Manager Software Engineering

About Us

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. 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.

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.

About the Role

Fivetran and dbt Labs build data pipelines that power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.

As Engineering Manager for the Data Application Platform team, you'll lead the engineers responsible for core systems that support data movement, including scheduling and workflow management, application security, and database systems. You'll guide team execution and career development, partner with technical leads on architectural strategy, and help the team deliver critical initiatives reliably.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You'll focus on growing people, building a healthy delivery process, and shaping technical direction, while staying close to the code and architecture so you can make sound technical decisions and earn the trust of a senior engineering team.

This is a full-time position based in our Oakland, CA office. Our hybrid work model combines remote flexibility with in-person collaboration, including two days in the office each week to connect and build as a team.

Technologies You'll Use

• Java (JVM, JIT, GC tuning, thread management), JUnit
• Postgres Database
• Claude Code
• Docker and Kubernetes
• AWS, GCP
• Bazel, BuildKite
• Observability tools

What You'll Do

• Lead and Grow the Team: Hire, onboard, coach, and develop software engineers, while providing day-to-day support and managing performance.
• Own Team Delivery: Plan and prioritize the team's work, and guide execution to deliver high-quality software predictably.
• Set Technical Direction: Partner with senior and staff engineers to guide the architecture and evolution of Fivetran's scheduling, workflow management, application security, and database systems, focusing on reliability, scalability, and security.
• Drive Cross-Team Alignment: Work with leaders across Fivetran's platform and engineering organization to coordinate shared technical work and ensure core systems integrate effectively.
• Shape the Roadmap: Partner with product and engineering stakeholders to translate customer needs, security requirements, and operational feedback into clear priorities and a well-sequenced roadmap.
• Raise the Engineering Bar: Build a culture of design docs, thoughtful code review, and durable engineering, enabling the team to ship quickly while maintaining quality.

Skills We're Looking For

• Lead Engineering Teams: Experience managing software engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, and performance management, with a track record of shipping production systems.
• Bring Strong Engineering Judgment: A solid engineering foundation. You've built and shipped production software and can engage credibly with senior engineers on architecture and technical tradeoffs.
• Understand Core Platform Domains: Familiarity with areas such as SQL, application security, and platform scalability, along with a strong grasp of clean code, modularity, testability, and backward compatibility.
• Communicate and Collaborate Effectively: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience working in distributed, asynchronous teams and explaining complex tradeoffs to engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders.
• Lead Across Teams: Demonstrated experience driving cross-team technical initiatives and influencing engineering direction.
• Deliver Through Ambiguity: A track record of taking high-impact problems from definition through execution.

Bonus Skills

• Experience with data platforms or data engineering systems, along with an understanding of application security principles.

Oakland Pay Range

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 incentives or target bonuses depending on the role. Our compensation ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Our job titles may span more than one career level. Within the range, individual compensation is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, business need, market demands. The compensation range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your location during the hiring process.

Range: $211,513 to $264,391 USD

Perks and Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical insurance*
• 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 holidays, including a year-end Global Week of Rest, and volunteer days off.
• RSU stock grants*
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
• Monthly cell phone stipend
• Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.

*May vary by country and worker type. Please reach out to your recruiter for more information.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to participate in our interview process. If you require accommodations at any stage of the process due to a disability, medical condition, or any other circumstance, please submit your request using the accommodation request form linked in the original posting. We will work with you to provide reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation and ensure a fair and accessible interview experience. Your request and any information provided will be kept confidential and will not impact your candidacy.