Senior Software Engineer (CALC engine)

Aeratechnology; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Stock options

Medical, vision and dental plans

Flexible paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Aera Technology is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (CALC engine) to work on a high‑performance OLAP engine written in Java. You’ll operate at the core of the engine where correctness and speed matter as you develop runtime objects from a dynamic modelling language.

Join a team focused on building a scalable decision intelligence platform, collaborating with product and engineering to ensure accurate calculations while maintaining low latency in a demanding, enterprise setting.

Qualifications

• Proven backend software development experience with strong Java skills.
• Deep understanding of JVM internals, performance tuning and low latency.
• Experience with databases, compilers or language design is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work with product to translate decisions into executable criteria.
• Design and implement high‑performance, low latency calculation engine code.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to team and stakeholders.
• Advocate for correctness-first approaches and quality culture.

Skills

Backend Development

Core Java

Low-latency

JVM Tuning

Concurrency

Compiler/DB engine

Language design

Spring

Multi-dimensional modeling

Lambda Architecture

Job description

Aera Technology is a pioneer in the growing category of Decision Intelligence Platforms and a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant for 2026 – the technology to digitize, augment, and automate decision‑making processes with AI and machine learning. Through our AI decision automation platform, Aera Decision Cloud™, we are helping the best‑known brands in the world make smarter, faster decisions.

Privately‑held and VC‑funded, we have a global team of over 400 Aeranauts – and we’re growing. We deliver Decision Intelligence innovation and services that enable enterprises to automate and scale decision making with accuracy and speed. We continue to be the trusted choice of market leaders for our proven ability to generate value and unlock opportunities that were previously unattainable.

Job Overview

The Senior Software Engineer (CALC engine) is a specialised role working on a complex Java based high‑performance OLAP engine. Our engine is a multi‑dimensional calculation engine with its own modelling language. The model declaration is dynamically compiled into efficient runtime objects.

The successful candidate will be working right in the core of the engine, where correctness and quality are as important as calculation performance.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the product team to codify design decisions into executable criteria.
• Collaboratively design and implement high‑performance, low latency calculation engine code.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and effectively to team members and stakeholders.
• Advocate for correctness‑first approaches and foster a culture where quality is paramount.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in backend software development.
• Strong Core Java skills: threading, allocation & garbage collection, performance tuning. Experience writing low‑latency Java.
• Strong domain knowledge in database engine / compiler design / investment bank front office.
• Experience designing languages.
• Understanding of how the JVM works.
• Experience using AI tools such as Claude Code.
• Prior experience building planning software.
• Likely (but not exclusively) to have worked in one of the following industries: database engines (not database implementations), low‑latency front‑office investment bank, compilers.
• Basic understanding of Spring.
• Knowledge of multi‑dimensional modeling.
• Knowledge of Lambda Architecture.

If you share our passion for building a sustainable, intelligent, and efficient world, you’re in the right place. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, we’re a series C start‑up, with teams in Mountain View, San Francisco (California), Bucharest and Cluj‑Napoca (Romania), Paris (France), Munich (Germany), London (UK), Pune (India), and Sydney (Australia). So join us, and let’s build this!

Benefits

At Aera Technology, we strive to support our Aeranauts and their loved ones through different stages of life with a variety of attractive benefits, and great perks. In addition to offering a competitive salary and company stock options, we have other great benefits available. You’ll find comprehensive medical, vision and dental plans, a 401K plan, flexible paid time off, generous parental leave, and much more. We believe in a flexible working environment, to allow our Aeranauts to perform at their best, ensuring a healthy work‑life balance. When you’re working from the office, you’ll also have access to a fully‑stocked kitchen with a selection of snacks and beverages.

Equal Opportunity

Aera Technology is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Aera Technology will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Aera Technology respects the privacy of your data.