About the Role
Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.
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.
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.
Technologies You’ll Use
- Cloud Service Providers(CSPs): AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
- Kubernetes: Managed Kubernetes services (EKS, AKS and GKE)
- Continuous Integration tools: github actions, Buildkite
- Continuous Delivery: ArgoCd
- Databases: Postgres and all the major Databases
- Languages: Go, Java
- Scripts: Typescript, Python, Shell
- IaC: Terraform and Pulumi
- RESTful API: FastAPI
- 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
What You’ll Do
- 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.
- Responsible for ongoing reliability and robustness of Fivetran’s production infrastructure by monitoring availability, capacity, and throughput.
- Evolve systems by adding reliability into our product roadmap.
- Coordinate the re-prioritise or fix critical bugs for support or sales requirements as needed.
- Make recommendations to production infrastructure by interfacing with engineering to ensure 100% availability.
- Ensure scalable artifacts deployment to all environments by automation scripts.
- Constantly monitor infrastructure vulnerabilities and remedy them by working with the security team.
Skills We’re Looking For
- Expertise in managed Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, and GKE).
- Knowledge of Cloud Platforms and related tooling: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud (GCP), Terraform, Ansible, Buildkite, Pulumi and ArgoCD.
- Experience in Python/Shell scripting and Go Language. Bonus if you have Java.
- Experience with Linux operating systems internals and administration.
- Experience with cloud networking like Site-to-Site VPNs, Privatelinks and Private Service connect (GCP).
- AI-assisted engineering: Experience using AI tools for code review, automation, incident analysis, documentation, and reducing operational toil.
Bonus Skills
- 5+ years of experience working with SaaS products at scale.
- Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL.