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Senior Software Engineer - Metadata

Fivetran · Oakland, California, United States

unknownsenior$139,869–$139,869Posted Aug 13, 2026PythonRustGraphQLPostgresSnowflakeKafkaKubernetesAWS

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## 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—from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on. ## About the Role We’re looking for a **Senior Software Engineer** to join our **Metadata** team. This team owns the metadata layer of the dbt platform—covering the **Discovery API, Catalog, Lineage, and Run History** services that help customers understand, trust, and act on what their data is doing. You’ll own the design and delivery of features end to end, working across high-throughput APIs and data models to make them **faster, more reliable, and more capable**. You’ll write and review designs, raise the quality bar in code review, use the latest AI tools, and collaborate closely with product and QE to deliver work that scales. ## Technologies You’ll Use Python, Rust, GraphQL, Postgres, Snowflake, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, Datadog ## What You’ll Do - Design and implement features and performance improvements across the Metadata team’s services (Discovery API, Catalog, Lineage, Run History) - Develop, maintain, and test high-quality, maintainable code, and optimize critical paths for performance - Write technical designs for feature-level work, seek feedback, and clearly explain trade-offs - Participate in and review technical designs and pull requests

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