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. Right now, we’re looking for a Engineering Manager (Infrastructure Platform) to join our team who shares our passion for forward-thinking and innovative approaches. 

Who we are

So, how do we become the trusted open source data platform for everyone? By listening closely to our customers and taking action to ensure they achieve their business goals. You see, the software we create is merely a means of delivering value. Our thinking is customer-first. That’s why our customers are at the front and center of all we do. And in the spirit of sideways thinking, we’re by their side as well. Actively helping them solve their challenges. Collaborating. Sharing. And innovating. In other words, it really isn’t just about who we are. It’s about who our customers are – and where they want to be.

Our Crabby Principles

Aiveners use the V2MOM framework to set and align on business goals. In order to achieve those business goals we live by our ‘Crabby Principles’ which unite us in our ways of working, globally. 

These principles are embedded in our business processes and support us in collaborating and role modelling positive and productive behaviours in our daily work, something you will have the opportunity to demonstrate throughout your interview journey with us. 

About Us

Aiven is building a highly scalable and resilient infrastructure platform to power our products and services. Our Infrastructure Platform team is responsible for developing and maintaining the core systems that enable our engineering teams to deliver high-quality software efficiently and reliably.

The Role

We’re hiring a engineering manager to lead our Infrastructure Platform’s  product engineering team. The Infrastructure Platform enables our users to explore and control their containerized applications and data services through our high-available APIs. The Infrastructure Platform is often the customer’s first touchpoint with Aiven’s data platform, and plays a big part in our product-led growth strategy. We want it to be an intuitive and seamless experience, while providing advanced features to support experienced users’ needs.

The team works on all aspects of the Infrastructure Platform across our whole tech stack, but is specifically focused on bringing new product features to life in close collaboration with other teams, while also keeping the technical foundation and delivery of the Infrastructure Platform in tip-top shape. The distributed team consists of fantastic engineers concentrated around our Production Engineering hub in Toronto.

We are looking for a production-minded engineering manager who has a keen interest in the business and user behavior, is proactive with planning, priorisation and tradeoffs, and wants to understand the “Why?” behind all things. As a production-minded engineering manager, you communicate well with engineers and non-engineers alike, and are interested in how other functions work.

What You'll Do:

• Plan the engineering roadmap together with product management and the team
• Manage the team’s backlog.
• Be accountable for the team’s output and performance
• Coach team members as they advance in their careers
• Grow the team by hiring excellent engineering talent
• Foster a psychologically safe, high-trust environment where curiosity, healthy debate, and exchange of ideas thrive
• Facilitate team meetings like planning and retrospectives.

What We're Looking For:

Our engineering managers have a hands-on programming background, and we expect them to have a meaningful say in technical conversations. You’ll probably have at least five years’ hands-on programming experience building, maintaining and operating distributed systems, and at least two years’ experience of people management. But more than the years, we care about what you have been doing. We want to hear about the products you shipped, how they were built, what was the impact, and what you learned while doing that.

The team interacts with a wide range of products and technologies, but infrastructure and distributed systems is at its core. Our primary technologies are Python and Go services backed by PostgreSQL. We don’t expect you to tackle everything on the list from the get-go, but having prior experience is beneficial for sure.

Leadership Skills

• Proven track record of leading teams in successful software product deliveries
• Communicate cross-functionally and have a strong product sense
• Experience in recruiting engineering talent
• Experience in agile software development
• Comfortable leading initiatives and presenting to groups
• Fluent communication skills in English, written and verbal

Technical Skills

• Experience building full-stack web applications end-to-end, including modern single-page apps
• Experience, preferably hands-on, in public cloud infrastructure and networking (AWS, GCP, and/or Azure)
• Experience designing public RESTful APIs
• Relational database knowledge (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.)
• Streaming service knowledge (Kafka, etc.)
• Experience working with CI/CD tools (BuildKite, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, etc.)

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.

Our Offer

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.

We invest in you

• Participate in Aiven’s equity plan.
• With Aiven locations spanning the globe, we want all of our crabs to find the right balance with our hybrid work policy.
• Get the equipment you need to set yourself up for success.
• Step up your career game with real employer support (use one of our learning platforms, annual learning budget, and more).
• Get holistic wellbeing support through our global Employee Assistance Program.

Make a difference at Aiven

• Contribute to open source projects that you find meaningful outside of work - and get paid for it! Our Plankton program recognizes extra work to the open source ecosystem for developers and non-developers alike.
• Use up to 5 days per year to volunteer for a good cause of your choice.
• Join one of our team member resource groups - empower yourself and others in missions that resonate with you.

What else?

• Need insurance? We’ve got you covered - benefit from our: Comprehensive health insurance including dental and vision benefits, Travel medical insurance and Life and AD&D insurance
• Make the most of the various discount programs on offer
• Looking after your future: you’re covered by our group RRSP retirement plan

Amazing! What’s next?

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 4 stages with us 

1. 30-45 minute call with one of our Talent Partners 
2. 45 minute Depth of Expertise Interview with the hiring manager 
3. Skills interview and or presentation for 1 hour with the wider team 
4. Company values interview for 1 hour 

Work Permit Sponsorship

Aiven is able to sponsor work permit for this position. However, possible recruitment and employment is subject to having and maintaining an adequate authorisation to work.

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Here at Aiven, all of our emails relating to recruitment come from an @aiven.io, @greenhouse.io or @eu.greenhouse.io domain and all of our interviews are conducted over video call or in person, our interviews will never occur over text or chat. If you’re unsure of the legitimacy of a job opportunity/offer pertaining to Aiven, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at recruitment@aiven.io.

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 recruitment@aiven.io.

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