What the JD emphasized

  • Proficiency in a general purpose programming language is required.
  • Strong SQL proficiency is required.
  • A software engineering background is strongly preferred, with proficiency in API integrations, integration testing, and monitoring/alerting solutions.