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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\nFivetran and dbt Labs is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.\nWe’re looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer (Backend) to join our Core Experience global group and help build and evolve Fivetran’s Developer Experience platform.\nYou will work on core developer-facing capabilities, including Public APIs, Terraform Provider, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations, enabling customers and partners to automate, manage, and integrate with Fivetran at scale.\nIn this role, you will design and deliver reliable backend services, improve API usability and consistency, and contribute to the evolution of our software architecture. You’ll collaborate with engineers, product managers, and other teams to build scalable solutions that simplify how developers interact with Fivetran.\nWe value engineers who take ownership of their work, actively leverage modern AI-assisted development tools, and continuously look for ways to improve engineering productivity and software quality.\nThis is a full-time position based out of our Serbia office in Novi Sad. Our hybrid work model offers a blend of remote flexibility and in-person collaboration\nTechnologies You’ll Use\nBackend: Java, Go, PostgreSQL\nAPIs & Integrations: REST APIs, OpenAPI, gRPC, MCP, OAuth\nInfrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP\nDevelopment & CI/CD: Bazel, Buildkite, Git\nAI-Assisted Development: Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar tools\nWhat You’ll Do\nDesign, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs that power Fivetran’s Developer Experience.\nBuild and enhance Public APIs, Terraform Provider, and MCP integrations, enabling customers to manage and automate their Fivetran infrastructure.\nDesign reliable, scalable, and maintainable backend solutions, with a focus on API consistency, backward compatibility, security, and performance.\nTake ownership of features from technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.\nCollaborate with product managers, engineers, and cross-functional teams to translate product requirements into technical solutions.\nContribute to architecture discussions, technical design reviews, and code reviews to maintain high engineering standards.\nTroubleshoot production issues, improve system reliability, and continuously enhance existing functionality.\nActively use AI-assisted development tools for coding, debugging, testing, code reviews, and technical exploration to improve development efficiency and quality.\nIdentify opportunities to improve developer workflows, engineering processes, and internal tooling.\nSkills We’re Looking For\n5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong backend development skills, preferably in Java or Go.\nStrong understanding of software engineering principles, data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns.\nExperience designing, developing, and maintaining production-grade REST APIs and backend services.\nExperience building reliable distributed systems operating at scale and under strict availability and performance requirements.\nAbility to design maintainable software solutions, make sound technical decisions, and balance short-term delivery with long-term architecture.\nStrong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, including diagnosing complex issues in production environments.\nExperience writing clean, well-structured, testable code and following modern software engineering best practices.\nHands-on experience using AI-assisted coding and development tools as part of regular engineering workflows, with an understanding of their capabilities, limitations, and best practices.\nAbility to independently own and deliver complex engineering tasks while collaborating effectively with other engineers and stakeholders.\nStrong communication skills and willingness to participate in technical discussions, design reviews, and knowledge sharing.\nBonus Skills\nExperience developing or maintaining Terraform Providers, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), or developer automation tools.\nFamiliarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP), AI agents, or LLM-based integrations.\nExperience designing public APIs using OpenAPI specifications, including API versioning, authentication, and backward compatibility.\nUnderstanding of OAuth 2.0, identity management, and API security best practices.\nExperience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), Kubernetes, and cloud-native architectures.\nExperience building developer platforms, SDKs, CLIs, or other developer-facing tools.\nExperience with observability, monitoring, and performance optimization of distributed services.\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. 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