Aerospike is the real-time database for mission-critical use cases and workloads, including machine learning, generative, and agentic AI. Aerospike powers millions of transactions per second with millisecond latency, at a fraction of the total cost of ownership compared to other databases.

Global leaders, including Adobe, Airtel, Barclays, Criteo, DBS Bank, Experian, Grab, HDFC Bank, PayPal, Sony Interactive Entertainment, The Trade Desk, and Wayfair, rely on Aerospike for customer 360, fraud detection, real-time bidding, profile stores, recommendation engines, and other use cases. 

Headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices in London, Bangalore, and Tel Aviv. Aerospike is the uncontested leader in next-generation, always-on, hyperscale data solutions. Unlike legacy NoSQL systems, our patented Hybrid Memory Architecture unlocks today’s hardware to deliver unimaginable performance and value for the most demanding data workloads—from the edge to the core, to the cloud.

As a Software Engineer at Aerospike, you will play a pivotal role in advancing our high-performance, low-latency platform by developing core systems software with a strong emphasis on performance, reliability, and efficiency. Experience with kernel modules or filesystems is a plus, though not a core focus of this role. You will collaborate with project managers, performance engineers, and quality engineers to align development with business needs and ensure quality.

This is a hybrid role.Employees are expected to work from the Bangalore office 2-3 times a week.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement systems-level software, especially in areas related to networking, low-level I/O, and hardware interfaces.
• Develop high-performance, low-latency code for interacting with storage and network hardware.
• Debug and optimize OS-level issues across Linux-based environments.
• Ensure system quality through rigorous testing and benchmarking.
• Work with storage hardware to optimize performance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Fluent in C or C++ with deep understanding of low-level programming and memory management.
• Strong understanding of OS internals – threading, concurrency, memory management, and I/O subsystems.
• 2-4 years of experience in systems-level software development, such as databases, networking, kernel, drivers, RTOS, embedded, or firmware.
• Experience shipping and deploying performance-critical systems in production environments.
• Self-motivated problem solver – you know when to execute, when to ask for help, and how to drive projects to completion.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with large distributed systems software internals, such as Lustre or Ceph.
• Knowledge of the CAP theorem and/or distributed consensus protocols (Paxos, Raft, etc.).
• Familiarity with low-level performance optimization techniques for high-throughput data processing.
• Knowledge of ACID, consistency models and indexing techniques.
• Experience with filesystems or Linux kernel development or tuning.
• Familiarity with PCIe, NVMe, DMA, RDMA, epoll, io_uring, or other low-level interfaces.

Aerospike is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.

About Aerospike

Aerospike is the real-time database powering mission-critical systems at global innovators. Our platform delivers predictable sub-millisecond latency at massive scale and a dramatically lower TCO — enabling fraud prevention, payments, customer 360, real-time bidding, ML workloads, and agentic AI.

Our mission is simple: to enable real-time data at global scale with a database built for speed, scalability, and sustainability.

This is a hybrid role with three days of in-office work.

About the Client Engineering Team

The Client Engineering team builds and maintains Aerospike’s Smart Client Libraries — intelligent, high-performance software used by every Aerospike customer application.These SDKs are sophisticated libraries that manage topology, routing, connection pools, failover logic and performance optimizations to ensure consistent sub-millisecond transactions.

This team plays a critical role in achieving Aerospike’s real-time performance characteristics. Their work defines how developers integrate with Aerospike and directly impacts the reliability and speed of mission-critical customer applications across fintech, telco, ad-tech, retail, and AI/ML systems.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who combines deep systems engineering expertise with strong technical influence. This role is hands-on where you will design core components, guide architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and help shape the growth of the new Client Engineering team in Bangalore.

What You’ll Do

Technical Ownership

• Build and optimize Smart Client Libraries in Java and Go.
• Own key client-server communication components.
• Drive performance improvements and maintain sub-millisecond behavior.

Technical Collaboration

• Work with global engineering teams to deliver stable client releases.
• Help troubleshoot complex client-side issues (L3).

Impact Beyond Code

• Improve API usability and developer experience.
• Maintain high standards for code quality and reliability.
• Contribute to better engineering practices for the India team.

What You Bring : 

Required Skills & Experience

• 5-8 years in software engineering with strong Java and Go skills.
• Solid understanding of concurrency, networking, and distributed systems.
• Experience with SDKs/libraries and mentoring engineers.

Preferred Skills

• Java and Golang experience.
• Familiarity with NoSQL systems.
• Exposure to cloud-native tools or open-source work.

What Defines Success In This Role

• Strong systems thinker who enjoys performance-focused coding.
• Values clean APIs and maintainable code.
• Collaborative, clear communicator, and comfortable owning complex work.

Aerospike is the real-time database for mission-critical use cases and workloads, including machine learning, generative, and agentic AI. Aerospike powers millions of transactions per second with millisecond latency, at a fraction of the total cost of ownership compared to other databases.

Global leaders, including Adobe, Airtel, Barclays, Criteo, DBS Bank, Experian, Grab, HDFC Bank, PayPal, Sony Interactive Entertainment, The Trade Desk, and Wayfair, rely on Aerospike for customer 360, fraud detection, real-time bidding, profile stores, recommendation engines, and other use cases. 

Headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices in London, Bangalore, and Tel Aviv. Aerospike is the uncontested leader in next-generation, always-on, hyperscale data solutions. Unlike legacy NoSQL systems, our patented Hybrid Memory Architecture unlocks today’s hardware to deliver unimaginable performance and value for the most demanding data workloads—from the edge to the core, to the cloud.

As a Senior Software Engineer at Aerospike, you will play a pivotal role in advancing our high-performance, low-latency platform by developing core systems software with a strong emphasis on performance, reliability, and efficiency. Experience with kernel modules or filesystems is a plus, though not a core focus of this role. You will collaborate with project managers, performance engineers, and quality engineers to align development with business needs and ensure quality.

This is a hybrid role.Employees are expected to work from the Bangalore office 2-3 times a week.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement systems-level software, especially in areas related to networking, low-level I/O, and hardware interfaces.
• Develop high-performance, low-latency code for interacting with storage and network hardware.
• Debug and optimize OS-level issues across Linux-based environments.
• Ensure system quality through rigorous testing and benchmarking.
• Work with storage hardware to optimize performance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Fluent in C or C++ with deep understanding of low-level programming and memory management.
• Strong understanding of OS internals – threading, concurrency, memory management, and I/O subsystems.
• 5-8 years of experience in systems-level software development, such as databases, networking, kernel, drivers, RTOS, embedded, or firmware.
• Experience shipping and deploying performance-critical systems in production environments.
• Proficiency in at least one other language: C#, Go, Java, Python, Rust, etc.
• Self-motivated problem solver – you know when to execute, when to ask for help, and how to drive projects to completion.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with large distributed systems software internals, such as Lustre or Ceph.
• Knowledge of the CAP theorem and/or distributed consensus protocols (Paxos, Raft, etc.).
• Familiarity with low-level performance optimization techniques for high-throughput data processing.
• Knowledge of ACID, consistency models and indexing techniques.
• Experience with filesystems or Linux kernel development or tuning.
• Familiarity with PCIe, NVMe, DMA, RDMA, epoll, io_uring, or other low-level interfaces.

Aerospike is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.

Aerospike is the real-time database for mission-critical use cases and workloads, including machine learning, generative, and agentic AI. Aerospike powers millions of transactions per second with millisecond latency, at a fraction of the total cost of ownership compared to other databases.

Global leaders, including Adobe, Airtel, Barclays, Criteo, DBS Bank, Experian, Grab, HDFC Bank, PayPal, Sony Interactive Entertainment, The Trade Desk, and Wayfair, rely on Aerospike for customer 360, fraud detection, real-time bidding, profile stores, recommendation engines, and other use cases. 

 At Aerospike, we dream big and deliver even bigger. Our mission is to unleash the power of the world’s real-time data with a database built for infinite scale, speed, and sustainability.

If you're ready to shape the future of data, join us.

This is a hybrid role.Employees are expected to work from the Bangalore office 2-3 times a week.

Job Summary
Aerospike is seeking a Software Engineer to join our team and play a crucial role in the development and implementation of comprehensive management tools for our
distributed database system. As a valued team member, you will be tasked with crafting tools for the effective management and administration of Aerospike clusters, ensuring
seamless integration into on-premises and cloud-based IT infrastructures. Your contributions will be pivotal in managing the product's lifecycle—from design and
development to testing—leveraging your proficiency in Golang, deep understanding of Kubernetes, and problem-solving skills. You will be integral in developing the
Kubernetes operator to streamline Aerospike's deployment and lifecycle management operations.

Required Skills
●  2+5 years of overall experience
● Strong programming skills in Golang, analytical and problem solving
● Experience in developing Kubernetes internals like operator framework, scheduler, custom resource management.
● Ability to work independently and as a team member

Bonus Skills
● Experience with distributed NoSQL databases.
● Skills in automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform.

Aerospike is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law

Aerospike is the real-time database for mission-critical workloads, powering millions of transactions per second with sub-millisecond latency and dramatically lower total cost of ownership. Global innovators such as Adobe, Airtel, Barclays, Criteo, DBS Bank, Experian, Grab, HDFC Bank, PayPal, Sony Interactive Entertainment, The Trade Desk, and Wayfair rely on Aerospike for customer 360, fraud detection, real-time bidding, machine learning, and agentic AI.

Our mission is to unleash the world’s real-time data with a database built for infinite scale, speed, and sustainability. If you're ready to shape the future of data infrastructure, join us.

Hybrid: 2–3 days/week in office

Role Summary

We are seeking an accomplished Senior Director of Engineering to lead and scale Aerospike’s India Engineering organization. You will own multiple product lines, translate strategy into execution, guide technical direction, and develop high-performing engineering leaders. This role represents India Engineering in global forums and ensures we deliver robust, scalable, and impactful products.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering & Delivery

• Own delivery of major product areas/platforms, driving roadmap execution, quality, reliability, and predictable releases.
• Translate company strategy into actionable engineering plans, staffing models, and quarterly/annual execution.
• Improve engineering velocity, consistency, and technical rigor across teams.

Technical Strategy

• Provide architectural direction and technical oversight for core product areas.
• Champion performance, scalability, security-by-design, and resiliency across systems.
• Lead modernization and long-term platform investments while managing technical debt.
• Guide design reviews, postmortems, and deep technical discussions without becoming a bottleneck.

India Site Leadership

• Serve as the senior engineering leader for India and represent the site in global leadership forums.
• Build a culture of ownership, urgency, and customer impact while managing budgets, headcount, and vendor/tools strategy.Hire, grow, and retain top talent; coach and develop Engineering Managers/Senior Managers.
• Partner closely with teams across the US, EMEA, and APAC to ensure seamless cross-geo execution.

Cross-Functional Influence

• Collaborate with Product, Design, and GTM to drive aligned business outcomes.
• Influence priorities across time zones and functions, resolving tradeoffs effectively.
• Communicate crisply at the executive level with clear written, async, and verbal updates.

Required Experience

Leadership

• 10+ years in engineering, including 7–10 years of engineering management.
• Experience managing multiple managers and leading organizations of 35+ engineers.
• Proven ownership of large product/platform areas with measurable customer or business impact.
• Extensive experience with India-based engineering orgs and distributed global teams.
• Strong understanding of India tech hiring, retention, and leadership development.
• Experience managing budgets, org planning, and scaling teams.

Technical Leadership

• Proven experience in implementing database engines.
• Strong technical grounding in distributed systems, cloud computing, or related architectures.

Communication & Influence

• Executive-level communication skills (written, async, and verbal).
• Ability to influence and align stakeholders across continents and functions.
• Strong track record working with cross-geo teams across multiple regions.

Bonus Skills (Good to Have)

• Experience with implementing databases, storage engines, or distributed systems.
• Ability to participate in and guide design and architecture reviews.
• Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures and DevOps practices.
• Expertise in performance and scalability engineering.
• Expertise in systems built for high availability, low latency, and massive throughput.