# Senior Software Engineer | Database Optimization

About CAST AI &:first-child]:mt-0 [li>&:last-child]:mb-0"> *:first-child>&]:pt-0 [li>*:last-child>&]:pb-0 whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words">CAST AI is an automation platform that optimises cloud and AI infrastructure at scale. By embedding autonomous decision-making directly into Kubernetes and cloud environments, CAST AI continuously improves performance, reliability and efficiency in production. &:first-child]:mt-0 [li>&:last-child]:mb-0"> *:first-child>&]:pt-0 [li>*:last-child>&]:pb-0 whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words">More than 2,100 companies already rely on CAST AI, including Akamai, BMW, Cisco, FICO, Hugging Face, NielsenIQ, Swisscom and TGS. &:first-child]:mt-0 [li>&:last-child]:mb-0"> *:first-child>&]:pt-0 [li>*:last-child>&]:pb-0 whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words">CAST AI operates across 34 countries and has a remote-first culture built around small, highly technical teams. In January 2026, the company achieved unicorn status following a strategic investment from Pacific Alliance Ventures, bringing its valuation above $1 billion. About the role &:first-child]:mt-0 [li>&:last-child]:mb-0"> *:first-child>&]:pt-0 [li>*:last-child>&]:pb-0 whitespace-pre-wrap u-break-words">D

- **Id**: 3860954
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cast-ai-senior-software-engineer-database-optimization>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_regions
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: inferred
- **Hiring countries**: DE, FR, AT, BE, BG, HR, CY, CZ, DK, FI, HU, IE, IT, NL, PL, RO, ES, SE, EE, GR, LV, LT, LU, MT, PT, SK, SI
- **Hiring countries total**: 27
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T08:57:53Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T07:28:26Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6733
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Company events, Equity, Professional development
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Virtualization & Containers, Cloud Cost & Multi-Cloud Management

## Company

- **Id**: 54
- **Name**: CAST AI
- **Domain**: cast.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cast-ai>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 5
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.6
- **Repost share**: 0.2
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 41
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 6500
- **Max**: 9000
- **Currency**: EUR
- **Period**: month
- **Gross**: yes
- **Usd annual**: 121248

## Technologies

- **Akamai** — Optional: no
- **Hugging Face** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **MySQL** — Optional: no
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: no
- **Rust** — Optional: no
- **ArgoCD** — Optional: yes
- **AWS** — Optional: yes
- **Azure** — Optional: yes
- **GCP** — Optional: yes
- **GitLab CI** — Optional: yes
- **Grafana** — Optional: yes
- **gRPC** — Optional: yes
- **Loki** — Optional: yes
- **OpenTelemetry** — Optional: yes
- **Prometheus** — Optional: yes
- **Terraform** — Optional: yes
- **VictoriaMetrics** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **Germany** — Iso: DE; Kind: region
- **France** — Iso: FR; Kind: region
- **Austria** — Iso: AT; Kind: region
- **Belgium** — Iso: BE; Kind: region
- **Bulgaria** — Iso: BG; Kind: region
- **Croatia** — Iso: HR; Kind: region
- **Cyprus** — Iso: CY; Kind: region
- **Czech Republic** — Iso: CZ; Kind: region
- **Denmark** — Iso: DK; Kind: region
- **Finland** — Iso: FI; Kind: region
- **Hungary** — Iso: HU; Kind: region
- **Ireland** — Iso: IE; Kind: region
- **Italy** — Iso: IT; Kind: region
- **Netherlands** — Iso: NL; Kind: region
- **Poland** — Iso: PL; Kind: region
- **Romania** — Iso: RO; Kind: region
- **Spain** — Iso: ES; Kind: region
- **Sweden** — Iso: SE; Kind: region
- **Estonia** — Iso: EE; Kind: region
- **Greece** — Iso: GR; Kind: region
- **Latvia** — Iso: LV; Kind: region
- **Lithuania** — Iso: LT; Kind: region
- **Luxembourg** — Iso: LU; Kind: region
- **Malta** — Iso: MT; Kind: region
- **Portugal** — Iso: PT; Kind: region
- **Slovakia** — Iso: SK; Kind: region
- **Slovenia** — Iso: SI; Kind: region

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T09:21:17Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 41
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 121248
- **Is top pay**: no

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