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.
We’re hiring a senior engineering manager to lead Aiven’s Internal Platform Team. The goal for our Internal Platform team is to make the Aiven platform safe for change and ready for evolution and growth. The way we plan to reach that goal is by building scalable foundations that enable other teams to be successful, removing blockers and mitigating inefficiencies along the way.
The team, located in Helsinki, consists of some of our most experienced software engineers who work on some of the most complex subsystems of the platform - both hands-on (No paper architects here!), and by leading other engineers.
We are looking for a product-minded engineering manager with a coaching mindset who has a keen interest in the business and user behavior, is proactive with planning, priorisation and tradeoffs, and wants to understand the “Why?” behind all things. As a product-minded engineering manager you communicate well with engineers and non-engineers alike and are interested in how other teams and functions work.
Our engineering managers have a hands-on programming background, and we expect them to have a meaningful say in technical conversations. You’ll probably have at least five years’ hands-on programming experience building platforms and distributed systems, and at least two years’ experience of people leadership. But more than the years, we care about what you have been doing - whether you’re a manager with a strong technical core, or a staff engineer looking to dive deeper into people leadership. We want to hear about the products you shipped, how they were built, what was the impact, and what you learned while doing that.
The range of different products and technologies the team is in touch with is wide, but platform and systems engineering is at its core. Our platform is built mainly with Python, with a touch of Golang where efficiency and performance is critical. Aiven runs on Aiven, as we like to put it, with PostgreSQL, Kafka, Redis, Thanos and OpenSearch as the core data storage and streaming solutions, and is deployed on public cloud. We don’t expect you to tackle everything on the list from the get-go, but having prior experience is beneficial for sure.
Don’t worry if your experience doesn’t line up perfectly – we still encourage you to apply! We believe in investing in our crabs’ professional growth.
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!
Our global benefits are designed to help you thrive and grow, personally and professionally:
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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].
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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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