Senior Software Engineer

2 days ago


Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland Aiven Full time

We're a global team of over 400 people, working together to push the boundaries of open-source technology and multi-cloud solutions. Our vision is to become the trusted Data & AI Platform for everyone, leveraging the most popular open-source technologies like Apache Kafka, Aiven for PostgreSQL, Aiven for Clickhouse, and Aiven for OpenSearch to help companies accelerate time-to-market, drive efficiency, and build innovative solutions across any cloud. Right now, we're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team who shares our passion for forward-thinking and innovative approaches.

About this team

In our Product team at Aiven, we believe engineers can drive significant impact through coding and problem solving. Here, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to challenging projects that transcend the cloud provider limitations, work alongside exceptional engineers, and continuously expand your technical expertise. We strive to create an environment that encourages problem solving and results over following directions, so we make better decisions for our customers, our products and our employees.

The Role:

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to work on our cloud operations platform turning the best open source technologies into frustration-free cloud services. You'll be part of the team that is focused on developing the PostgreSQL services and improving their scalability and reliability.

Our philosophy is to automate everything and to avoid repetitive manual work in everything we do. Our own backend systems are mostly implemented in Python with bits of Java, Go and C.

What You'll Do:

  • Write high-quality, maintainable code and release quality features.
  • Participate in technical discussions and perform PR reviews.
  • Contribute to technical planning and backlog management.
  • Help investigate and resolve customer issues.
  • Mentor and empower other engineers.
  • Automate processes to eliminate repetitive manual work.
  • Develop and improve the scalability and reliability of PostgreSQL service.

What We're Looking For:

Must Have:

  • Excellent development skills in Python
  • 5+ years of experience working with one of these databases - PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, OracleDB
  • Experience with backup solutions and backup strategies
  • Advanced understanding of Linux OS
  • Experience with automated testing
  • Distributed systems knowledge
  • Experience with performance improvements, bug fixes, and security vulnerability resolution
  • Fluency in English, verbal and written.

Nice to Have:

  • Good understanding of security (software, networking)
  • Experience in infrastructure as code
  • Experience in cloud DBAAS production environments
  • Experience in production software environments

Amazing What's next?

Once applying you should hear from our Talent Experience team within 5 days regarding the status of your application. If you are selected to move forward you can generally expect 4 stages with us:

  1. 30-45 minute call with one of our Talent Partners
  2. 45 minute Depth of Expertise Interview with the hiring manager
  3. Skills interview and or presentation for 1 hour with the wider team
  4. Company values interview for 1 hour
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