We’re looking for an experienced Software Engineer join our Go initative within the Merchant Group at Wolt! If you have a strong track record of building and maintaining scalable, production-grade systems you like to drive impact at scale and mentor juniors and peers - this is the place for you!

Who We Are

The Merchant Group consists of 150+ engineers across 25+ cross-functional teams, working together to help merchants grow their businesses and streamline operations through innovative technology. Some of us focus on building seamless experiences for our merchants, while others work on the behind-the-scenes magic that makes everything run smoothly.

What You’ll Do

As a senior engineer in our group, you’ll work your magic in Go or Kotlin (and some Kotlin) helping shape how merchants succeed with Wolt. You’ll have opportunities to:

• Design, build, and scale reliable systems that power merchant experiences.
• Work across the full development lifecycle – from business logic and testing to cloud infrastructure and data streaming.
• Collaborate on architecture and technology choices that keep our systems simple, scalable, and efficient.
• Grow your skills and knowledge by working alongside experienced teammates in an environment that values learning and experimentation.

How We Work

• Autonomy & Ownership – Our engineers have end-to-end responsibility for their services, from implementation to production.
• Collaboration – Architecture and working methods are defined together, ensuring we make the best choices for long-term success.
• Scalability & Simplicity – We value pragmatic solutions that keep our systems robust without unnecessary complexity. We use technologies that serve Wolt, our teams, and our engineers best. You’ll have the freedom to experiment and adopt the tools that work.

Our Tech Stack

Our core technologies include Go, as well as Kotlin (Ktor, Koin, Spring, gRPC), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, Redis, GitHub Actions, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Why Join Us?

Wolt is a place where you can learn, teach, and grow. If you’re passionate about building great technology and working in an environment that values teamwork and autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!
📍This open role are based in our tech hubs in Berlin, Helsinki or Stockholm. We work in distributed teams, but might not be able to offer fully remote work or relocation.

Our humble expectations

We’re seeking an experienced Software Engineer, so we expect that you:

• Not only understand customer problems but can break them down into actionable steps for both yourself and the team. You balance short-term needs with long-term goals, creating high-quality, scalable solutions.
• Lead by example, setting high standards for work quality and managing projects effectively, even in uncertain situations. You take full ownership of your team’s work, making improvements that benefit both customers and colleagues. You regularly spot gaps and provide valuable recommendations to cross-functional partners.
• Are used to being a role model and informal leader, collaborating with partner teams and mentoring both juniors and peers.
• Are an excellent communicator, being succint and to the point. 

Next steps

We are continuously reviewing applications, so don’t hesitate to apply today - you will hear back from us as soon as possible.
You can read more about our recruitment process here.

We’re looking for experienced Software Engineers to join various teams within the Merchant Group at Wolt! If you have a strong track record of building and maintaining scalable, production-grade systems and want to drive impact at scale, this is the place for you.

Who We Are

The Merchant Group consists of 150+ engineers across 25+ cross-functional teams, working together to help merchants grow their businesses and streamline operations through innovative technology. Some of us focus on building seamless experiences for our merchants, while others work on the behind-the-scenes magic that makes everything run smoothly.

What You’ll Do

As an engineer in our group, you’ll work on production-level microservices in Kotlin and Go, helping shape how merchants succeed with Wolt. You’ll have opportunities to:

• Design, build, and scale reliable systems that power merchant experiences.
• Work across the full development lifecycle – from business logic and testing to cloud infrastructure and data streaming.
• Collaborate on architecture and technology choices that keep our systems simple, scalable, and efficient.
• Grow your skills and knowledge by working alongside experienced teammates in an environment that values learning and experimentation.

How We Work

• Autonomy & Ownership – Our engineers have end-to-end responsibility for their services, from implementation to production.
• Collaboration – Architecture and working methods are defined together, ensuring we make the best choices for long-term success.
• Scalability & Simplicity – We value pragmatic solutions that keep our systems robust without unnecessary complexity. We use technologies that serve Wolt, our teams, and our engineers best. You’ll have the freedom to experiment and adopt the tools that work.

Find out more by checking out our Kotlin-related Tech Talks below:

• Scaling Kotlin Backend Development Podcast 

• Kotlin at Wolt

• Kotlin Meetup

Our Tech Stack

Our core technologies include Kotlin (Ktor, Koin, Spring, gRPC), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, Redis, GitHub Actions, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Why Join Us?

Wolt is a place where you can learn, teach, and grow. If you’re passionate about building great technology and working in an environment that values teamwork and autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!

📍These open roles are based in our tech hubs in Berlin, Helsinki or Stockholm. We work in distributed teams, but might not be able to offer fully remote work or relocation. 

Our humble expectations

We’re seeking experienced Software Engineers with a strong background in building scalable microservices. While Kotlin is our primary language, experience with Java, Scala, or other JVM backend languages is great. As we are exploring Go, we're looking for people who are confident in their ability to learn and teach! 🛠️

Beyond technical expertise, we value ownership, collaboration, and a mindset for growth. We think you're a great communicator who thrives in tackling complex challenges, questioning conventions, and working closely with teammates to build reliable, scalable systems. 🚀

Next steps

We are hiring for multiple open positions across different teams in the Merchant Group. During the initial screening call our Talent Acquisition Partner will discuss with you your expectations and possible domain preferences as well as share more about the group. After the recruiter screening call, during the rest of the interviewing steps, you’ll meet hiring managers and software engineers from the Merchant group, a specific team being proposed at the end of the process - that’s the moment when you’ll get to meet your possible Team Lead. Throughout the process, we will do our best to match your experience, skills, and aspirations with the most suitable Engineering team!

We are looking for experienced Senior Software Engineers who can develop production-level microservices to join our Fintech group here at Wolt.

Our Engineering organization at Wolt consists of 700+ Engineers working across 70+ product teams. Some of us work on the visible parts, making our services easy on the eye and some of us focus on the unseen magic happening behind the scenes. ✨

Our Engineers handle the whole development process (business logic, testing, database & data streaming, CI/CD, analytics, cloud) in an autonomous manner. They build things that are accessible and made to scale. They keep our systems in the best shape by simplifying the unnecessary complexity.

We make the decisions as a team and group of teams for our ways of working and we take architectural decisions together. Everyone plays a role in our future.

Our Engineers choose the best technologies that work for Wolt, their teams and themselves. Making good choices means finding scalable, robust technology that works in everyone’s best interests. The freedom to experiment and adopt the best technology benefits everyone.

The main stack for these roles consists for example Golang (Echo), Kotlin (Ktor, Koin,  Spring, grpc…), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, Redis, GitHub Actions, AWS, Docker and Kubernetes.

Needless to say, in such an environment there’s a lot of room for learning, teaching and growing together! 

Go ahead and check our Kotlin- & Golang-related Tech Talks below. 

• The very fresh Scaling Kotlin Backend Development Podcast 
• Kotlin at Wolt
• Kotlin Meetup
• Golang Tech Talks

FinTech Group

FinTech Group is dedicated to shaping the future of financial services at Wolt. 🚀 Our Fintech teams play a critical role in enabling smooth and automated money flows for our customers, merchants, and courier partners as well as delivering financial products to them. To meet local requirements and provide the best financial solutions, our Fintech engineering teams are at the forefront of building integrations and automating financial processes for local country teams, supporting expansion in our existing markets and into new ones. Our focus has been also on building Consumer Fintech, introducing brand-new products and bringing innovations that elevate the financial experience for all our users.

We currently have multiple roles in our Fintech Teams, and depending on your experience, we will make sure to find the right team for you during the interview process. If you are always open to learning new things, find motivation in working with skilled and nice colleagues, and don't shy away from highly challenging engineering topics, you'll fit right in! 💡👩‍💻

📍This role can be based in one of our tech hubs in Helsinki, Stockholm, or our newest additions, Timisoara & Bucharest in Romania. Read more about our hybrid and remote setup here. If you live outside of these countries, don't worry! We provide relocation support to help you make your way to Finland or Sweden.

Our humble expectations

We'd love to see experience with either Golang or Kotlin. We appreciate previous experience in handling the whole development cycle all the way to production. However,  what truly sets you apart is your ability to tackle big challenges together, envision scalability and availability, and dare to question conventional decisions. You’ll be successful in our teams if you quickly grasp new concepts and thrive in an environment of continuous learning.🌟

We put a lot of focus on the ability to collaborate well with others. We work closely with our teammates and having a good connection with team members is essential. We understand that everyone has their own unique way of communicating with others. We expect you to be yourself, express your opinions, and work together with the rest of the team.

In addition to technical expertise, we cherish those who take ownership beyond the obvious, have an insatiable hunger for knowledge, make collaborative decisions, and enthusiastically collaborate with diverse teams Woltwide. We value the unique perspectives and skills you bring to our adventure, and we're excited to see what you can achieve with us! 👥 🚀

Fluency in English language is mandatory.

Next steps

During the initial screening call our Talent Acquisition Partner will discuss with you your expectations and possible domain preferences as well as share more about different teams. After the recruiter screening call, the interviewing steps are conducted and a specific team being proposed at the end of the process - that’s the moment when you’ll latest get to meet your possible Team Lead. Throughout the process, we will do our best to match your experience, skills and aspirations with the most suitable team at Wolt! 

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 looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our PostgreSQL Developer Experience team. This team’s mission is bold and clear: Make building modern apps effortless, backed by the world’s most resilient Postgres database.

As a Software engineering expert, you’ll transform complex PostgreSQL features into elegant, intuitive interfaces for developers. You’ll move with urgency and a bias for action, while exercising sound judgment to balance innovation, risk, and opportunity against release schedules and ambitious project scope. 

Our back-end systems are mostly implemented in Python, with bits of Go and C. 

In this role, you’re not just executing — you’re shaping the PostgreSQL experience for developers, making it delightful, discoverable, and effortless to adopt.

What You’ll Do:

• Deliver E2E Developer Experience: Take ownership of the technical implementation across the full user journey — from onboarding and data migration to sustained usage, developer satisfaction, and growth opportunities.
• Obsess Over Usage Data: Instrument and monitor product usage to understand developer behavior, identify friction points, and drive data-informed improvements.
• Experiment & Iterate Quickly: Work in short cycles, shipping prototypes and features rapidly to test adoption and improve the experience.
• Work Across a Modern Codebase: Collaborate on a stack where back-end systems are primarily Python, with components in Go and C.
• Champion Quality at Speed: Deliver high-quality, maintainable code while embracing agility and rapid iteration, and actively participate in technical planning to guide architectural decisions and trade-offs.
• Collaborate Cross-functionally: Partner with back-end engineers, product managers, designers, and product advocates to ensure seamless, end-to-end developer workflows.

What We’re Looking For:

• Excellent development skills in Python.
• Excellent understanding of SQL and databases, preferably PostgreSQL.
• Passion for developer experience and eagerness to make complex systems simple and enjoyable.
• Proactive, self-starter mentality and a can-do attitude.
• A track record of delivering developer-facing products or tools is a big plus.

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 recruitment@aiven.io.

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 recruitment@aiven.io.

Senior Technical Account Manager - EMEA

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 looking for a customer-centric Senior Technical Account Manager (TAM) with a direct focus on our largest enterprise customers. The TAM is a technical professional who helps optimize Aiven’s customer experience and accelerate time-to-value when using Aiven’s Open Source services. You will act as a single point of contact and customer advocate, providing direct access into Aiven business functions such as Support, Engineering, Product Management, Marketing, and Executive Staff.

What You'll Do:

• Build Relationships: Help customers succeed by building successful relationships throughout the entire customer journey.
• Technical Strategy: Develop a deep technical understanding of the customer’s business priorities, operational models, cloud architecture, and technical initiatives.
• Operational Advisory: Maintain awareness of customer operations to assist with operational planning and risk management, acting as an advisor for deployments.
• Cross-Functional Advocacy: Act as a conduit into Aiven’s Sales, Support, Engineering, and Product Management teams to represent customer interests.
• Operational Reviews: Conduct regular reviews on incidents, field advisories, security vulnerabilities, and root-cause analysis.
• Sales Collaboration: Participate in sales account planning and support account penetration and pipeline growth strategies.
• Travel: Travel up to 10% of the time to meet with customers.

What We're Looking For:

• Technical Expertise: A deep conceptual and hands-on understanding of Apache Kafka and at least one of the following: PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, or OpenSearch.
• Consulting Background: Proven experience in technology sales, pre-sales, or technical consulting.
• Development Skills: Fluency in one or more programming languages such as Java, Python, Go, or Ruby.
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Knowledge of public clouds (AWS, Google, or Azure) and experience with Linux operating systems, networking basics (DNS, VPC), and relational databases.
• Communication: Excellent presentation and problem-solving skills, with the ability to articulate technical requirements to both customers and internal Product teams.
• Project Management: Ability to manage multiple projects, determine urgency, and execute detailed action plans.
• Nice to Have: Previous experience in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and migration experience (e.g., Oracle to PostgreSQL).

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! You can generally expect 4 stages with us:

1. 30-45 minute call with a Talent Partner.
2. 45-minute Depth of Expertise Interview with the hiring manager.
3. 1-hour Skills interview/presentation with the wider team.
4. 1-hour Company Values interview.

Global Benefits: Our global benefits are designed to help you thrive and grow, personally and professionally:

• Equity: Participate in Aiven’s equity plan.
• Flexibility: Balance work and life with our hybrid work policy.
• Gear: Choose the equipment you need to set yourself up for success.
• Learning: Use your Professional Development Plan budget for learning opportunities.
• Wellbeing: Receive holistic wellbeing support through our global Employee Assistance Program.
• Time Off: Inquire about our Global Time Off Commitment (Parental and Sick Leave, as well as Personal Time).
• Open Source: Get paid to contribute to open-source projects via our Plankton program.
• Volunteering: Use up to 5 days per year to volunteer for a cause of your choice.

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 recruitment@aiven.io.

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.

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. If you have any questions before applying please write to us at recruitment@aiven.io.

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 looking for a Senior Software Engineer to work on our cloud operations platform turning the best open source technologies into frustration-free cloud services. You’ll be part of the team that is focused on developing the PostgreSQL services and building out our new managed analytics offering.

Our goal is to bridge the gap between traditional transactional databases and analytical processing. Our philosophy is to automate everything and to avoid repetitive manual work in everything we do. Our own backend systems are mostly implemented in Python with bits of Java, Go and C.

What You'll Do:

• Write high-quality, maintainable code and release quality features.
• Participate in technical discussions and perform PR reviews.
• Optimize data storage and query performance for both OLTP (PostgreSQL) and OLAP workloads.
• Contribute to technical planning and backlog management.
• Help investigate and resolve customer issues.
• Mentor and empower other engineers.
• Automate processes to eliminate repetitive manual work.
• Develop and improve the scalability and reliability of PostgreSQL service.

What We're Looking For:

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.

Must Have:

• Excellent development skills in Python
• 5+ years of experience working with one of these databases - PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, OracleDB
• Experience in data engineering, including building ETL pipelines and working with large-scale datasets.
• Good understanding of data modeling, schema design, and query optimization.
• Experience with backup solutions and backup strategies
• Advanced understanding of Linux OS
• Experience with automated testing
• Distributed systems knowledge
• Experience with performance improvements, bug fixes, and security vulnerability resolution
• Fluency in English, verbal and written.

Nice to Have:

• Good understanding of security (software, networking)
• Experience with OLAP technologies, columnar databases, stream processing or distributed computing engines.
• Experience in infrastructure as code
• Experience in cloud DBAAS production environments
• Experience in production software environments

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 recruitment@aiven.io.

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 recruitment@aiven.io.

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 looking for a Senior Software Engineer to work on our cloud operations platform turning the best open source technologies into frustration-free cloud services. You’ll be part of the team that is focused on developing the Valkey services and improving their scalability and reliability.

Our philosophy is to automate everything and to avoid repetitive manual work in everything we do. Our own backend systems are mostly implemented in Python with bits of Java, Go and C.

What You'll Do:

• Write high-quality, maintainable code and release quality features.
• Participate in technical discussions and perform PR reviews.
• Contribute to technical planning and backlog management.
• Help investigate and resolve customer issues.
• Mentor and empower other engineers.
• Automate processes to eliminate repetitive manual work.
• Develop and improve the scalability and reliability of Valkey service.

What We're Looking For:

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.

Must Have:

• Excellent development skills in Python
• 3+ years of experience working with one of these databases - PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, OracleDB
• 2+ years of experience working with an in-memory database: Valkey, Redis, Dragonfly, KeyDB
• Experience with backup solutions and backup strategies
• Advanced understanding of Linux OS
• Experience with automated testing
• Distributed systems knowledge
• Experience with performance improvements, bug fixes, and security vulnerability resolution
• Fluency in English, verbal and written.

Nice to Have:

• Good understanding of security (software, networking)
• Experience in infrastructure as code
• Experience in cloud DBAAS production environments
• Experience in production software environments

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 recruitment@aiven.io.

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 recruitment@aiven.io.

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 looking for a Software Engineer to work on our cloud operations platform turning the best open-source technologies into frustration-free cloud services. You’ll be part of the team that is focused on developing the PostgreSQL services and improving their scalability and reliability.

Our philosophy is to automate everything and to avoid repetitive manual work in everything we do. Our own backend systems are mostly implemented in Python with bits of Java, Go and C.

What You'll Do:

• Write high-quality, maintainable code and release quality features.
• Participate in technical discussions and perform PR reviews.
• Contribute to technical planning and backlog management.
• Help investigate and resolve customer issues.
• Mentor and empower other engineers.
• Automate processes to eliminate repetitive manual work.
• Develop and improve the scalability and reliability of PostgreSQL service.

What We're Looking For:

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.

• Solid development skills in Python
• Experience working with one of these databases - PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, OracleDB
• Experience with backup solutions and backup strategies
• Advanced understanding of Linux OS
• Experience with automated testing
• Distributed systems knowledge
• Experience with performance improvements, bug fixes, and security vulnerability resolution
• Fluency in English, verbal and written.

Nice to Have:

• Good understanding of security (software, networking)
• Experience in infrastructure as code
• Experience in cloud DBAAS production environments
• Experience in production software environments

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 recruitment@aiven.io.

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 recruitment@aiven.io.

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 looking for an Engineering Manager to build and lead our PostgreSQL Devex and Analytics. This team’s mission is bold and clear: Make building modern apps effortless, backed by the world’s most resilient Postgres database.

You will guide a team of engineers in building workflows, integrations, and tools that remove friction from application development—making PostgreSQL not just reliable and scalable, but also a joy to use. Your leadership will directly shape how developers interact with databases in modern app development, from prototyping to production at scale.

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've shipped, the impact they had, and what you learned along the way.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead with Impact: Foster a culture of speed and agility — balancing quality with a bias for action and continuous learning.
• Drive Impactful Delivery: Be accountable for the team’s output and outcomes — ensuring deliveries are not just on time, but make a real difference in developer adoption and usability.
• Experiment & Iterate: Foster a culture of experimentation, where quick changes and developer feedback loops guide the team’s priorities.
• Shape the Strategy: Partner with product management to define and deliver the roadmap, bringing engineering insights and developer empathy into the vision.
• Build Developer-Centric Tools: Oversee the creation of user experience, APIs, integrations to the broader developer ecosystem, and workflows that reduce friction and accelerate app development.
• Champion Developer Efficiency - Ensure teams operate at peak effectiveness by removing friction, minimizing waste, and optimizing processes for consistent high performance.
• Grow the Team: Hire, mentor, and develop engineers who thrive in fast-moving, outcome-driven environments.
• Keep Developer Empathy at the Core: Stay close to developers through feedback loops, research, and hands-on usage of our tools.

What We’re Looking For

• 2+ years experience in a leadership position
• 5+ years of experience as a software developer
• A bias for action — you move quickly from idea to experiment to delivery, avoiding excessive planning or analysis paralysis.
• Passion for developer experience—understanding the challenges developers face and turning them into elegant solutions.
• Comfort with fast, iterative delivery cycles — you default to experimentation over excessive planning and analysis.
• Understanding of what it takes to build high performing teams and to retain talent.
• A good understanding of database systems - knowledge on PostgreSQL is a big plus.

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 recruitment@aiven.io.

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 recruitment@aiven.io.

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 looking for an Engineering Manager to build and lead our PostgreSQL Ecosystem team. This team’s mission is bold and clear: Make building modern apps effortless, backed by the world’s most resilient Postgres database.

You will guide a team of engineers in building workflows, integrations, and tools that remove friction from application development—making PostgreSQL not just reliable and scalable, but also a joy to use. Your leadership will directly shape how developers interact with databases in modern app development, from prototyping to production at scale.

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've shipped, the impact they had, and what you learned along the way.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead with Impact: Foster a culture of speed and agility — balancing quality with a bias for action and continuous learning.
• Drive Impactful Delivery: Be accountable for the team’s output and outcomes — ensuring deliveries are not just on time, but make a real difference in developer adoption and usability.
• Experiment & Iterate: Foster a culture of experimentation, where quick changes and developer feedback loops guide the team’s priorities.
• Shape the Strategy: Partner with product management to define and deliver the roadmap, bringing engineering insights and developer empathy into the vision.
• Build Developer-Centric Tools: Oversee the creation of user experience, APIs, integrations to the broader developer ecosystem, and workflows that reduce friction and accelerate app development.
• Champion Developer Efficiency - Ensure teams operate at peak effectiveness by removing friction, minimizing waste, and optimizing processes for consistent high performance.
• Grow the Team: Hire, mentor, and develop engineers who thrive in fast-moving, outcome-driven environments.
• Keep Developer Empathy at the Core: Stay close to developers through feedback loops, research, and hands-on usage of our tools.

What We’re Looking For

• 2+ years experience in a leadership position
• 5+ years of experience as a software developer
• A bias for action — you move quickly from idea to experiment to delivery, avoiding excessive planning or analysis paralysis.
• Passion for developer experience—understanding the challenges developers face and turning them into elegant solutions.
• Comfort with fast, iterative delivery cycles — you default to experimentation over excessive planning and analysis.
• Understanding of what it takes to build high performing teams and to retain talent.
• A good understanding of database systems - knowledge on PostgreSQL is a big plus.

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 recruitment@aiven.io.

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 recruitment@aiven.io.

Are you passionate about building next-generation products with LLMs and generative AI? Do you want to work on technology that’s transforming how brands connect with people? Join our Meta team as an Engineering Manager! 

Our mission is to build the leading AI-first platform for full-funnel conversational commerce in messaging channels, combining performance marketing with deep audience insights. This means creating features that help marketers easily craft, adapt, and optimize high-performing ads and enabling more meaningful, creative, and effective conversations between brands and their audiences.

We are technology agnostic and always strive to choose the best tools for the job. On the backend, our favoured stack is Node.js in combination with TypeScript usually coupled with PostgreSQL and RabbitMQ. On the front-end side of things, React with TypeScript is the flavour du jour.

Our engineering teams consist of both product specialists and engineers, and alongside the lead engineer you will take the lead in delivering products and features in the right time with right content and brilliant quality. As an Engineering Manager, you will be in charge of getting the best out of people, through coaching, 1:1s, helping them build a development plan and in general removing blockers from the team's path.

About the team

This team owns the Meta offering, one of the most critical and widely used platforms in our ecosystem. Meta powers a large share of our customer workflows and operates at significant scale, requiring high standards for reliability, performance, and data integrity.

As part of this team, you will lead and contribute to key architectural and technical decisions, focusing on system performance, large-scale data processing, robust validation, and seamless integration with the Meta APIs. The work directly impacts how customers experience and trust our platform.

You will collaborate closely with a dedicated Product Manager, guide a well-balanced engineering team ranging from Junior to Staff level, and regularly engage with Meta engineers to ensure strong alignment, best practices, and forward-looking solutions.

What you’ll do…

• Lead an autonomous Fullstack development team. Lead by example.
• Facilitate team every day life. Enable them.
• Care about your team members' growth and development. Go far together.
• Tackle ambitious technical problems and add your mark to our Engineering culture. Help us grow.

What we’re looking for…

• You have experience throughout the full software life-cycle in an environment with multiple teams
• You have built and maintained large-scale, high-availability web applications with an active and growing user base
• You cares product accountability - we are using wide variation of product metrics to ensure our decisions are data driven
• You have experience in various agile development practices as well as the pragmatism to know which tradeoffs are acceptable and a sharp focus on delivery
• Ability to deliver constructive feedback that leads to meaningful changes and growth.
• Empathetic and user-focused: you care deeply about the product experience, you understand users’ motivations and frustrations, and you genuinely want to help them
• You have strong development and technical expertise. You will need to lead technical decisions in your team and might being hands-on when coaching the team members to new technical and professional heights, which can involve code reviews, pair programming, etc
• Ability to work from our Helsinki office three days a week

What We Offer You:

• Inclusive Culture: Join a team of over 800 Smartlies representing more than 60 nationalities across 24 locations in 13 countries, we foster a culture built on trust, transparency, and open feedback.
• Global Impact: Be part of a company making a global impact, directly influencing our customers and business growth.
• Wellbeing Focus: Enjoy generous healthcare packages, mental health services, and a healthy work-life balance with paid holidays and family leave.
• Total Rewards: Benefit from equity options, performance-based rewards, competitive compensation, and ample career development opportunities.
• Hybrid Workplace: We work in a hybrid model, balancing office and remote work, with the option to work abroad for up to 30 days.

We’re looking for a Senior Fullstack Engineer to join Smartly and help shape the future of our multi-channel advertising platform.

You’ll be working on expanding Smartly into both new and existing advertising channels. Depending on the team, this can mean greenfield development of new integrations or evolving and scaling established ones like Pinterest.

While we can’t share all the details yet, this is a highly strategic area for the company with strong leadership visibility and direct revenue impact. Whether you’re building something new or improving existing integrations, the work goes beyond incremental changes. You’ll be building new capabilities, improving existing ones, and helping shape how different channels are integrated into our platform at scale.

In this role, you’ll design systems that power automation for some of the world’s largest advertisers. You’ll work closely with partners like Google, Reddit and Spotify, building deeply integrated solutions that enable customers to launch, optimize, and iterate campaigns efficiently.

You’ll also have the opportunity to explore how AI and automation shape the future of ad tech, and turn those ideas into production-grade systems.

This role is about ownership and technical influence. You’ll contribute to architectural direction, make trade-offs that balance scalability and product needs, and collaborate across teams to create a unified platform experience across channels.

We’re hiring for multiple positions across a range of seniority levels, and we’ll align the role scope and level based on each candidate’s experience during the hiring process.

Our tech stack

• Backend: Node.js, TypeScript
• Frontend: React, TypeScript
• Infrastructure: PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Redis, Kubernetes
• Architecture: Distributed systems, event-driven services, large-scale data processing

What you’ll do

• Own the design and implementation of new platform integrations end-to-end
• Design and operate distributed, data-intensive systems and microservices at scale
• Build automation systems that process large volumes of campaign and performance data
• Develop and evolve client-facing APIs and backend services
• Drive architectural decisions and contribute to long-term technical direction
• Work across teams to align on shared patterns and unify channel behavior within the platform
• Partner closely with product and design to shape solutions, not just implement them
• Mentor other engineers and raise the bar for engineering quality and practices

What we’re looking for

• Strong experience building and operating production-grade systems with Node.js and TypeScript
• Solid frontend experience with React and modern web development practices
• Experience designing distributed systems and working with asynchronous, event-driven architectures
• Proven ability to build scalable systems that handle high data volumes
• Ability to take ownership of complex problems and drive them from concept to production
• Strong collaboration skills and experience working across teams and disciplines
• Interest in mentoring and contributing to team-level engineering practices
• Ability and willingness to work in a hybrid setup from our Helsinki office (3 days per week)

What We Offer You

At Smartly, we offer a place where you can advance your career. Here, you'll find:

An Inclusive Global Culture: Join a team of over 750 Smartlies, representing more than 60 nationalities across 24 locations in 13 countries. We cultivate a culture built on trust, transparency, and open feedback, where diverse perspectives are valued and encouraged.

Global Impact: Contribute to a company making a global impact, directly influencing our customers' success and business growth.

Focus on Wellbeing: We prioritize your health with healthcare packages, mental health services, and a commitment to work-life balance through paid holidays and family leave.

Comprehensive Rewards: Benefit from equity options, performance-based rewards, competitive compensation, and career development opportunities.

Flexible Hybrid Workplace: Experience a hybrid work model, balancing office collaboration with remote work, and the option to work abroad for up to 30 days annually.

Smartly is committed to being a great place for growth-minded individuals to thrive. Explore more in our Culture Handbook!

Apply Now and Build Your Future with Smartly!

Curious what it’s like to work at Smartly? Visit our Careers page to see how we grow, collaborate, and make impact together

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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 looking for a Product Manager to own the Postgres Ecosystem and Analytics at Aiven. Your mission is to make building applications on Postgres not just reliable, but delightful — removing friction, accelerating time-to-value, and creating a developer journey that feels effortless from setup to scale.

This is a high-impact role for someone who loves solving hard problems at the intersection of databases, developer platforms, and modern application building. You will define and own the roadmap, ensuring developer delight becomes a competitive advantage for Aiven’s Postgres offering.

What You’ll Do:

• Make the complex simple: Translate advanced database features into intuitive, developer-friendly workflows and APIs.
• Own the roadmap: Define, prioritize, and drive the PostgreSQL developer experience roadmap end-to-end.
• Design golden paths: Create opinionated best practices (branching, migrations, schema management etc) that guide developers toward success quickly.
• Build integrations: Partner with IDEs, frameworks, and AI coding assistants to meet developers where they already work.
• Drive adoption: Ensure Postgres is the easiest choice for developers — the database that “just works” when building modern apps.
• Partner with sales & customer success: Support deals and enterprise adoption by aligning devex features with business needs.
• Collaborate cross-functionally: Work with engineering, design, and GTM to turn complex technical capabilities into elegant, usable experiences.
• Measure success: Track developer activation, engagement, retention, and expansion as core KPIs.

What We’re Looking For:

• 3 to 5+ years in product management, ideally in databases, developer platforms, or cloud services.
• Proven ability to simplify complex technical features into intuitive developer experiences.
• Comfortable bringing clarity and prioritization in ambiguous, fast-changing environments.
• Good understanding of PostgreSQL and/or relational databases
• Proven record of defining product features and bringing them to market
• Strong collaboration skills; equally comfortable working with engineers, sales teams, and developer communities.
• Excellent communication and storytelling ability to align teams and inspire adoption.

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 recruitment@aiven.io.

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 recruitment@aiven.io.

We are part of the software engineering Core Platform mission - the heartbeat of Oura. Core Platform drives operational excellence by delivering capabilities that empower teams to build securely and scale reliably without compromising speed. We are looking for a Senior Fullstack Engineer to contribute to the Tooling and Releases squads of the mission. We provide business-critical capabilities that power Oura’s state-of-the-art rollouts of new features, world-class Member eXperience troubleshooting, and next gen internal hub for launching bespoke tooling applications with the power of AI.

This is a hybrid role with preferred locations of Helsinki, Tampere or Oulu where the majority of our team is located. We will also consider outstanding candidates in the rest of Finland.

While we have high expectations for this demanding role, we recognize that few candidates will perfectly match every single requirement. For this role, we put relative emphasis on frontend tech excellence. We strongly encourage you to apply if you meet the core criteria and are passionate about our mission.

What You will do:

• Design and Implement End-to-End Systems: Build secure & scalable internal applications that power Oura’s rollout capabilities, troubleshooting workflows, and our next-gen AI-powered internal hub.
• Lead Frontend Excellence: Create sophisticated, performant UIs using TypeScript (React or Vue) and Vite to ensure a seamless, modular and future-proof  internal tool ecosystem.
• Develop High-Performance Services: Create high-availability, low-latency backend services to deliver critical configurations and content to millions of Oura members and serve Ouranians needs.
• Drive Engineering Excellence: Take a leading role in leveraging future technologies, especially AI, across the software organization and championing engineering excellence through continuous operational improvements.
• Collaborate Across Missions: Work closely with Product Managers and engineering teams (Mobile, Cloud, Firmware, etc.) to translate complex internal needs into delightful developer experiences.
• Own Infrastructure & Delivery: Manage and scale our cloud environment using Infrastructure as Code (Pulumi, Helm) and modern CI/CD patterns to ensure reliable, automated deployments.

We would love to have You on our team, if You have:

• Extensive Experience: 5+ years of professional software development experience, with a proven track record of delivering complex full-stack projects.
• Outstanding AI-Native Proficiency: Deep experience with agentic workflows and tools (e.g., Cursor, agentic CLIs), treating AI as a high-output collaborator to fundamentally reshape and accelerate the software lifecycle across craft and organization.
• Mastery of Modern Web Tech: Deep expertise in TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks (React or Vue), including experience with state management and micro-frontend architectures.
• Robust Backend Skills: Strong proficiency in building production-grade APIs and services with Python or Rust.
• Database Versatility: Solid competence working with both SQL (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (DynamoDB, Firestore, Redis) databases.
• Cloud & DevOps Fluency: Practical experience with AWS (EKS, SQS/SNS, S3) and containerization, along with a "DevOps mindset" toward monitoring (Sentry, OTEL) and automation.
• Ownership Mentality: A proactive attitude with the ability to take a rough idea and turn it into a concrete, high-impact product.
• Passion for DevX: A genuine interest in improving developer productivity through easy-to-use tooling and great engineering practices.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

What we offer:

At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health.

Together we will continue to define Oura as a company where you can:

• Contribute to a product that improves the lives of millions of people across the globe
• Achieve great work-life balance and inspired work by focusing on what is important
• Grow on your chosen career path and sharpen your abilities - be it technical, people, or leadership skills

Benefits

• A competitive salary and equity packages
• Lunch and wellness benefits
• Flexible working hours + work-life balance
• Collaborative, smart teammates and innovative environment
• An Oura ring of your own + employee discount for friends and family
• Eight extra days time-off per year to devote to personal wellness
• Latest equipment of your choice

If this sounds like the next step for you, please send us your application and CV as soon as possible. We will fill the position as soon as we find a suitable candidate.

We are looking for a Staff Engineer to join team Aqueduct, a team building our data platform for powering large-scale cross-platform advertising. Our ideal candidate is a seasoned professional who has experience in designing, implementing and managing data platforms and pipelines that are scalable, reliable and efficient.

For our customers, ensuring their data is available and composable can:

• unlock the potential of creative automation with image and video templates
• power agentic workflows that utilise the data
• allow analysis of the relationship between product data and ad performance.

Being able to sync our customers’ product data across multiple advertising channels consistently and with minimal delays ensures that:

• the ads consumers see have the latest information
• products that are out of stock are not advertised
• regulatory requirements are met

The team currently has a backend written in Ruby on Rails, and we own small parts of the frontend written in TypeScript and React. We’re moving our data systems from Ruby to a language and architecture better suited for the workload and capable of scaling with our growth. We're looking for an expert to lead the build and design of this new platform using the right tools for the job.

Projects you get to work with

• Design and build a large scale data storage and processing system that needs to process billions of records per day
• Drive the long term architecture and engineering excellence inside the team by coaching and mentoring other engineers
• Collaborate with stakeholders from across the organization: engineering, product and business
• Define and monitor SLAs, and follow SRE best practices to ensure the stability and availability of the system
• Build APIs for internal and external consumers of the data
• Affect the ROI for billions of dollars in ad spend

What We Are Looking For

• 8+ years of industry experience
• Strong programming skills (e.g., Python, Scala and/or Java)
• Deep experience with data processing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Flink, Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, ClickHouse)
• Familiarity with streaming systems (e.g Kafka, Kinesis)
• Expertise in SQL and some RDBMS (PostgreSQL, Citus, etc.)
• Experience with orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Argo)
• Experience with data governance tools (e.g., OpenMetadata, GreatExpectations, Apache Atlas, dbt)
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Proven track record of designing large-scale data systems
• Experience in technical leadership and mentoring other engineers
• Experience with Ruby on Rails is considered a plus
• Ability to work in a hybrid capacity from our Helsinki office 3 days a week 

What We Offer You

At Smartly, we offer a place where you can advance your career. Here, you'll find:

An Inclusive Global Culture: Join a team of over 750 Smartlies, representing more than 60 nationalities across 24 locations in 13 countries. We cultivate a culture built on trust, transparency, and open feedback, where diverse perspectives are valued and encouraged.

Global Impact: Contribute to a company making a global impact, directly influencing our customers' success and business growth.

Focus on Wellbeing: We prioritize your health with healthcare packages, mental health services, and a commitment to work-life balance through paid holidays and family leave.

Comprehensive Rewards: Benefit from equity options, performance-based rewards, competitive compensation, and career development opportunities.

Flexible Hybrid Workplace: Experience a hybrid work model, balancing office collaboration with remote work, and the option to work abroad for up to 30 days annually.

Smartly is committed to being a great place for growth-minded individuals to thrive. Explore more in our Culture Handbook!

Apply Now and Build Your Future with Smartly!

Curious what it’s like to work at Smartly? Visit our Careers page to see how we grow, collaborate, and make impact together

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This role sits at the core of Smartly’s data platform, powering the reporting systems that some of the world’s largest and most influential brands rely on to make real time decisions. 

You’ll join the Bobby Tables team, which is responsible for ingesting, transforming, and serving tens of billions of data points across global advertising channels. This is the engine behind Smartly’s reporting and cross-channel analytics, turning fragmented, high volume data into a unified, real time, and highly flexible analytical experience.

You’ll design and optimize systems that execute complex queries over massive datasets with low latency, while ensuring reliability and consistency across a constantly evolving ecosystem of advertising channels and 3rd-party integrations. The work involves pushing the limits of distributed data processing, and enabling customers to explore their performance analytics with speed and precision.

Your contributions will directly shape how global brands understand, measure, and act on their advertising performance in real time, at a massive scale.

What You Will Do

• Design and build systems that support high-scale reporting and analytics workloads
• Improve OLAP performance and optimize data access patterns across large datasets
• Develop solutions that unify data from multiple external ad channels with varying structures
• Own projects from definition through delivery, ensuring high quality and reliability
• Work with technologies such as Ruby, TypeScript, Kafka, and modern data storage systems (PostgreSQL/Citus, Clickhouse, Redis)
• Mentor engineers and support the team in maintaining a high engineering standard

What We Are Looking For

• Strong experience building and operating data-intensive and high-scale systems
• Experience working with OLAP workloads and query performance optimization
• Must have strong experience with relational databases (such as PostgreSQL, MS SQL, MySQL etc.), experience with ClickHouse or other columnar databases is a plus
• Ability to design systems that handle varying data structures and integrations
• Comfortable working across the stack when needed
• Ability to take ownership of complex problems and drive them to practical solutions
• Clear communication skills and a collaborative approach to working with others

What We Offer You

At Smartly, we offer a place where you can advance your career. Here, you'll find:

An Inclusive Global Culture: Join a team of over 750 Smartlies, representing more than 60 nationalities across 24 locations in 13 countries. We cultivate a culture built on trust, transparency, and open feedback, where diverse perspectives are valued and encouraged.

Global Impact: Contribute to a company making a global impact, directly influencing our customers' success and business growth.

Focus on Wellbeing: We prioritize your health with healthcare packages, mental health services, and a commitment to work-life balance through paid holidays and family leave.

Comprehensive Rewards: Benefit from equity options, performance-based rewards, competitive compensation, and career development opportunities.

Flexible Hybrid Workplace: Experience a hybrid work model, balancing office collaboration with remote work, and the option to work abroad for up to 30 days annually.

Smartly is committed to being a great place for growth-minded individuals to thrive. Explore more in our Culture Handbook!

Apply Now and Build Your Future with Smartly!

Curious what it’s like to work at Smartly? Visit our Careers page to see how we grow, collaborate, and make impact together

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We’re looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to join Smartly’s Creative Engineering group to lead a team responsible for building and maintaining integrations with multiple advertising platforms. The team plays a key role in enabling Smartly’s creative offering by ensuring our systems connect seamlessly with external partner APIs and services at scale.

The team designs, builds, and operates high-scale integration services that are relied on by some of the world’s largest advertisers. These integrations are a critical part of how creatives are delivered, managed, and optimized across channels, making the team’s work central to the overall product experience.

The main technologies used by the team include:

• Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes
• React for selected UI workflows
• Deep integrations with external advertising platforms and the broader Smartly infrastructure

As an Engineering Manager, your role is to ensure the team focuses on the highest priority work with predictable timelines, delivering high quality outcomes with clarity of purpose, while building reliable and scalable systems that our customers can trust.

What you’ll do:

• Lead and facilitate an autonomous Fullstack team responsible for the end-to-end delivery of channel integration, working closely with your product manager counterparts to align priorities and drive impact.
• Champion team member growth through coaching, regular 1:1s, and clear personal development planning, fostering a culture of technical excellence.
• Identify blockers and tackle ambitious technical problems to add your mark to our engineering culture.

What we’re looking for:

• You are an experienced people leader with proven ability in building and leading high-performing teams
• You have experience throughout the full software life-cycle in an environment with high-availability demands and active user-base
• You have experience in various agile development practices as well as the pragmatism to know which tradeoffs are acceptable and a sharp focus on delivery.
• You have empathic and user-focused mentality: you care deeply about the product experience, you understand users’ motivations and frustrations, and you genuinely want to help them
• You are comfortable being hands-on to guide the team on technical decisions, system design and best engineering practices.
• You have the ability to work from our Helsinki office three days a week

What We Offer You

At Smartly, we offer a place where you can advance your career. Here, you'll find:

An Inclusive Global Culture: Join a team of over 750 Smartlies, representing more than 60 nationalities across 24 locations in 13 countries. We cultivate a culture built on trust, transparency, and open feedback, where diverse perspectives are valued and encouraged.

Global Impact: Contribute to a company making a global impact, directly influencing our customers' success and business growth.

Focus on Wellbeing: We prioritize your health with healthcare packages, mental health services, and a commitment to work-life balance through paid holidays and family leave.

Comprehensive Rewards: Benefit from equity options, performance-based rewards, competitive compensation, and career development opportunities.

Flexible Hybrid Workplace: Experience a hybrid work model, balancing office collaboration with remote work, and the option to work abroad for up to 30 days annually.

Smartly is committed to being a great place for growth-minded individuals to thrive. Explore more in our Culture Handbook!

Apply Now and Build Your Future with Smartly!

Curious what it’s like to work at Smartly? Visit our Careers page to see how we grow, collaborate, and make impact together

#LI-HYBRID

We're looking for an Engineering Manager to join Smartly's Media Engineering group to lead the team responsible for developing Smartly's existing TikTok product. The team designs, builds and maintains the integration in close partnership with TikTok’s representatives. The main technologies used by the team include:

• Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes
• React for core UI workflows
• Seamless integrations with the broader Smartly infrastructure

Read more about our Media Suite here and about our developer ways of working here.

As an Engineering Manager, your role is to ensure the team delivers the right things at the right time with high quality and clarity of purpose.

What you’ll do:

• Lead and facilitate an autonomous Fullstack team responsible for the end-to-end delivery of channel integration.
• Champion team member growth through coaching, regular 1:1s, and clear personal development planning, fostering a culture of technical excellence.
• Identify blockers and tackle ambitious technical problems to add your mark to our engineering culture.

What we’re looking for:

• You are an experienced people leader with proven ability in building and leading high-performing teams
• You have experience throughout the full software life-cycle in an environment with high-availability demands and active user-base
• You have experience in various agile development practices as well as the pragmatism to know which tradeoffs are acceptable and a sharp focus on delivery.
• You have empathic and user-focused mentality: you care deeply about the product experience, you understand users’ motivations and frustrations, and you genuinely want to help them
• You are comfortable being hands-on to guide the team on technical decisions, system design and best engineering practices.
• You have the ability to work from our Helsinki office three days a week

Our interview process:

• Meet your Recruiter: Get to know each other and learn about working at Smartly.
• Meet the Lead: Gain deeper insights into your future role.
• Meet the Team in Technical Interviews: Engage in a discussion around Systems Design and Architecture.
• Meet the HRBP: Discuss about your Leadership Experience
• Meet the Leadership in a Final Meeting: A brief discussion with our SVP of Engineering.

Apply Now and Shape Your Future with Smartly!

#LI-JL #LI-Hybrid

We’re looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our SRE team within our Infrastructure & Production group. Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is responsible for our infrastructure development and maintenance. Our architecture consists of both cloud and bare metal solutions.

We believe in automating our infrastructure as much as possible and pursuing challenging problems in a sustainable and repeatable way. Currently, our infrastructure processes petabytes of data every month through thousands of servers and we are moving towards a Hybrid Cloud environment where we utilize the best of both worlds to build scalable production and development environments. Our team utilizes SRE and DevOps principles as our way of working.

Our toolchain

• Hybrid Cloud: 2500+ dedicated servers, supplemented with a mix of private and public cloud
• Infrastructure as code: Ansible and Terraform and AWS CDK
• Kubernetes “the hard way” on 2000+ dedicated servers
• We also run supporting infrastructure like PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, ElasticSearch, VictoriaMetrics, HAProxy, Clickhouse, Aiven, Kafka and more

We are currently working in a hybrid mode where the team visits the office three days a week. 

You'll need:

• Production experience with distributed/scalable systems and/or high traffic web applications
• Experience in running large scale production with Kubernetes.
• Experience working with public cloud environments, preferably AWS.
• Experience with configuration management systems such as Ansible.
• Extensive knowledge of the Linux operating system.
• Troubleshooting skills that range from diagnosing low-level OS issues to large-scale failures within distributed systems
• Knowledge of how the web works and HTTP fundamentals
• Knowledge of IP networking, DNS, load balancing and firewalling
• Knowledge in good security practices, including network security, system hardening, secure software.
• Ability and willingess to work three days a week in our Helsinki office.

Bonus points, if you have:

• Good knowledge of at least one programming language. Smartly uses e.g. Python, Ruby and NodeJS
• Experience in containerising applications and deployment to production (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience in building large scale modern infrastructure in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, etc)
• Experience in SQL, building complex queries and debugging query performance
• Experience with SQL databases like PostgreSQL, NoSQL stores like Redis or anything in between
• Familiarity with automated build pipelines, continuous integration, delivery and deployment. Currently we're deploying to production ~2000 times/week.
• Experience building large-scale data processing pipelines

What We Offer You:

• Inclusive Culture: Join a team of over 800 Smartlies representing more than 60 nationalities across 24 locations in 13 countries, we foster a culture built on trust, transparency, and open feedback.
• Global Impact: Be part of a company making a global impact, directly influencing our customers and business growth.
• Wellbeing Focus: Enjoy generous healthcare packages, mental health services, and a healthy work-life balance with paid holidays and family leave.
• Total Rewards: Benefit from equity options, performance-based rewards, competitive compensation, and ample career development opportunities.
• Hybrid Workplace: We work in a hybrid model, balancing office and remote work, with the option to work abroad for up to 30 days.

Smartly is committed to being a great place for growth-minded individuals to thrive. Explore more in our Culture Handbook!

#LI-HYBRID #LI-JF2

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team within our Infrastructure & Production group. DevOps Tooling & Developer Experience (Vulcan) spearheads our cloud developer experience, builds tools that build the tools and owns our big data platforms & pipelines.

We believe in automating our infrastructure as much as possible and pursuing challenging problems in a sustainable and repeatable way. Currently, our infrastructure processes petabytes of data every month through hundreds of servers and we are moving towards a Hybrid Cloud environment where we utilize the best of both worlds to build scalable production and development environments.

We work on many aspects of developer tooling at Smartly.io, from CI (we use GitHub Actions mostly) to our own development environment management tool (Devbox) that manages development environments for developers. We are helping other Smartly developers to be more effective in their day-to-day work.

As an Engineering Manager, you will be in charge of getting the best out of people, through coaching, 1:1s, helping them build a development plan and in general removing blockers from the team's path.

Tech Stack: AWS, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker, Logstash, GitHub Actions, Grafana, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Elasticsearch, VictoriaMetrics

Read more about the our culture and developer ways of working: https://www.smartly.io/engineering-hub 

What You Will Do

• Lead an autonomous DevOps Tooling & Developer Experience (Vulcan) team. Lead by example.
• Lead developer tools development and strategy.
• Drive a cloud developer experience development.
• Facilitate the team at team level. Enable them.
• Care about your team members' growth and development. Go far together.
• Tackle ambitious technical problems and add your mark to our Engineering culture. Help us grow.

What We Are Looking For

• You are an experienced people leader with proven ability in building and leading high-performing teams
• You have experience throughout the full software life-cycle in an environment with multiple teams
• You have built and maintained large-scale, high-availability public cloud infrastructures with an active and growing user base
• You have experience in various agile development practices as well as the pragmatism to know which tradeoffs are acceptable and a sharp focus on delivery.
• Ability to deliver constructive feedback that leads to meaningful changes and growth.
• Empathetic and user-focused: you care deeply about the developer experience, you understand developers motivations and frustrations, and you genuinely want to help them
• You are a skilled engineer. You will need to be also hands-on when coaching the team members to new technical and professional heights, which can involve code reviews, pair programming, etc.
• Ability and willingness to work from our Helsinki office three days a week

What We Offer You

At Smartly, we offer a place where you can advance your career. Here, you'll find:

An Inclusive Global Culture: Join a team of over 750 Smartlies, representing more than 60 nationalities across 24 locations in 13 countries. We cultivate a culture built on trust, transparency, and open feedback, where diverse perspectives are valued and encouraged.

Global Impact: Contribute to a company making a global impact, directly influencing our customers' success and business growth.

Focus on Wellbeing: We prioritize your health with healthcare packages, mental health services, and a commitment to work-life balance through paid holidays and family leave.

Comprehensive Rewards: Benefit from equity options, performance-based rewards, competitive compensation, and career development opportunities.

Flexible Hybrid Workplace: Experience a hybrid work model, balancing office collaboration with remote work, and the option to work abroad for up to 30 days annually.

Smartly is committed to being a great place for growth-minded individuals to thrive. Explore more in our Culture Handbook!

Apply Now and Build Your Future with Smartly!

Curious what it’s like to work at Smartly? Visit our Careers page to see how we grow, collaborate, and make impact together.

#LI-HYBRID

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the AI Platform Team at Smartly! Our team works on helping marketers make the most of their ad creatives (images, video, text) and campaigns (product and performance data). We build and experiment with AI-based solutions across the media and creative workflows.You will have the opportunity to take ownership of and work on high impact projects.

Join us in building high impact ML-based solutions to help our customers to build better and more effective advertising experiences for their consumers. If you’re a growth minded individual who has a passion for ML and the marketing space, this team is for you!

We use Python, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Node.js, Docker and Kubernetes for our microservices, TypeScript and React in the frontend of our products.

Here's What You'll Do...

• Design, build and maintain backend services that sit at the core of Smartly.io’s campaign optimization products.
• Be a core contributor of our team and our ways of working to build high impact products. You’ll actively be involved in work planning, retrospectives, and overall team improvement.
• Support data scientists in bringing machine learning models to production.
• Mentor your team on software development practices and propagate best practices like testing, monitoring, or clean code.
• Use your skills and experience to continuously improve our software architecture, coding practices, tools, and processes.
• Work with our stakeholders - be them product, engineering, infrastructure - to ensure we meet customers where they are. Being able to translate business/product needs to viable solutions is a must.
• Apply and enhance your soft skills through working closely with your colleagues and our customers. Doing knowledge shares, running productive meetings, and pair programming/debugging are just some ways we grow our soft skills.
• Impact the daily life of the staff of the hundreds of advertisers using Smartly

Here's What We're Looking For...

• We’re seeking an experienced Software Engineer with Strong Python skills
• 5+ years of experience developing and deploying production-quality software
• 2+ years of experience working with cloud infrastructure such as AWS or GCP
• Experience with NodeJS, React, TypeScript is a plus
• Hands-on experience with modern ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow) is a plus
• Knowledge of MLOps concepts and tools (e.g., MLflow, Kubeflow) is a plus
• Experience developing and maintaining services under SLA
• Analytical mindset with a problem-solving approach
• Passion for solving customer challenges quickly while making thoughtful architectural decisions
• Adaptability and resilience when facing new or ambiguous challenges
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Ability to work 3 days / week at our office
• M.Sc. in a relevant field is preferred

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 looking for a Senior Software Engineer to work on our cloud operations platform turning the best open source technologies into frustration-free cloud services. You’ll be part of the team that is focused on developing the PostgreSQL services and improving their scalability and reliability.

Our philosophy is to automate everything and to avoid repetitive manual work in everything we do. Our own backend systems are mostly implemented in Python with bits of Java, Go and C.

What You'll Do:

• Write high-quality, maintainable code and release quality features.
• Participate in technical discussions and perform PR reviews.
• Contribute to technical planning and backlog management.
• Help investigate and resolve customer issues.
• Mentor and empower other engineers.
• Automate processes to eliminate repetitive manual work.
• Develop and improve the scalability and reliability of PostgreSQL service.

What We're Looking For:

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.

Must Have:

• Excellent development skills in Python
• 5+ years of experience working with one of these databases - PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, OracleDB
• Experience with backup solutions and backup strategies
• Advanced understanding of Linux OS
• Experience with automated testing
• Distributed systems knowledge
• Experience with performance improvements, bug fixes, and security vulnerability resolution
• Fluency in English, verbal and written.

Nice to Have:

• Good understanding of security (software, networking)
• Experience in infrastructure as code
• Experience in cloud DBAAS production environments
• Experience in production software environments

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 recruitment@aiven.io.

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 recruitment@aiven.io.

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 dynamic and results-driven Engineering Manager to lead the team who create the partner-facing Aiven platform. This role has a strong emphasis on customer engagement and satisfaction, and balances requirements from multiple stakeholders to deliver the best roadmap for our partners. Reporting to the Director of Partner Product & Engineering Management, you will be the pivotal link between our engineering teams and our partners, ensuring seamless delivery and fostering strong, collaborative relationships.

As the leader of the Partner Platform Development team, you will drive the technical execution of existing and complex new partner integrations, serving as the primary engine for our expansion. This role combines technical leadership with operational excellence; you will manage a pipeline of new region launches, service extensions, and critical platform upgrades while collaborating directly on the overall product roadmap.

What You’ll Do:

Customer management & communication

• Requirements gathering & communication: Collaborate with OEMs to gather detailed requirements, ensuring clear communication and alignment between partner expectations and engineering deliverables.
• Partner feedback & advocacy: Proactively solicit and analyze customer feedback, acting as an advocate for OEM needs within the engineering organization.
• Regular status updates & reporting: Provide regular status updates to OEMs, including project progress, milestones, and potential risks, ensuring transparency and proactive issue resolution.

Engineering Resource Management & Optimization

• Resource allocation & capacity planning: Effectively allocate engineering resources across projects and initiatives, ensuring optimal utilization and alignment with OEM delivery priorities.
• Team structure & skill development: Assess and optimize the team structure, identifying skill gaps and implementing training and development programs to enhance team capabilities.
• Performance management & motivation: Conduct regular performance reviews, provide constructive feedback, and foster a positive and motivating work environment to maximize team productivity.

Delivery Execution & Process Improvement

• Project planning & execution: Lead the planning and execution of OEM-focused engineering projects, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Delivery orchestration: Orchestrate and coordinate deliveries across OEM partners and product domains (e.g., Streaming, Database Engines, Platform), ensuring seamless integration, and alignment with OEM requirements.
• Delivery process optimization: Continuously analyze and improve delivery processes, identifying bottlenecks and implementing solutions to streamline workflows and enhance efficiency.
• Risk management & mitigation: Proactively identify and assess potential risks, developing mitigation strategies to minimize disruptions and ensure on-time deliveries.

Team Leadership & Development

• Technical decision making: Foster a culture of technical decision-making within the team, empowering engineers to contribute their expertise and insights. Provide clear guidance and make final decisions when necessary, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Psychological safety: Cultivate a psychologically safe environment where team members feel comfortable taking risks, sharing ideas, and providing open and honest feedback.
• Talent acquisition: Actively seek and recruit high-potential engineering talent to strengthen the team's capabilities and drive innovation.
• Interviewing & onboarding: Lead managerial interviews for engineering candidates, and train the team on effective technical interviewing techniques. Develop and implement comprehensive onboarding programs to ensure new hires are quickly integrated and productive.

What We’re Looking For: 

Leadership skills:

• People Leadership: A proven track record of leading diverse and distributed teams, to successfully deliver software products.
• Product Thinking: A strong product sense that enables you to drive the direction of the products towards meeting customer needs 
• Communication: Excellent communication skills in English, with the ability to effectively engage directly with customers.
• Adaptability: The ability to bring order and clarity to a dynamic, ambiguous environment, a trait essential in a fast-growing tech company.
• Team Building: Experience in recruiting engineering talent and a deep understanding of what it takes to build and retain high-performing teams.
• Agile Expertise: Experience with agile software development methodologies.

Technical skills:

• Cloud infrastructure Concepts: Good knowledge of VM-based cloud infrastructure fundamentals.
• Technologies: Experience with Python and PostgreSQL, in modular / distributed systems.
• 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.

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 recruitment@aiven.io.

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 recruitment@aiven.io.