Senior Software Engineer, Platform Delivery

Aiven; Finland; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Hybrid work policy

Equipment package

Professional development budget

Wellbeing program

Global time off

Job summary

Aiven in Finland is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer (Python) to join the platform team and transform leading open-source technologies into seamless cloud services. You will help improve scalability, reliability, and enterprise features of the Aiven cloud platform.

The role covers backend systems, distributed infrastructure, and platform security, with opportunities to mentor juniors and contribute to architecture and product roadmaps. Hybrid work is supported across global teams.

Qualifications

• Senior Python development experience with API design/refactoring.
• Experience with cloud provider APIs (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Familiarity with IaC and container orchestration.
• Strong Linux networking and Linux in dev/prod.
• Hands-on with managed OSS like Kafka, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, OpenSearch, ClickHouse.

Responsibilities

• Lead API design improvements and refactoring to boost platform functionality and performance.
• Write maintainable Python code, release features, and monitor in production.
• Conduct peer code reviews and contribute to technical discussions across teams.
• Contribute to planning, architecture, and product roadmaps for the platform.
• Ensure strong unit and integration tests across backend services.
• Advocate for quality, security, and performance improvements.
• Mentor junior engineers to grow technical skills.

Skills

Python development

Cloud provider APIs

IaC & containers

Linux networking

Open-source data services

Linux operating system

Distributed systems

Production operations

Security

Testing

Communication (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 seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer, proficient in Python development, with expertise in API design and refactoring, to join our platform team. As a senior member, you will play a crucial role in transforming leading open-source technologies into seamless cloud services within the Aiven platform. You'll be part of a team working on the Aiven cloud platform, improving its scalability and reliability, and implementing new features to enhance the enterprise experience.

There are a range of specializations available across backend systems, distributed infrastructure, and platform security.

What You'll Do:

• Facilitate API design improvements and refactoring efforts to enhance platform functionality and performance.
• Write high-quality, maintainable code in Python, releasing, and monitoring quality features in production.
• Perform peer code reviews and actively participate in technical discussions both at the team level and across the broader product development engineering domain.
• Contribute to technical planning, system architecture, feature design, product roadmaps, and backlog management.
• Ensure the backend ecosystem maintains strong unit and functional testing coverage.
• Advocate for continuous improvements to software quality, platform security, and system performance.
• Mentor junior team members to foster technical growth and engineering best practices.

What We're Looking For:

• Development Skills: Excellent software development skills in Python.
• Cloud Platforms: Experience interacting directly with one or more cloud provider APIs (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Infrastructure & Orchestration: Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions and container orchestration tools.
• Networking: Familiarity with the Linux networking stack.
• Open-Source Data Services: Hands-on experience with managed open-source technologies, such as Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, OpenSearch, or ClickHouse.
• Operating Systems: Deep hands‑on experience using Linux in both development and production environments.
• Architecture: Strong foundational knowledge of distributed systems and microservices patterns.
• Production Operations: Extensive experience managing, scaling, and operating software in production environments.
• Security: Solid understanding of backend software security principles and practices.
• Testing: A strong drive and standard for writing robust automated unit and integration tests.
• Communication: Fluency in English (written and verbal).

Nice to Have:

• Secrets & Key Management:Hands‑on experience managing secrets and encryption keys.
• CI/CD:Experience building or configuring automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Observability Frameworks:Experience with monitoring, logging, and tracing tooling.
• Identity & Security:Experience with authorization and authentication protocols, especially in enterprise scenarios, as well as experience with Identity Providers (IDPs).

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].