Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer
Join Fivetran as a Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer to enhance the reliability of our data infrastructure in a hybrid work environment.
Posted by employer 1 month ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 7 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Monitor availability, capacity, and throughput of production infrastructure
- Evolve systems by adding reliability into the product roadmap
- Coordinate critical bug fixes for support or sales requirements
- Make recommendations to ensure 100% availability
- Monitor infrastructure vulnerabilities and remedy them
Must have
- Expertise in managed Kubernetes
- Expertise in Cloud Platforms and related tooling
- Expertise in Python Programming
- Expertise with Linux operating systems
- Expertise with cloud networking
Nice to have
- Bonus if you have Java programming
- Bonus if you have Go programming
Practical constraints
- Two days in the office each week
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer at Fivetran is responsible for ensuring the performance and reliability of the company's production infrastructure, focusing on monitoring and incident response. Key skills include expertise in managed Kubernetes, cloud platforms like AWS and GCP, and proficiency in Python and Linux systems. This position is well-suited for experienced engineers who have a strong background in site reliability and infrastructure management. Fivetran is currently integrating with dbt Labs, which may offer additional collaborative opportunities.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 13, 2026. Last confirmed on Fivetran's careers page November 3, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for DevOps/SRE roles (median ~$165,000).
- Starts above 83% of 36 comparable staff devops/sre roles in United States that list Kubernetes we track (median $199,875 across 23 companies). See Kubernetes salary trends
- Kubernetes appears in 61.8% of 76 comparable staff devops/sre roles in United States; Buildkite appears in 1.3% of 76 comparable staff devops/sre roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer role remote?
- It's hybrid — Fivetran expects some on-site time in Oakland, California, United States, AMER.
- What's the salary range?
- Fivetran lists $232,338–$290,422 for this role.
- Where is the role based?
- Fivetran is hiring for this position in Oakland, California, United States, AMER.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Ansible, ArgoCD, Azure, Buildkite, GCP.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Fivetran targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer role at Fivetran.
From the original posting
From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. 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.
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.
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.
About the Role
Fivetran and dbt Labs is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.
Fivetran is looking for a high-performance, experienced engineer to be a part of a team of Site Reliability Engineers. You will be working closely with engineering teams, product managers, as well as support and sales engineers to build the future of the Fivetran Data Platform Reliability.
As a member of the Site Reliability Engineering team, you will take ownership of the overall performance and reliability of Fivetran’s infrastructure, the robustness of the deployment pipeline, as well as timely and effective incident response and resolution. You will take responsibility for the growth and stability of Fivetran’s infrastructure, and be a key player driving effective incident response and overall issue avoidance.
This is a full-time position based out of our Oakland, CA 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.
What You’ll Do
- Responsible for ongoing reliability and robustness of Fivetran’s production infrastructure by monitoring availability, capacity, and throughput.
- Evolve systems by adding reliability into our product roadmap
- Coordinate the re-prioritize or fix critical bugs for support or sales requirements as needed
- Make recommendations to production infrastructure by interfacing with engineering to ensure 100% availability
- Ensure scalable artifacts deployment to all environments by automation scripts
- Constantly monitor infrastructure vulnerabilities and remedy them by working with the security team
Skills We’re Looking For
- Expertise in managed Kubernetes (EKS, AKS and GKE)
- Expertise of Cloud Platforms and related tooling: AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Ansible, Buildkite, Pulumi and ArgoCD
- Expertise in Python Programming.
- Expertise with Linux operating systems internals and administration
- Expertise with cloud networking like VPNs, Privatelinks, and Private Service connect (GCP)
- Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL
Bonus Skills
- Bonus if you have Java, GO Programing
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