Senior Sales Engineering

Fivetran Austin, Texas, US

About the Role

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.

Fivetran's mission is to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity — with dbt Labs now part of Fivetran, that mission extends from moving data into the warehouse to transforming and modeling it for trusted, governed analytics.

We're looking for a Senior Sales Engineer to join our Enterprise sales team. In this role, you'll work closely with Sales to understand Enterprise customers' complex data requirements — spanning ingestion, transformation, and data modeling — and demonstrate how the combined Fivetran + dbt platform helps them build reliable, end-to-end data pipelines. You'll own technical evaluations across the full data lifecycle: from replicating data into the warehouse to transforming it into governed, analytics-ready models with dbt Cloud.

AWS, GCP, Azure, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Kafka, Grafana, Linux, Windows, Python, Java, Iceberg, dbt Cloud, SQL, data catalogs

Work with Enterprise customers to understand their business, use cases, and requirements across data replication, transformation, and modeling Ensure the technical win by running a tight proof-of-value process spanning ingestion through transformation Guide customers through dbt Cloud proof-of-concept implementations, including private-cloud deployments for enterprise clients where applicable Work closely with Product and Engineering to align solutions with Enterprise customer needs and inform the dbt Cloud enterprise roadmap Develop and maintain relationships with key Enterprise customers and partners (including Snowflake, AWS, Databricks) Own the technical relationship across the full customer lifecycle — pre-sale evaluation through adoption and expansion Stay current on trends in data movement, transformation, and analytics engineering; be an active participant in the dbt community 7+ years in data replication, sales engineering, solutions architecture, or consulting in data operations, analytics, or BI ~ Strong technical background covering database replication, cloud infrastructure, and modern data warehousing architectures ~ Hands-on experience with SQL, ETL/ELT, and data modeling ~ Experience with modern data analytics technologies, including cloud data warehouses/lakes, transformation tooling (dbt or similar), data catalogs, and BI tools ~ Ability to gather and translate technical and business requirements into concrete solutions ~ Optional Bonus Skills

Prior experience at an analytics, ETL, BI, or open-source software company Hands-on experience with dbt Cloud or dbt Core or Fivetran Experience with data modeling methodologies (dimensional, data vault, Kimball, 3NF) Experience with Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, or traditional Enterprise ETL tooling (Informatica, Boomi, Talend) Experience with self-hosted software applications and supporting infrastructure Hands-on networking experience, cloud and on-premise This position qualifies for Fivetran’s incentive plan, and it’s common for employees in this role to achieve the total on-target earnings. OTE (On Target Earning) $100% employer-paid medical insurance * ~ Generous paid time away from work, including paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation depending on role and country, plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave, paid holidays, including a year-end Global Week of Rest, and volunteer days off. ~ RSU stock grants* ~ 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.

* 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. To learn more about our candidate privacy policy, you can read our statement here. 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. Your request and any information provided will be kept confidential and will not impact your candidacy.

Responsibilities

  • Understand Enterprise data requirements across ingestion, transformation, and modeling.
  • Lead technical evaluations across the data lifecycle between ingestion and analytics-ready models.
  • Guide customers through dbt Cloud PoCs and enterprise deployments.

Qualifications

  • Experience in data integration, transformation, data modeling, and cloud data platforms
  • Proficiency with Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Kafka, dbt Cloud
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Required Skills

data integration data modeling cloud data platforms PoC guidance customer-facing

Keywords

Senior Sales Engineer data engineering data platform enterprise sales dbt Cloud

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Job Overview

Date Posted 1 day ago
Location Austin, Texas, US
Job Type Full-time
Work Mode Remote
Category Software technology

About the Company

Fivetran