Staff Software Engineer, Aiven
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Open source cloud data management platform
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Open source cloud data management platform
501-1000 employees
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501-1000 employees
Company mission
Aiven aims to be the world’s leading cloud data platform – by making developer’s lives better.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience working with data-intensive workloads and/or DBaaS systems, specifically databases such as MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, etc
- Experience with backup solutions and backup strategies
- Advanced understanding of Linux OS
- Experience with large scale production workloads
- Experience with automated testing
- Distributed systems knowledge
- Experience with performance improvements, bug fixes, and security vulnerability resolution
- Excellent demonstrable development skills in languages like Python, C, Go and Java
- Fluency in English, verbal and written
Desirable
- Good understanding of security (software, networking)
- Experience in infrastructure as code
- Experience in cloud DBAAS production environments
- Experience with one or more of Kafka, Clickhouse, Redis/Valkey, Opensearch
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to work on our cloud operations platform turning the best data technologies into frustration-free cloud services. You’ll be part of the team that is focused on developing the relational database services and improving their scalability and reliability for our customers and OEM partners
- Our philosophy is to deliver efficient and scalable solutions by continuously evolving and enhancing our product capabilities. Our own backend systems are mostly implemented in Python with bits of Java, Go and C
- 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 the data services powered by Aiven, with a specific focus on MySQL
- Contribute to high level technical and product strategy for Aiven for MySQL
Our take
Cloud computing presents massive implications for the way businesses use data, with cloud-based databases ensuring high uptime, frictionless scalability, and simple software integrations. However, achieving this requires setting up cloud databases in the first place, an obstacle that can be incredibly tough and prevent companies from migrating to cloud-based data infrastructure altogether.
Aiven provides an open-source cloud data management platform, allowing users to easily set up cloud databases, access cloud tool integrations, automate data infrastructural management, and control data security within a single platform. The platform integrates directly into open source data services such as Apache Kafka and OpenSearch, supports multi-cloud deployments, and includes built-in compliance, encryption, and end-to-end security features. In 2023, it added AI-powered data optimisation capabilities via its integration of EverSQL's engine into its products.
Whilst various companies are tackling the difficulties of setting up cloud databases, Aiven has smartly taken more of an all-in-one approach, tackling everything from the building and managing of databases to software integrations, multi-cloud hosting, and security. The company claims that its cloud data solutions can massively reduce the amount of time, money, and resources that businesses must spend to migrate to cloud-based data infrastructure.
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Insights
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
May 2022
$210m
SERIES D
Oct 2021
$60m
SERIES C
Total funding: $420m
Company benefits
- Stock options for permanent employees
- Training/language courses & Aiven library
- Flexible work/life balance
- Private health and dental care
- Proper equipment to do your job
- Office snacks
Company HQ
Kamppi, Helsinki
Leadership
Oskari Saarenmaa
(CEO)Senior Software Engineer and Software Architect for F-Secure Corporation from 2002 to 2011.CEO and Software Architect of Ohmu Ltd. from 2010 to 2016.
Heikki Nousiainen
(CTO)Experience as Information Security Specialist for TietoEnator. Lead Software Architect for F-Secure Corporation from 2008 to 2015.
Hannu Valtonen
(CPO)Experience as Senior Software Engineer and Lead Architect for F-Secure Corporation. Software Architect and Partner of Ohmu Ltd. since 2010.
Mika Eloranta
(Chief Architect)Experience as Lead Software Engineer and Architect for F-Secure Corporation from 1998 to 2011. Software Architect and Partner of Ohmu Ltd. from 2010 to 2016.
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