Senior Backend Engineer

Aiven
Full-time Helsinki, Uusimaa Other-General
Posted:
February 28, 2026
Location:
Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

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're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help bring this vision to life. You'll design and build core services, shape APIs, work on data ingestion and orchestration, and contribute to the open-source projects we depend on. You'll be a key part of a small, startup-mode team inside Aiven, shipping fast, learning from users, and setting the technical foundation for a product that will scale.

What You'll Do:

  • Design and implement managed open source services that power the metadata discovery and governance system.
  • Build and extend the M...

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Job Overview

Job Type: Full-time
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Posted: February 28, 2026
Deadline: April 09, 2026