Fivetran
About this role
The senior reliability seat at Fivetran, owning the performance and stability of the infrastructure the whole data platform runs on, plus the deployment pipeline and incident response. The environment is managed Kubernetes across EKS, AKS and GKE, with Terraform, Ansible, Buildkite, Pulumi and ArgoCD, Python and shell scripting, Linux internals, cloud networking including VPNs and PrivateLink, and PostgreSQL. Nine years is a high floor and the posting sets it against SaaS products at scale, so this is aimed at someone who has already carried production for a large platform rather than a mid level SRE stepping up. Note Fivetran is mid merger with dbt Labs. Bangalore, two office days a week.
Who this is for
What the posting asks for:
- 9+ years of experience working with SaaS products at scale.
- Working knowledge of managed Kubernetes across EKS, AKS and GKE.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms and the surrounding tooling: AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Ansible, Buildkite, Pulumi and ArgoCD.
- Experience with Python and shell scripting. Java or Go is a bonus.
- Experience with Linux operating system internals and administration.
- Experience with cloud networking including VPNs, PrivateLink and Private Service Connect on GCP.
- Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL.
Day to day: owning the ongoing reliability and robustness of Fivetran's production infrastructure, the robustness of the deployment pipeline, and timely incident response and resolution. The posting frames the role as driving both effective incident response and overall issue avoidance, and you would work closely with engineering teams, product managers and support and sales engineers.
Location and office reality: Bangalore, full time, hybrid with two days a week in the office.
Honest fit guidance: nine years is unusually specific and unusually high for an SRE posting. If you are at six or seven years with strong multi cloud Kubernetes and incident command experience it may still be worth an application, but understand you are applying under the stated bar. Company context: the dbt Labs merger means the platform surface is likely to grow during your first year.
- 9+ years of experience working with SaaS products at scale.
- Working knowledge of managed Kubernetes across EKS, AKS and GKE.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms and the surrounding tooling: AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Ansible, Buildkite, Pulumi and ArgoCD.
- Experience with Python and shell scripting. Java or Go is a bonus.
- Experience with Linux operating system internals and administration.
- Experience with cloud networking including VPNs, PrivateLink and Private Service Connect on GCP.
- Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL.
Day to day: owning the ongoing reliability and robustness of Fivetran's production infrastructure, the robustness of the deployment pipeline, and timely incident response and resolution. The posting frames the role as driving both effective incident response and overall issue avoidance, and you would work closely with engineering teams, product managers and support and sales engineers.
Location and office reality: Bangalore, full time, hybrid with two days a week in the office.
Honest fit guidance: nine years is unusually specific and unusually high for an SRE posting. If you are at six or seven years with strong multi cloud Kubernetes and incident command experience it may still be worth an application, but understand you are applying under the stated bar. Company context: the dbt Labs merger means the platform surface is likely to grow during your first year.
Apply on company site
Opens www.fivetran.com, the employer's own application page. Applying is always free.