Senior Software Engineer

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer dedicated to the core development of our Aiven for Open Search service.

This role is a highly technical and strategic contributor position focused on the internal architecture, reliability, and evolution of our search offering.

In this role, you will work on how we manage and tune Open Search at scale, while spearheading our transition into AI-optimized infrastructure.

You will be a key driver of service availability and the technical lead for deploying next-generation hardware within our search clusters.

What You'll Do

• Autonomic Systems: Design and implement new and improve existing automated management, self‑healing recovery mechanisms, and performance‑tuning logic for Open Search clusters.
• Next‑Gen Infrastructure: Research, design, and deploy the first GPU‑powered instances within the Aiven ecosystem to support intensive search and AI workloads.
• AI Node Development: Develop and integrate specialized AI node types to enhance Open Search's capability in handling modern machine learning tasks.
• Engineering Ownership: Own the health, reliability, and availability metrics of our Open Search platform.
• What We’re Looking For
• Search Mastery: Deep technical knowledge of Open Search or Elasticsearch internals, particularly in resource management, indexing strategies, and query optimization.
• Reliability & Operations: A passion for building highly available, resilient distributed systems and a proven track record of solving complex operational challenges.
• Hardware: Interest or experience in hardware acceleration, specifically deploying and managing GPU‑based instances for data services.
• Automation Mindset: Proven experience in designing automated recovery systems and performance‑tuning algorithms.
• Modern Search Patterns: A strong interest in the evolving landscape, including Vector Database implementations, hybrid search and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation).
• Nice to Have
• Familiarity with ML frameworks and integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) with Search engines.
• Prior experience within a managed service (Saa S) provider or a high‑growth startup environment.
• Global Benefits
• 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.

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.

#J-18808-Ljbffr