Airbyte is the open-source standard for Data Movement. We enable data teams to move data from applications, APIs, unstructured sources, and databases to data warehouses, lakes, AI applications and LLMs. With our approach we are finally solving the need for extensibility and control that every company needs with data.
So far, our customers, users, and ourselves have built over 10,000 connectors and have had 200,000+ companies install Airbyte. We've raised $181M from the world's top investors (Benchmark, Accel, Altimeter, Coatue, Y Combinator, etc.) and we believe in product-led growth, where we build something awesome that all our users love.
We’re committed to providing as much context to our current employees and candidates. The Airbyte company handbook, core values, methodology, strategy, and roadmap are open to all.
Airbyte is in-person in our Embarcadero office weekly. If you find this role exciting, we encourage you to apply even if you think you don’t meet all requirements
Opportunity
As an Engineer on the Destinations team, you will push forward Airbyte’s mission-critical connectors that deliver customer data to databases and data warehouses. Our users are looking to coalesce all of their data into a single warehouse. This requires these destinations to be highly reliable, predictable, and efficient. It also requires them to be highly configurable to meet different warehousing and scaling needs. These destinations lay the foundation for our user's data strategies, and are the primary way our users interface with our product.
You will be responsible for defining the framework for how Airbyte interacts with and stores data in all data warehouses. You will ensure that we can represent a wide variety of data types in ways that empower our users. You will also make sure we leverage warehouse-specific features to make Airbyte best-in-class for each destination that we support. Finally, you will help to build the tools to empower our community to create and extend destinations on thier own.
What You'll Do
- Drive step function improvements in warehouse connectors performance & reliability
- Build leverage: a week-long task this year should take ten minutes next year
- Pioneer the creation of new patterns, tools, and frameworks for building database and data warehouse connectors
- Help shape the Destination Connectors team roadmap
- Improve engineering processes and documentation
- Design how Airbyte should present data in destinations to meet warehousing best practices
- Write high-leverage code
- You have an insatiable desire to ship.
- Improve engineering processes and documentation
- Mentor junior engineers
What You'll Need
- 2+ years of experience with Java or Kotlin
- Advanced SQL skills
- Experience in profiling and optimizing high performance applications
- 6+ years of software engineering experience.
- Ability to influence without authority and work with engineers junior and senior
- A passion for continuous learning and improvement (both at a personal and team level)
- Belief in our values
Location
- San Francisco. 3 days a week
Salary for this job
- $183,000- $220,000 + a generous equity package, and benefits listed below for US Market.
We Provide
The benefits listed below are for US-based employees.
- Relocation - should you apply to a San Francisco based role, Airbyte will assist with U.S. relocation to make this a seamless transition and compensate you well.
- Unlimited Paid Time Off - we need you at your best at all times. Our expected minimum time off of 25 PTO days per year lets you schedule your work around your life.
- Parental leave (for new parents) - we offer 16 weeks of paid parental leave for all new parents so you have time to adjust to the new life (and work) schedule introduced by your new bundle of joy.
- Sponsored Travel - Airbyte has a partially distributed team and we recognize the value of in-person time. We sponsor annual company-wide retreats, team offsites, and Travel With Purpose in between to allow you to collaborate with your team in person on a regular basis.
- Open book policy - we will pay for books you purchase for your professional and career development.
- Continuous learning/training policy - we sponsor you for the conferences and training programs you feel would add to your development in the company.
- Competitive benefits package for US-based employees, including:
- Blue Shield or Kaiser Medical Insurance
- Airbyte covers 100% for both employees and dependents
- Dental (including child & adult ortho) & Vision Insurance
- Airbyte covers 100% for both employees and dependents
- Life and AD&D Insurance
- Airbyte covers 100% for employees
- Short-term Disability Insurance
- Airbyte covers 100% for employees
- Long-term Disability Insurance
- Airbyte covers 100% for employees
- Blue Shield or Kaiser Medical Insurance
- Healthcare insurance stipend for those outside the US whose countries do not provide it for free.
- 401k for US-based employees.
- FSA (flexible spending account)
- Work Visas We currently sponsor H1B Transfers, TN Visas, and Green Cards. All other Visa requests will be discussed on a case by case basis to determine if we can sponsor.
Airbyte is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, veteran or military status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Airbyte is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. Please let us know if you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability.
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What We Do
Airbyte specializes in open-source data integration, designed to centralize data from diverse sources into storage solutions like data warehouses and lakes. Supporting over 400 connectors and a self-serve, extensible framework, Airbyte enables organizations to move both structured and unstructured data seamlessly for uses like AI, analytics, and business intelligence. Airbyte’s flexibility in deployment—whether cloud, hybrid, or on-premises—prioritizes data security, compliance, and governance, making it ideal for complex, scalable data needs across industries.
Why Work With Us
Airbyte is extremely transparent both internally and externally. Our company handbook, culture & values, strategy, and roadmap are open to all. https://handbook.airbyte.com/
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