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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.\nTogether, 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.\nFivetran 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.\nAs 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.\nDuring 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\nWe’re looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test with extensive industry experience to define and execute the design, development, and maintenance of Fivetran’s test automation tools and framework using reliable and scalable techniques.\nAs a Senior SDET, you will focus on solving complex testing difficulties by designing, developing and improving automation and reporting frameworks. You will invest in improving test stability and performance of the framework by developing innovative solutions to boost Fivetran’s testing efficiency. You will also coach Fivetran quality engineers to be the best in class automation engineers, and will continuously work with the team to ensure high standards for automation. The ideal candidate will be highly technical, detail-oriented, creative, motivated, and focused on achieving results.\nThis is a full-time position based out of our Bangalore 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\nJava11, JUnit5,\nDocker and Kubernetes\nAWS, GCP\nTerraform, WireMock, RestAssured\nBazel, BuildKite\nWhat You’ll Do\nReview requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide meaningful, risk-focused feedback.\nDesign and evolve scalable automation frameworks in Java with a strong emphasis on reliability, performance, and data correctness.\nWrite high-signal test strategies for complex features and automate them across multiple environments.\nImprove CI/CD pipelines by building robust validation layers that prevent silent failures and regressions.\nBuild internal tools and proof-of-concepts using AI/LLM technologies to:\nAccelerate debugging and failure triaging\nGenerate high-quality test scenarios\nDetect flaky patterns or regression risks\nImprove log analysis and root-cause identification\nEnhance developer and QA productivity\nDesign AI-assisted workflows that integrate seamlessly into the existing automation and release pipelines.\nExperiment with and implement agent-based systems or LLM-powered tooling that streamline development and testing processes.\nActively measure and improve engineering impact through reliability metrics, automation efficiency, and defect prevention signals.\nCollaborate with engineering teams to drive a culture of quality ownership and automation-first thinking.\nSkills We’re Looking For\n5+ years of experience in the software industry with strong passion for quality, automation, and engineering excellence.\nDeep understanding of OOP principles and strong proficiency in Java.\nExpertise in designing scalable automation frameworks and identifying negative, edge, and high-risk scenarios.\nStrong understanding of distributed systems risks such as schema drift, idempotency failures, data inconsistencies, and race conditions.\nHands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).\nExperience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI, Buildkite.\nExperience working with backend automation frameworks.\nKnowledge of database testing and ETL/data pipeline validation is a strong plus.\nAI & Productivity Engineering\n\nDemonstrated ability to leverage AI/LLM tools to significantly accelerate development, debugging, test design or automation activities.\nExperience building AI-assisted tools, workflows, or agents that integrate into engineering pipelines.\nAbility to design prompt strategies, validate LLM outputs rigorously and implement safeguards to prevent hallucinations or unsafe automation.\nExperience streamlining workflows using AI to improve measurable engineering productivity.\nComfortable feeding, tuning and orchestrating AI agents to solve real engineering problems.\nStrong outcome orientation, measures success through impact, reliability gains and velocity improvements rather than output volume.\n#LI-HYBRID #LI-VM1\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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