Aiven.io | Open-Source PostgreSQL Developer (remote Europe)

Good afternoon dear PG team,

I hope that you are having a great week. My name is Irina, I work as a Tech
Recruiter at Aiven. I want to ask if you can distribute our job
description to the PG community. Please see the description below.

Thank you very much for your support and wish you a great rest of the week.

Irina

*Open-Source PostgreSQL Developer (remote Europe)*

https://apply.workable.com/aiven/j/6AB799DC8A/

Location: Europe remote, full-time

*Description*:

Headquartered in Helsinki with offices in Berlin, Sydney and Toronto, Aiven
provides managed open-source data technologies, such as PostgreSQL, Kafka
and M3, on all major clouds. We have raised $150M in VC funding to date and
are backed by world-class investors including Atomico, IVP and Earlybird
Venture Capital, among others. We plan to invest this funding back into
open source.

Our roots are in open source. The services we provide are based on
best-in-class open source data technologies. We are establishing the
Open-Source Office that will coordinate and increase our contributions to
the open source community.

Through Aiven, developers can do what they do best: create applications.
Meanwhile, we do what we do best; manage cloud data infrastructure. We
enable our customers to drive business results from open source resulting
in true transformations far beyond their own backyards.

About the role: We are now looking for experienced Open-Source Software
Developers - PostgreSQL to design, develop, and manage Aiven database
infrastructure, turning open source technologies into frustration-free
cloud services. This position is open to candidates in the Helsinki or
Berlin area or remote in Europe.

Your responsibilities:

- Participate in the development of the PostgreSQL Open Source project
by writing code, doing code review for others patches and other related
development tasks
- Advocate PostgreSQL usage through blog posts and other activities
- Help out with investigations with PostgreSQL usage on our platform
from performance issue pinpointing to problem debugging
- Participate in further development of our Aiven for PostgreSQL service

*Requirements*:

What you bring:

- Minimum 5+ years of experience as a Database Developer working with
PostgreSQL
- Experience in participating in the development of the PostgreSQL
project
- Expert knowledge in database performance monitoring, query
optimization, index management, and fine-tuning
- Strong development skills in C
- Other programming languages like Python, Go, Java, Scala are a strong
asset
- Experience in microservices architectures, API-based and event-driven
architecture

What we value:

- Experience and interest on infrastructure as code
- Good understanding of security (software, networking)
- Distributed systems knowledge

*Benefits*:

A fast growing cloud open source tech company offering:

- large variety of opportunities to develop and progress your career in
multiple directions
- diverse and international working environment
- extra remuneration for open-source contributions
- participation in employee stock option plan
- flexible working hours and remote working flexibility
- relocation package
- mobile phone of your choice and subscription

Multiple additional perks and benefits including:

- Aiven Library - books of your choice to widen your knowledge
- German and Finnish language courses
- Urban Sports Club membership
- modern and spacy office in the centre of Berlin (Prenzlauer Berg)
- office snacks, soft drinks, treats and fruits
- company sponsored events

You will be part of a highly-skilled, tight-knit team, making your
contribution essential to what is becoming a great success story. If you’re
interested, send us your application along with a link to your GitHub
profile.

Aiven provides equal employment opportunities to all 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.

Irina Kusyk
Lead Recruiter Product /Engineering - Berlin
*Aiven Deutschland GmbH*
Immanuelkirchstraße 26, 10405 Berlin
Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 209739 B
m: +49 151 50046526
w: aiven.io e: irina(dot)kusyk(at)aiven(dot)io <thomas(at)aiven(dot)io>