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 become the trusted Data & AI Platform for everyone, leveraging the most popular open-source technologies like Apache Kafka®, Aiven for PostgreSQL®, Aiven for Clickhouse®, and Aiven for OpenSearch®. to help companies accelerate time-to-market, drive efficiency, and build innovative solutions across any cloud.
In our Product team at Aiven, engineers drive significant impact through coding and problem solving. You'll have the opportunity to contribute to challenging projects that transcend the cloud provider limitations, work alongside exceptional engineers, and continuously expand your technical expertise. We strive to create an environment that encourages problem solving and results over following directions, to make better decisions for our customers, our products and our employees.
Aiven is seeking a VP of Platform Engineering to lead Aiven Platform Development and Production Engineering. You will own the future of our cloud-native and API-first platform that serves hundreds of thousands of developers globally, across several cloud providers. You will also manage the Service Reliability Engineering team that guarantees the SLA of our services across dozens of cloud regions. Lastly, you will play a vital role in defining engineering standards, best practices and setting the bar on what good looks like for all technical teams across Aiven.
If you ask us what’s the best thing about working for Aiven, many will probably say it’s the high concentration of talent from around the world that we have here. Enjoy the agile environment of a hyperscale scale-up where you can truly make an impact and have fun while at it.
Once applying you should hear from our Talent Experience team within 5 days regarding the status of your application. If you are selected to move forward you can generally expect the following interview stages:
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