Senior Site Reliability Engineer

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 the Role
Fivetran is building automated data pipelines that power the modern data stack for thousands of companies worldwide.
We're looking for a high-performing, experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our team.
In this role, you'll collaborate closely with engineering teams, product managers, support, sales engineers, and solution architects to shape the future of the Fivetran Data Platform's reliability.
This is a full-time position based in our Dublin 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
As a member of the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team, you will be responsible for the performance, scalability, and reliability of Fivetran's infrastructure.
You will own the robustness of our deployment pipeline and lead efforts to resolve and prevent incidents effectively.
Your responsibilities will include:
Ensuring the ongoing reliability and robustness of Fivetran's production infrastructure by monitoring availability, capacity, and throughput.
Driving reliability into the product roadmap by evolving existing systems and processes.
Partnering with engineering, support, and sales to prioritize and resolve critical bugs and incidents.
Recommending infrastructure improvements to ensure optimal availability and performance.
Automating scalable artifact deployments across all environments.
Monitoring and remediating infrastructure vulnerabilities in collaboration with the security team.
Technologies You'll Use
Kubernetes
: EKS, AKS, GKE (managed services)
CI/CD
: GitHub Actions, Buildkite, ArgoCD
Databases
: PostgreSQL, plus other major databases
Programming Languages
: Go, Java
Scripting
: TypeScript, Python, Shell
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
: Terraform, Pulumi
API Frameworks
: FastAPI (RESTful APIs)
Cloud Networking
: PrivateLinks (AWS, Azure), Private Service Connect (GCP), site-to-site VPNs across major cloud providers
Monitoring & Observability
: Grafana
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes
Strong knowledge of cloud platforms and associated tooling: AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, Buildkite, ArgoCD
Proficiency in Python/Shell scripting and the Go programming language (Java is a plus)
Experience with Linux operating systems, including internals and administration
Knowledge of cloud networking: site-to-site VPNs, PrivateLinks, and Private Service Connect (GCP)
Bonus Skills
5+ years of experience working with SaaS products at scale
Experience with databases, especially PostgreSQL
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Perks and Benefits
100% employer-paid medical insurance
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Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off
Professional development and training opportunities
Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
Monthly cell phone stipend
Access 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.
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Fivetran 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.
To learn more about Fivetran's culture and what it's like to be part of the team, click here and enjoy our video.
We 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.
We look forward to hearing from you and accommodating your needs to the best of our ability.
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