Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Team

<p>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.</p> <h3><strong>The Role:</strong></h3> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <h3><strong>What You'll Do:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Writing high quality, maintainable code and releasing quality features</li> <li>Contributing to technical planning and backlog management</li> <li>Helping investigate and resolve customer issues</li> <li>Mentor and empower other engineers around you</li> </ul> <h3><strong>What We're Looking For:</strong></h3> <p><strong>Must-have:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Excellent development skills in Python, TypeScript, and React </li> <li>Excellent understanding of Agentic AI systems</li> <li>Ability to independently solve challenges, break tasks and push to desired outcome</li> <li>Ability to write good automated tests</li> <li>Experience using Linux in development</li> <li>Fluency in English, verbal and written</li> <li>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.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Nice to have:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Distributed systems knowledge</li> </ul> <p>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.</p> <h3><strong>Amazing! What’s next:</strong></h3> <p>If you think Aiven is the place for you and that our<a href="https://aiven.io/careers"> Values</a> align with yours, send us your resume and we’ll get in touch!</p> <h3><strong>Global Benefits:</strong></h3> <p>Our global benefits are designed to help you thrive and grow, personally and professionally:</p> <ul> <li>Participate in Aiven’s equity plan.</li> <li>Balance work and life with our hybrid work policy.</li> <li>Choose the equipment you need to set yourself up for success.</li> <li>Use your Professional Development Plan budget for learning opportunities.</li> <li>Receive holistic wellbeing support through our global Employee Assistance Program.</li> <li>Inquire about our Global Time Off Commitment (Parental and Sick Leave, as well as Personal Time)</li> <li>Enjoy country-specific benefits for our global cast.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>How to Recognize and Avoid Employment Scams:</stron