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# systems-oriented engineer

- **Company:** Fivetran
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Databases, Information Engineering, Data Warehousing, Software Debugging, Programming Tools, File Systems, Memory Management, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Software Engineering, Database Optimization, Backend, Perf (Linux), Production Code
- **Published:** August 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.military.com/career/301736/staff-software-engineer-california-ca-oakland

## About the Role

* 6+ years of professional software development experience, with a focus on building and operating backend systems in a production environment.\n
 * Deep backend engineering experience and proficiency in Python.\n
 * A systematic, first-principles approach to problem-solving, with comfort navigating and debugging in Linux environments (e.g., understanding process scheduling, memory management, file systems).\n
 * Solid grasp of database internals, such as query execution engines, storage layers, indexing strategies, and transaction management.\n
 * Excellent communication skills and a sense of ownership, with the ability to balance technical depth with fast, iterative delivery.\n, * A background in data warehousing, data engineering, or analytics engineering.\n
 * Professional experience writing production code in Go or Rust.\n
 * Experience contributing to or maintaining a popular open-source project.\n
 * Experience building compilers, interpreters, or developer tooling.\n
 * Familiarity with performance analysis tools like perf or strace.\n



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