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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.\nAbout Us\nFivetran 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 every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on. 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. 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. 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.\nAbout the Role\nFivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies. \nFivetran is seeking an exceptional Principal Software Engineer to lead our AI adoption initiative across the Engineering organization. This unique leadership role combines deep technical expertise with strategic business acumen and change management capabilities. You will be the driving force behind transforming our 500+ engineers into “Bionic Engineers\" while implementing Virtual Engineer capabilities to achieve 10% productivity gains in FY26 and 20% in FY27.\nAs the single point of contact for AI initiatives in Engineering, you will orchestrate an engineering-wide transformation that makes AI-driven productivity a core engineering competency. This role requires someone who can navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape, drive adoption across diverse teams, and deliver measurable business impact.\nThis is a full-time position based out of our Oakland 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.\nTechnologies You’ll Use\nJava, Postgres, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, CircleCI\n\nGoogle Gemini, Anthropic Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot\n\nWhat You’ll Do\nAdoption Management & Leadership (40%)\nDrive Cultural Transformation: Lead the evolution from AI-curious to AI-native engineering practices across all teams\n\nChampion Change Management: Convert skeptics into advocates through data-driven demonstrations of value and hands-on enablement\n\nMeasure & Accelerate Adoption: Establish KPIs, track progress from the current 50% to 100% adoption, and implement interventions to accelerate uptake\n\nBuild Communities of Practice: Create forums for knowledge sharing, celebrate wins, and foster peer-to-peer learning\n\nTechnical Leadership (35%)\nTool Evaluation & Selection: Continuously assess emerging AI tools (Copilot, Claude Code, Codex, etc.) and make data-driven recommendations\n\nArchitecture & Integration: Design technical frameworks for integrating AI tools into existing development workflows and CI/CD pipelines\n\nVirtual Engineer Implementation: Lead proof-of-concepts for coding agents in standardized tasks (Lite Connectors via CoIL, code refactoring, test generation)\n\nSecurity & Compliance: Partner with Security and Legal teams to ensure AI tool usage protects IP and meets compliance requirements\n\nTechnical Standards: Establish best practices, guidelines, and guardrails for AI-assisted development\n\nPerformance Optimization: Analyze and optimize the technical performance and cost-efficiency of AI tool deployments\n\nInnovation Pipeline: Maintain awareness of cutting-edge AI developments and identify opportunities for competitive advantage\n\nBusiness Leadership (25%)\nStrategic Planning: Develop and execute the three-phase AI adoption roadmap (Explore & Learn → Enable, Train & Adopt → Core Competency)\n\nBudget Management: Oversee $1M+ annual tool budget, optimize spend across 500+ team members, and demonstrate ROI\n\nStakeholder Management: Build relationships with the CEO, Engineering Leadership, Finance, L&D, Legal, and Security teams\n\nBusiness Case Development: Quantify productivity gains, cost savings, and strategic value of AI initiatives\n\nVendor Relations: Negotiate enterprise contracts, manage vendor relationships, and influence product roadmaps\n\nCross-functional Collaboration: Work with Program Managers, Engineering Managers, and other non-IC roles to extend AI benefits\n\nCompetitive Intelligence: Monitor industry trends and ensure Fivetran maintains a leadership position in AI-augmented engineering\nEnable Success at Scale: Design and implement adoption playbooks that work across diverse teams with varying technical backgrounds\n\nRemove Barriers: Identify and systematically eliminate technical, cultural, and process obstacles to AI adoption\n\nCommunicate Impact: Regularly present adoption metrics, success stories, and ROI to engineering leadership and executives\n\nSkills We’re Looking For\nTechnical Expertise\n10+ years of software engineering experience with proven expertise across multiple programming languages and paradigms\n\nDeep hands-on experience with AI-powered development tools (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, etc.)\n\nStrong understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, and AI model capabilities/limitations\n\nExperience with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and modern software development workflows\n\nTrack record of evaluating and implementing new technologies at scale\n\nLeadership Experience\nProven ability to drive technical initiatives across large engineering organizations (500+ people)\n\nExperience leading without authority and influencing senior technical leaders\n\nTrack record of successful change management in engineering contexts\n\nDemonstrated ability to convert technical innovations into business value\n\nExperience presenting to C-level executives and board members\n\nAdoption & Enablement Skills\nExperience driving tool adoption across diverse technical teams\n\nStrong communication skills with the ability to create compelling narratives for different audiences\n\nTrack record of building training programs and enablement materials\n\nData-driven approach to measuring and improving adoption metrics\n\nPatience and empathy when working with skeptics and late adopters\n\nBonus Skills\nExperience with Fivetran's tech stack (Java, Python, C, SQL, Bazel, React)\n\nBackground in developer productivity, platform engineering, or DevEx roles\n\nExperience with virtual agents/coding assistants in production environments\n\nKnowledge of AI/ML fundamentals and enterprise AI governance\n\nPrevious experience in high-growth SaaS companies\n\n#LI-HYBRID #LI-EM1\nThe 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.\nOakland Pay Range\n$225,813—$282,266 USD\nPerks and Benefits\n100% employer-paid medical insurance*\nGenerous 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.\nRSU stock grants*\nProfessional development and training opportunities\nCompany virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities\nMonthly cell phone stipend\nAccess 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.\n* May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information\nClick here to learn more about Fivetran's Benefits by Region.\nWe’re honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, we’re proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes. \nFivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.\nTo learn more about Fivetran’s culture and what it’s like to be part of the team, click here and enjoy our video.\nTo learn more about our candidate privacy policy, you can read our statement here.\nWe 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 don't hesitate to submit your request by filling out this form. 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. 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