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Staff Software Engineer

Aiven Deutschland GmbH

Location:
Finland, Helsinki

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

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Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer take on a key technical role within our platform domain. This is a critical role contributing to and shaping Aiven’s platform strategy which defines the evolution of our platform architecture both as an individual contributor as well as a technical leader. You will report to the Head of Platform, working closely with the engineering and product team.

Job Responsibility:

Strategic Planning: Partner with the Domain Head and other engineering leaders to influence the domain’s roadmap, balancing business growth with the long term platform evolution which shapes the platform’s architecture
Leadership & Delivery: Identify gaps in efficiency, blockers and need for team enablement
Team Enablement: Empower your teams to act as 'product custodians' by consistently addressing foundational and production issues
Culture Building: Help to foster a psychologically safe, high-trust environment where curiosity and healthy debate are encouraged
Collaboration: Practise effective communication and collaboration both within the team and across the wider organization and act as a role model in transparency for your peers
Implementation: Hands on implementation of key platform features in Python
Contribute to and shaping Aiven’s platform strategy
Contribute to the technical strategy
Shaping the future architecture as well as design and review of individual features

Requirements:

Experience as an individual contributor
Ability to write and review RFCs, PoCs and features
Product Thinking: A strong product sense that enables you to design innovative, cloud-native products with our customers in mind
Communication: Excellent communication skills in English, with the ability to effectively share complex design concepts within engineering teams as well as to less technical audiences
Influencing: The ability to bring the right group of people together and align them on the approach towards the best possible solution
Mentoring: Becoming a multiplier by mentoring the engineers you are working with
Distributed Systems: Experience in building and designing distributed systems in a cloud environment
Database Concepts: Strong knowledge of database fundamentals, including OLAP vs. OLTP, persistence, replication, and clustering
Observability: A good grasp of monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry
SQL Proficiency: The ability to work with SQL to interact with our platform's master database
Release & Quality: Deep understanding of release management and testing best practices to own the delivery pipeline
Problem-Solving: A genuine interest in solving complex technical challenges with customer-focused solutions
Hands on implementation of key platform features in Python

What we offer:

Participate in Aiven’s equity plan
Hybrid work policy
Get the equipment you need to set yourself up for success
Real employer support (use one of our learning platforms, annual learning budget, and more)
Holistic wellbeing support through our global Employee Assistance Program
Get paid for contributing to open-source projects outside of work (Plankton program)
Use up to 5 days per year to volunteer for a good cause of your choice
Join one of our team member resource groups
Extensive Occupational Health Care, Dental Care
Sports, culture, massage, commute and lunch benefits
Weekly office breakfast
Statutory accident insurance

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 16, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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