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Senior Sales Engineer, Enterprise – German Speaking

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Fivetran is hiring a senior German-speaking Sales Engineer to support enterprise customers throughout complex technical sales cycles. The role combines discovery, technical presentations, proof-of-value execution, and collaboration with account executives and cross-functional product teams. Candidates need substantial hands-on knowledge of data replication, databases, cloud infrastructure, analytics platforms, and networking. This is a remote full-time role based in the United Kingdom, requiring professional German proficiency and strong stakeholder communication. The position is suited to a technical pre-sales professional who can translate enterprise data requirements into measurable business outcomes.
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About this 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.

About Us

Fivetran and dbt Labs are bringing together two industry-leading companies with a shared mission: helping organizations unlock the full value of their data.
Together, we’re delivering the data infrastructure layer that helps organizations move, transform, and trust their data — from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on.
Fivetran helps organizations automate data movement across the systems, clouds, engines, and tools they rely on. dbt Labs pioneered analytics engineering, helping teams transform data into reliable, governed insights. Together, we support thousands of organizations as they build a trusted foundation for analytics, AI, and better business decisions.
As we bring our teams and technology together, we’re building on the strengths of both companies while continuing to deliver the products and experiences our customers know and trust. It’s an exciting time to join us: we’re creating a company with the scale, talent, and technology to help more organizations put their data to work with greater speed, confidence, and impact.
During this transition period, you may see references to both Fivetran and dbt Labs throughout our recruiting process as we integrate our teams, systems, and career sites.

About the Role

Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.

We’re looking for a talented German speaking Senior Sales Engineer to join our Enterprise sales team. As an Enterprise Sales Engineer, you will work closely with our sales team to understand our Enterprise customers’ complex business needs and showcase how Fivetran’s data replication solutions can help them achieve their desired business outcomes. You will be responsible for providing technical expertise, identifying technical requirements, and ensuring a successful proof-of value throughout the sales cycle.

This is a full-time remote position based out of United Kingdom.

Technologies You’ll Use

AWS, GCP, Azure, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, New Relic, Linux, Windows, Python, Java

What You’ll Do

  • Work with Enterprise customers to understand their business, their use cases, and their data replication requirements
  • Develop and deliver technical presentations to Enterprise audiences
  • Ensure the technical win by running an organized proof-of-value process
  • Work closely with multiple cross-fuctional organizations driving change and improvements to Fivetran as a whole.
  • Work closely with multiple Sales representatives, while maintaining a high level of customer focus and technical excellence
  • Stay up-to-date on the latest technologies and trends in our industry
  • Assist team members in advanced technical or business roadblocks

Skills We’re Looking For

  • Native/Professional Proficiency in German
  • 5+ years in data replication, sales engineering, or related technical field
  • Strong technical background covering database replication, cloud infrastructure, and data replication technologies with some form of hands on experience
  • Experience with modern data analytics technologies, including cloud data warehouses, transformation tooling, data catalogs, and BI tools
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills with a keen ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Experience with Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres, MySQL, and NoSQL databases
  • Hands on experience with other data replication or ETL tools
  • Experience with self-hosted software applications and supporting infrastructure
  • Hands on networking experience both in the cloud and on-premise

Bonus Skills​

  • Experience developing partner relationships
  • Specialized expertise in security posture
  • Experience with self-hosted and SaaS software applications
  • Hands on experience with DBT
  • Docker/Podman/Kubernetes experience

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Perks and Benefits

  • 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.

*May vary by country and worker type – please reach out to your recruiter for more information

Click here to learn more about Fivetran’s Benefits by Region.


We’re honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, we’re proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes.

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.


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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Role DNA

A quick view of the complexity, pace, ownership and collaboration implied by the job description.

Job Complexity

4/5
EasyHard

Pace & Pressure

4/5
RelaxedFast-paced

Autonomy Level

4/5
GuidedFull ownership

Communication Load

5/5
IndependentCollaborative
AI insightThe role requires at least five years of relevant experience and broad expertise across enterprise data infrastructure, databases, cloud platforms, and ETL or replication tools. Success depends on independently leading technically rigorous proofs of value while communicating effectively with both business and technical stakeholders.

Salary analysis

Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles.

Estimated job median (per year)Highly competitive
$145,000
US market range (per year)$120k–$170k
AI insightThe yearly pay period is inferred from the job context; it was not explicitly stated by the employer. No employer base salary is disclosed. The annual figures are AI-estimated USD market guidance for a senior enterprise data-infrastructure sales engineering role; the yearly period is inferred from the full-time senior professional position.

Core skills

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Sample interview questions
How would you structure a proof of value for an enterprise customer evaluating Fivetran?

I would begin by agreeing on the customer's priority use cases, technical constraints, stakeholders, and measurable success criteria. I would then define a limited but representative data pipeline scope, validate connectivity and security requirements, demonstrate reliability and operational value, and document outcomes against the agreed criteria before presenting next steps.

How do you explain data replication to a non-technical executive stakeholder?

I frame replication in terms of business outcomes: it automatically delivers trusted operational data to analytics teams without repeated manual engineering work. I avoid implementation jargon initially, then connect reliability, freshness, governance, and reduced maintenance to faster decisions and lower operational risk.

Describe how you would address a customer's concern about connecting a self-hosted database to a cloud data platform.

I would first understand their network topology, security policies, database type, compliance requirements, and preferred connectivity model. I would work with their security and infrastructure teams to validate authentication, encryption, access controls, network paths, and operational ownership, then document a secure implementation plan and test it in the proof of value.

What information do you gather during technical discovery for a data replication opportunity?

I gather source and target systems, data volumes, change rates, latency expectations, transformation needs, required destinations, security constraints, deployment model, operational processes, and success metrics. I also identify decision-makers, implementation owners, competing tools, timeline, and business consequences of the current data-delivery gaps.

How do you maintain technical credibility while partnering with several account executives?

I set clear engagement plans, establish the technical objectives for each opportunity, and communicate risks early. I remain customer-focused by grounding recommendations in validated requirements, preparing thoroughly for meetings, documenting decisions, and ensuring technical commitments are realistic and aligned with product capabilities.

This analysis is generated from the job description. Salary estimates, role characteristics and sample answers are guidance, not employer-provided facts.
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