Senior Data 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
- Have a proven track record of delivering complex, large-scale data projects from design to production
- Excel at breaking down complex business requirements into clear, actionable technical plans
- Have built tools or systems that are essential to how your team or stakeholders work
- Write clean, effective Python and SQL and are familiar with tools like dbt and Airflow
- Focus on building things that last, with simple and resilient design
- Enjoy collaborating and sharing your thinking with your peers
- Don’t worry if your experience doesn’t line up perfectly – we still encourage you to apply! We believe in investing in our crabs’ professional growth
What the job involves
- We’re hiring a Senior Data Engineer to build and own critical components of our data platform. This is a key IC role for someone who wants to stay close to the craft while delivering reliable systems that power business decisions
- You’ll take on complex data challenges and deliver the robust, scalable solutions our teams rely on every day. The focus is on strong execution: building reusable tools, implementing clear patterns, and ensuring our data infrastructure empowers others to work faster and better
- If you enjoy working on foundational systems, solving complex technical problems, and making a tangible impact on how a business uses data, you’ll feel at home here
- We have no shortage of data. What we’re building now is the platform that turns that data into trusted, fast, and actionable insights
- We’re working on internal tooling, semantic modeling, and automated insight delivery. Whether it's building a better way to define metrics, streamlining root cause analysis, or making analytics more accessible, the problems are well-defined and have a high impact
- You’ll have a clear path to owning critical systems. This role gives you visibility into product, operations, and go-to-market initiatives that are strategic to Aiven’s growth
- Own and deliver key data projects, collaborating closely with stakeholders from Product, Sales, Marketing, and Finance
- Take ownership of the technical design, implementation, and maintenance of data pipelines and modeling solutions
- Build systems that are reliable, reusable, and designed for long-term clarity
- Contribute to architectural decisions and advocate for best practices in Python, dbt, BigQuery, and modern data tooling
- Mentor peers through clean code, thoughtful reviews, and system design
- Visible impact. More than 40 percent of the company uses our internal data platform weekly
- Real ownership. You’ll own significant projects from technical design to implementation
- Strategic scope. The work connects directly to key company priorities, not just internal reporting
- Senior culture. You’ll work with experienced peers in a low-meeting, high-autonomy environment
- Hands-on depth. This is a long-term IC role for engineers who want to go deep and stay technical
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
- 30-45 minute call with one of our Talent Partners
- 45 minute Depth of Expertise Interview with the hiring manager
- Skills interview and or presentation for 1 hour with the wider team
- Company values interview for 1 hour
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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