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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. \nThe Role:\nWe are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Database OEM team. This is a highly visible, cross-cutting team focused on delivering Aiven's database services (PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Valkey) to our most strategic, high-revenue partners, ensuring their unique needs, scale, and challenges are met with world-class solutions.\nIn this role, you will be key to designing customer-specific solutions and driving direct and indirect enhancements across these three database services. Success requires close collaboration with internal Product teams to advocate for partner needs and a strong commitment to increasing automation and reaction speed of critical partner requests. You will be expected to balance internal engineering needs with external partner requirements, acting as a crucial interface. Given the high-stakes nature of this work, you must be an excellent communicator with great attention to detail, capable of seamlessly managing context between different high-value customers.\nOur core philosophy is to automate everything and eliminate repetitive manual work. Our backend systems are primarily implemented in Python, with components in Java, Go, and C.\nWhat You'll Do:\nWrite high-quality, maintainable code and release quality features.\nParticipate in technical discussions and perform PR reviews.\nContribute to technical planning and backlog management.\nHelp investigate and resolve customer issues.\nMentor and empower other engineers.\nAutomate processes to eliminate repetitive manual work.\nDevelop and improve the scalability, reliability, and operational quality of our PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Valkey services in the context of our partners’ offering.\nWhat We're Looking For:\nDon’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.\nMust Have:\nExcellent development skills in Python\n5+ years of experience working with one of these databases - PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Valkey/Redis, or similar\nExperience with backup solutions and backup strategies\nAdvanced understanding of Linux OS\nExperience with automated testing\nDistributed systems knowledge\nExperience with performance improvements, bug fixes, and security vulnerability resolution\nUnderstanding of white labelling solutions and multi-tenancy challenges.\nFluency in English, verbal and written.\nNice to Have:\nGood understanding of security (software, networking)\nExperience in cloud DBAAS production environments\nAmazing! What’s next:\nIf you think Aiven is the place for you and that ourValues align with yours, send us your resume and we’ll get in touch!\nGlobal Benefits:\nOur global benefits are designed to help you thrive and grow, personally and professionally:\nParticipate in Aiven’s equity plan.\nBalance work and life with our hybrid work policy.\nChoose the equipment you need to set yourself up for success.\nUse your Professional Development Plan budget for learning opportunities.\nReceive holistic wellbeing support through our global Employee Assistance Program.\nInquire about our Global Time Off Commitment (Parental and Sick Leave, as well as Personal Time)\nEnjoy country-specific benefits for our global cast.\nHow to Recognize and Avoid Employment Scams:\nThere 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 .\nEqual Opportunities:\nAiven 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.\nAt 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. 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