About the role
<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>About Us</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fivetran and dbt Labs are bringing together two industry-leading companies with a shared mission: helping organizations unlock the full value of their data.</span><br><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Together, we’re delivering the data infrastructure layer that helps organizations move, transform, and trust their data — from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on.</span><br><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fivetran helps organizations automate data movement across the systems, clouds, engines, and tools they rely on. dbt Labs pioneered analytics engineering, helping teams transform data into reliable, governed insights. Together, we support thousands of organizations as they build a trusted foundation for analytics, AI, and better business decisions.</span><br><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">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 customers know and trust. It’s an exciting time to join us: we’re creating a company with the scale, talent, and technology to help more organizations put their data to work with greater speed, confidence, and impact.</span><br><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">During this transition period, you may see references to both Fivetran and dbt Labs throughout our recruiting process as we integrate our teams, systems, and career sites.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>About the Role</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We’re looking for a high-performance, experienced engineer to be a part of a team of Site Reliability Engineers. You will be working closely with engineering teams, product managers, as well as support, sales engineers and solution architects to build the future of the Fivetran Data Platform Reliability.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This is a full-time position based out of our Dublin office. Our hybrid work model offers a blend of remote flexibility and in-person collaboration, including two days in the office each week to connect and build as a team.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Technologies You’ll Use</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cloud Service Providers(CSPs): AWS, Azure and Google Cloud</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Kubernetes: Managed Kubernetes services (EKS, AKS and GKE)</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Continuous Integration tools: github actions, Buildkite</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Continuous Delivery: ArgoCd</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Databases: Postgres and all the major Databases</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Languages: Go, Java</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Scripts: Typescript, Python, Shell</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">IaC: Terraform and Pulumi</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">RESTful API: FastAPI</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cloud networking: Privatelinks in Azure and AWS, Private service connect in GCP and site-to-site VPN tunnels in all 3 major cloud service providers - AWS, Azure and Google Cloud</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">As a member of the Site Reliability Engineering team, you will take ownership over the overall performance and reliability of Fivetran’s infrastructure, the robustness of the deployment pipeline, as well as timely and effective incident response and resolution. You will take responsibility for the growth and stability of Fivetran’s infrastructure, and be a key player driving effective incident response and overall issue avoidance.</span></p> <ul> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Responsible for ongoing reliability and robustness of Fivetran’s production infrastructure by monitoring availability, capacity, and throughput.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Evolve systems by adding reliability into our product roadmap</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Coordinate the re-prioritise or fix critical bugs for support or sales requirements as needed</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Make recommendations to production infrastructure by interfacing with engineering to ensure 100% availability</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ensure scalable artifacts deployment to all environments by automation scripts</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Constantly monitor infrastructure vulnerabilities and remedy them by working with the security team</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Skills We’re Looking For</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Expertise in managed Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, and GKE).</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Knowledge of Cloud Platforms and related tooling: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud (GCP), Terraform, Ansible, Buildkite, Pulumi and ArgoCD.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Experience in Python/Shell scripting and Go Language. Bonus if you have Java.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Experience with Linux operating systems internals and administration </span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Experience with cloud networking like Site-to-Site VPNs, Privatelinks and Private Service connect (GCP)</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">AI-assisted engineering: Experience using AI tools for code review, automation, incident analysis, documentation, and reducing operational toil.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Bonus Skills</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">5+ years of experience working with SaaS products at scale </span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#LI-IM1<br>#LI-HYBRID</span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p> </p> <p class="p-rich_text_section" style="line-height: 1.3;"><strong data-stringify-type="bold">Perks and Benefits</strong></p> <ul> <li>100% employer-paid medical insurance<strong>*</strong></li> <li>Generou