Aiven

open-source technology

SeniorSoftwareEngineer,Observability

Berlin, Berlin, Germany Remote Friendly
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Software Engineer, Observability at Aiven. Skills: Observability, Distributed Systems, Technical Leadership. Ensure our existing observability offering is up and running all the time. Ideate and develop innovative new features”

What You'll Achieve.

Achieve operational excellence; Maximize customer satisfaction; Deliver key product differentiation features; Drive product engagement; Fuel growth

Industry & Context.

open source technology
Problems you'll solve

Solving complex technical challenges with customer-focused solutions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Extensive experience with observability concepts on a big scale, Knowledge of database fundamentals, including OLAP vs. OLTP, persistence, replication, and clustering, Experience in building and designing distributed systems in a cloud environment, The ability to work with SQL to interact with our platform's master database, Deep understanding of release management and testing best practices to own the delivery pipeline, A genuine interest in solving complex technical challenges with customer-focused solutions

Nice to Have

Experience with ClickHouse specifically regarding logs, metrics, and OpenTelemetry is highly desirable

What You'll Do.

Ensure our existing observability offering is up and running all the time

Ideate and develop innovative new features

Support our existing external customer base by resolving escalated support issues

Guide the team in the hands-on implementation of key platform features

Empower your team to act as 'product custodians' by consistently addressing foundational and production issues

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work closely with your engineering team and product manager; Collaborate with customers to understand and solve their needs; Practise effective communication and collaboration both within the team and across the wider organization

Communication Scope

Excellent communication skills in English; Ability to effectively share complex design concepts within engineering teams as well as to less technical audiences

Full Job Description

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 experienced Senior Engineer to join our newly formed Observability team. This is a critical role focused on providing observability solutions for all customers. You will work closely with your engineering team and product manager to achieve operational excellence, maximize customer satisfaction, and deliver key product differentiation features, customer satisfaction, and product differentiation. What You'll Do: Operational Excellence: Ensure our existing observability offering is up and running all the time. Product Differentiation: Ideate and develop innovative new features that attract our target customer segment, drive product engagement, and ultimately fuel growth. Customer Satisfaction: Support our existing external customer base by resolving escalated support issues and collaborating with them to understand and solve their needs. Technical Implementation: Guide the team in the hands-on implementation of key platform features, ensuring maintainability and performance. Team Enablement: Empower your team to act as "product custodians" by consistently addressing foundational and production issues. Collaboration: Practise effective communication and collaboration both within the team and across the wider organization and act as a role model in transparency for your peers. What We're Looking For: You bring a passion not only for coding but actively sharing your knowledge and experience with your peers as well. You should also bring strong capabilities in the following areas: Product Thinking: A strong product sense that enables you to design innovat

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