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Aiven

Design Engineer

Helsinki , Finland
Hybrid

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Contribute to the design and implementation of marketing web experiences while engaging in collaborative development, ensuring high code quality across Aiven's digital platforms.

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 a versatile Design Engineer to bridge the gap between design and front-end development. This hybrid role will primarily focus on designing and implementing our marketing web experiences, including hands-on work with our CMS. Additionally, you will contribute to our core platform design system. Collaboration with engineers and participation in code reviews will be key to ensuring high code quality across our web presence.

What You'll Do:

  • Lead the full lifecycle of our marketing websites, from initial visual layout and interaction design to final front-end implementation.
  • Manage our Sanity CMS ecosystem, including content modeling, template development, and empowering stakeholders with self-service content tools.
  • Act as a core contributor to our web and product design systems, maintaining high-fidelity components, documentation, and reusable patterns.
  • Bridge the gap between design and engineering by implementing platform UI improvements and assisting with specialized front-end tasks.
  • Maintain engineering excellence by reviewing pull requests and providing constructive feedback to ensure a cohesive codebase.
  • Partner closely with content owners, designers, and developers to translate business goals into polished digital experiences.

What We're Looking For:

  • +3 years of experience in spanning both disciplines.
  • Solid experience with utilizing design tools, particularly Figma
  • Ability to translate designs into production-ready front-end code
  • Strong foundation in core front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
  • Experience with a modern framework (e.g., React).
  • Familiarity with Sanity or similar headless CMS platforms is considered a strong advantage. 
  • Understanding and application of web fundamentals: SEO, performance, accessibility, and responsive design.
  • Comfortable reading, reviewing, and providing clear, respectful feedback on code.
  • Ability to work autonomously while recognizing when to seek collaboration and input.

What we appreciate in the application process:

  • Provide a one-pager CV & portfolio with relevant B2B SaaS projects (preferably attached as pdf).
  • If your portfolio is behind a link – make the link readily available from your application.
  • If your portfolio is behind the password, please point out the password in a way that is easy to find.
  • For better context, check our design system at https://aquarium.aiven.io/ and try out the Aiven Console at https://console.aiven.io/ before your application.

Amazing! What’s next:

If you think Aiven is the place for you and that our Values align with yours, send us your resume and we’ll get in touch!

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.

How to Recognize and Avoid Employment Scams:

There has been a rise in fake job postings used by scammers to get personal information. At Aiven, all of our emails relating to recruitment come from an @aiven.io, @greenhouse.io or @eu.greenhouse.io domain and all of our interviews are conducted by video call or in person.  Our interviews will never occur via text or chat. If you’re unsure of the legitimacy of a job opportunity/offer pertaining to Aiven, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected].

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 [email protected].

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Equity Compensation: Participate in Aiven’s equity plan.
  • Health Insurance: Receive holistic wellbeing support through our global Employee Assistance Program.
  • Learning Budget: Use your Professional Development Plan budget for learning opportunities.
  • Paid Time Off: Inquire about our Global Time Off Commitment (Parental and Sick Leave, as well as Personal Time)
  • Remote-Friendly: Balance work and life with our hybrid work policy.
Aiven

Aiven provides an open source data platform as a service. That means that customers upload their data to our open source software. They pay us to manage the software and everything related to it, so they can focus on building their own apps and services without worrying about data. We’ve got the will - our vision: Aiven is a trusted open source data platform for everyone. We’ve got the way - our values: openness, ownership and courage. We’re proud of our positive and passionate working environment, and it makes us really excited about what we can achieve. With us, you’ll be free to contribute creatively and meaningfully. We’ve got the funding - our trusted backers: with world-class investors like Atomico, IVP and Earlybird Venture Capital, in 2022 we raised Series D funding of $210M to fuel global expansion, sustainability and diversity in tech. With a recent valuation of $3B, we’re one of the tech world’s most recent unicorns. We value and celebrate the diversity of our people. We strive every day to build an inclusive workplace where all of us can thrive.  Come and read more about us at https://aiven.io/blog/what-is-aiven.

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