Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Team

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:

The team is at the center of Aiven's move into agentic AI. We build the platform and tooling that let AI agents and developers work with data on Aiven, from the agent runtimes and the interfaces that connect large language models to real systems, to the product experiences on top of them. Our work ships fast, reaches customers and AI agents directly, and defines how Aiven's data platform is used in an AI-first world.

We are looking for an experienced full-stack engineer to help design and build these AI and agentic products end to end. You'll be part of a small, senior team that owns its work from idea to production. Our backend services are written in Python and TypeScript, our agents run on frontier LLMs, and our frontend uses React and TypeScript, all on top of Aiven's own data platform.

What You'll Do:

• Writing high quality, maintainable code and releasing quality features
• Contributing to technical planning and backlog management
• Helping investigate and resolve customer issues
• Mentor and empower other engineers around you

What We're Looking For:

Must-have:

• Excellent development skills in Python, TypeScript, and React 
• Excellent understanding of Agentic AI systems
• Ability to independently solve challenges, break tasks and push to desired outcome
• Ability to write good automated tests
• Experience using Linux in development
• Fluency in English, verbal and written
• Deep, daily use of AI agents in your own development workflow: you go beyond Cursor or Claude Code as autocomplete, and build your own MCP servers, skills, custom tools and automated agent workflows to multiply your output.

Nice to have:

• Distributed systems knowledge

Don’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.

Amazing! What’s next:

If you think Aiven is the place for you and that our Values align with yours, send us your resume and we’ll get in touch!

Global Benefits:

Our global benefits are designed to help you thrive and grow, personally and professionally:

• 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.

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Equal Opportunities:

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.

At 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. There is an option to request a discussion in the application process but if you have any questions before applying please write to us at [email protected].