Aerospike is the real-time database for mission-critical use cases and workloads, including machine learning, generative, and agentic AI. Aerospike powers millions of transactions per second with millisecond latency, at a fraction of the total cost of ownership compared to other databases.
Global leaders, including Adobe, Airtel, Barclays, Criteo, DBS Bank, Experian, Grab, HDFC Bank, PayPal, Sony Interactive Entertainment, The Trade Desk, and Wayfair, rely on Aerospike for customer 360, fraud detection, real-time bidding, profile stores, recommendation engines, and other use cases. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Aerospike has a global presence with offices in London, Bangalore, and Tel Aviv. This is a hybrid role.
Hybrid: To foster strong team alignment and productivity, Bangalore based team members are expected to work from the office 3 times per week.Job SummaryWe are looking for a Senior Engineer to design and build a comprehensive set of management and observability tools for operating Aerospike’s distributed database at enterprise scale.
You will develop solutions to monitor, manage, and administer clusters, users, and security, delivering a frictionless experience that integrates seamlessly with leading enterprise IT environments—both on-premises and in the cloud.
The ideal candidate has experience building large-scale systems and is familiar with modern monitoring, logging, and management technologies used in enterprise environments.
Key Responsibilities- Design and implement tools for cluster monitoring, administration, and lifecycle management
- Build integrations with enterprise observability stacks and cloud platforms
- Develop secure and scalable solutions for user and access management
- Collaborate with database core teams to deliver end-to-end management workflows
- Ensure reliability, performance, and usability of management tools at scale
- 4–6 years of software development experience
- Proficiency in at least one language: Python, Java, Node.js, or Go
- Experience with monitoring systems such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo
- Exposure to cloud observability platforms like New Relic, Datadog, Grafana Cloud
- Experience with log pipelines and analysis tools: Splunk, Logstash, Fluentd, Sumo Logic
- Knowledge of distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry, Jaeger)
- Background in SRE, DevOps, or platform engineering
- Experience with distributed NoSQL databases
- Familiarity with systems like Hadoop, Spark, Kafka
- Experience with Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform
Aerospike is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.
Skills Required
- 5+ years for Senior Software Engineer
- 8+ years for Staff Software Engineer
- 12+ years for Principal Software Engineer/Architect
- Skills in any programming language like Python/Java/NodeJS/Golang
- Monitoring systems like Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo
- Cloud monitoring systems like Newrelic, Datadog, Grafana Cloud
- Log analysis tools like Splunk, Logstash, Fluentd, Sumo logic
- Distributed tracing implementation using Open Telemetry, Jaeger
- Background in SRE or DevOps
Aerospike Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Compensation is characterized as very competitive across roles, with total compensation (cash, equity, and benefits) seen favorably. Market-aligned engineering and sales packages contribute to overall pay satisfaction.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive with strong medical plans and FSA/HSA options. This breadth supports a positive view of the overall rewards package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible Time Off alongside company holidays is emphasized. Remote-friendly norms and the ability to take time as needed reinforce time-off flexibility.
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What We Do
The Aerospike Real-time Data Platform enables organizations to act instantly across billions of transactions while reducing server footprint up to 80%. The Aerospike multi-cloud platform powers real-time applications with predictable sub-millisecond performance up to petabyte scale with five-nines uptime with globally distributed, strongly consistent data. Applications built on the Aerospike Real-time Data Platform fight fraud, provide recommendations that dramatically increase shopping cart size, enable global digital payments, and deliver hyper-personalized user experiences to tens of millions of customers. Customers such as Airtel, Experian, European Central Bank, Nielsen, PayPal, Snap, Verizon Media and Wayfair rely on Aerospike as their data foundation for the future.
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