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.
At Aerospike, we dream big and deliver even bigger. Our mission is to unleash the power of the world’s real-time data with a database built for infinite scale, speed, and sustainability.
If you're ready to shape the future of data, join us.
Headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices in London, Bangalore, and Tel Aviv, Aerospike is the uncontested leader in next-generation, always-on, hyperscale data solutions. Unlike legacy NoSQL systems, our patented Hybrid Memory Architecture unlocks today’s hardware to deliver unimaginable performance and value for the most demanding data workloads—from the edge, to the core, to the cloud.
At Aerospike, we’re pushing the boundaries of what modern data infrastructure can achieve. Our distributed NoSQL database is engineered for extreme speed, ultra-low latency, and seamless scalability — powering the core systems of some of the largest enterprises in the world. Built for the latest innovations in storage and memory technologies (including Intel’s Optane), our platform scales effortlessly from Gigabytes to Petabytes.
Your ImpactWe’re looking for a seasoned engineer to help shape the future of Aerospike’s high-performance Smart Client Libraries. These libraries are more than just connectors — they’re intelligent agents that manage cluster topology, connection pools, and ensure sub-millisecond transaction performance for mission-critical applications.
This role is perfect for someone who thrives on solving low-latency, high-concurrency problems and wants to own code that sits at the heart of distributed systems powering everything from finance to telco to ad tech.
What You’ll Do🛠 Design, implement, and maintain Smart Client Libraries in Java and Go
📐 Collaborate with product, architecture, and customer teams to translate complex requirements into elegant, performant code
⚡ Optimize performance, reliability, and scalability of the end-to-end client-server communication stack
📄 Contribute to documentation that helps other engineers thrive and build on your work
✅ 3+ years of hands-on experience with Java — required
✅ 3+ years of hands-on experience with Go — required
💡 Additional experience in Rust, Python, or C# — strong plus
🔁 Deep knowledge of asynchronous and multithreaded programming — required
🧠 Proven ability to write high-performance, resource-efficient code
📦 Experience building or maintaining dependency libraries or SDKs — a bonus
🗃️ Familiarity with NoSQL databases and distributed systems — highly desirable
🧭 Self-driven and comfortable navigating ambiguous technical challenges independently
Bonus Points🔍 Show us your GitHub repos, StackOverflow contributions, or any open-source work — we love seeing real-world impact!
Salary Range for California Based Applicants: $160,000 - $190,000 (actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law).
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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.
