Analytics Software Engineer (Python, PostgreSQL)

Aiven; Finland; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Hybrid work policy

Equipment allowance

Professional development budget

Employee Assistance Program

Global Time Off Commitment

Job summary

Aiven is seeking a Software Engineer, Analytics to help turn open-source technologies into friction-free cloud analytics services. You will work on our cloud operations platform, focusing on PostgreSQL services and our new managed analytics offering.

You will collaborate with a global team to bridge transactional and analytical workloads, automate repetitive tasks, and improve scalability and reliability of PostgreSQL services across cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Proficient Python development skills.
• 3+ years of experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, or OracleDB.
• Experience in data engineering, including building ETL pipelines and large-scale datasets.
• Strong data modeling, schema design, and query optimization.
• Knowledge of backup solutions and backup strategies.
• Solid Linux OS knowledge.
• Experience with automated testing.
• Distributed systems experience.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality, maintainable code and release features.
• Participate in technical discussions and PR reviews.
• Optimize storage and query performance for OLTP and OLAP workloads.
• 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.

Skills

Python development

SQL databases

ETL pipelines

Data modeling

Linux

Automated testing

Distributed systems

English communication

Performance tuning

Job description

Aiven is seeking a Software Engineer, Analytics to help turn open-source technologies into friction-free cloud analytics services. You will work on our cloud operations platform, focusing on PostgreSQL services and our new managed analytics offering.

You will collaborate with a global team to bridge transactional and analytical workloads, automate repetitive tasks, and improve scalability and reliability of PostgreSQL services across cloud environments.