Senior Software Engineer, Database OEM

Aiven; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Participate in Aiven’s equity plan

Hybrid work policy

Professional Development Plan budget

Job summary

Aiven is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Database OEM team in Helsinki. This role involves designing customer-specific solutions for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Valkey services. Success in this position requires collaboration with internal product teams and effective communication with high-value customers.

Key responsibilities include writing maintainable code, mentoring engineers, and improving service scalability. Applicants should have excellent Python skills and experience with relevant databases. Aiven supports hybrid work and values professional growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar databases.
• Excellent development skills in Python.
• Experience with automated testing and backup solutions.

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality, maintainable code.
• Participate in technical discussions and perform PR reviews.
• Mentor and empower other engineers.

Skills

Excellent development skills in Python

5+ years of experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Valkey/Redis

Experience with backup solutions and strategies

Advanced understanding of Linux OS

Experience with automated testing

Distributed systems knowledge

Experience with performance improvements and bug fixes

Fluency in English

Job description

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 help developers, builders, and creators bring their ideas to life with speed and simplicity, by providing a cloud data platform that makes open-source databases, search, streaming, and application infrastructure easily accessible to everyone.

The Role:

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Database OEM team. This is a highly visible, cross-cutting team focused on delivering Aiven's database services (PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Valkey) to our most strategic, high-revenue partners, ensuring their unique needs, scale, and challenges are met with world-class solutions.

In this role, you will be key to designing customer-specific solutions and driving direct and indirect enhancements across these three database services. Success requires close collaboration with internal Product teams to advocate for partner needs and a strong commitment to increasing automation and reaction speed of critical partner requests. You will be expected to balance internal engineering needs with external partner requirements, acting as a crucial interface. Given the high-stakes nature of this work, you must be an excellent communicator with great attention to detail, capable of seamlessly managing context between different high-value customers.

Our core philosophy is to automate everything and eliminate repetitive manual work. Our backend systems are primarily implemented in Python, with components in 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, reliability, and operational quality of our PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Valkey services in the context of our partners’ offering.

What We’re Looking For:

Don’t worry if your experience doesn’t line up perfectly – we still encourage you to apply! We believe in investing in our professional growth.

Must Have:

• Excellent development skills in Python
• 5+ years of experience working with one of these databases - PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Valkey/Redis, or similar
• 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
• Understanding of white labelling solutions and multi-tenancy challenges.
• Fluency in English, verbal and written.

Nice to Have:

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

Global Benefits:

Our global benefits are designed to help you thrive and grow, personally and professionally:

• Participate in Aiven’s equity plan.
• Balance work and life with our hybrid work policy.
• Choose the equipment you need to set yourself up for success.
• Use your Professional Development Plan budget for learning opportunities.
• Receive holistic wellbeing support through our global Employee Assistance Program.
• Inquire about our Global Time Off Commitment (Parental and Sick Leave, as well as Personal Time)
• Enjoy country-specific benefits for our global cast.

Equal Opportunities:

Aiven provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to age, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, marital and family status or without regard to any other similar personal attributes. Aiven complies with applicable local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, training and any other terms and conditions related to employment.

At Aiven we are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities or special needs in our working environment and job application procedures. We make all reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities or who otherwise need support to thrive in the workplace. We are committed to continuously improving workplace accessibility. There is an option to request a discussion in the application process but if you have any questions before applying please write to us at [e-mail].