Senior Engineering Manager, Aiven
Analytics and Caching
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
- Our engineering managers have a hands-on programming background, and we expect them to have a meaningful say in technical conversations. While we typically look for at least five years of hands-on experience and two years in a people leadership role, your accomplishments matter more than years on a resume
- Whether you’re a manager with a strong technical core, or a staff engineer looking to dive deeper into people leadership, we want to hear about the products you've shipped, the impact they had, and what you learned along the way
- People Leadership: A proven track record of leading diverse teams, from junior to senior engineers, to successfully deliver software products
- Product Thinking: A strong product sense that enables your team to design innovative, cloud-native products that stay ahead of the curve
- Communication: Excellent communication skills in English, with the ability to effectively engage directly with customers
- Adaptability: The ability to bring order and clarity to a dynamic, ambiguous environment, a trait essential in a fast-growing tech company
- Team Building: Experience in recruiting engineering talent and a deep understanding of what it takes to build and retain high-performing teams
- Agile Expertise: Experience with agile software development methodologies
- Technical skills:
- Distributed Systems: Experience in building and designing distributed systems in a cloud environment
- Database Concepts: Strong knowledge of database fundamentals, including OLAP vs. OLTP, persistence, replication, and clustering
- Observability: A good grasp of monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry
- SQL Proficiency: The ability to work with SQL to interact with our platform's master database
- Release & Quality: Deep understanding of release management and testing best practices to own the delivery pipeline
- Problem-Solving: A genuine interest in solving complex technical challenges with customer-focused solutions
What the job involves
- We are looking for a skilled Engineering Manager to lead our Analytics & Caching sub-domain. This is a critical role focused on two of our growth products: ClickHouse and Valkey (formerly Redis). These managed services run across 7+ clouds and are supported by our 24/7 operations team
- You will report to the Director of Analytics & Caching, working closely with your engineering team to drive revenue through three core responsibilities:
- Operational Excellence: Ensure the resilience and integrity of our managed services, guaranteeing a reliable experience for our customers in production
- Customer Satisfaction: Support our existing customer base by resolving escalated support issues and collaborating with them to understand and solve their needs
- Product Differentiation: Ideate and develop innovative new features that attract our target customer segment, drive product engagement, and ultimately fuel growth
- Strategic Planning: Partner with the Director to create the team's roadmap, balancing business growth with essential engineering initiatives. Ability to identify technical debt, and balance innovation with stability is vital
- Project Management: Oversee the team's backlog and projects, providing clear, timely, and actionable updates to stakeholders on progress and potential blockers
- Leadership & Delivery: Champion a culture of urgency and ownership to deliver impactful results. You'll be accountable for the team's delivery in all aspects, including quality, security, and reliability
- Team Enablement: Empower your team to act as "product custodians" by consistently addressing foundational and production issues
- Performance & Development: Provide clear goals and feedback to manage expectations and drive both individual and team performance
- Team Facilitation: Lead team meetings, such as planning sessions and retrospectives, to continuously improve workflows and delivery
- Culture Building: Foster a psychologically safe, high-trust environment where curiosity and healthy debate are encouraged
- Collaboration: Ensure effective communication and collaboration both within the team and across the wider organization
Application process
- 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
- 60-minute call with one of our Talent Experience Partners
- 60-minute Depth of Expertise Interview with the hiring manager
- 60-minute Skills Interview / Presentation with the wider team
- 60-minute Crabby Principles Interview
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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