Posted May 7, 2026
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 are looking for a Senior Software Engineer dedicated to the core development of our Aiven for OpenSearch service. This role is a highly technical and strategic contributor position focused on the internal architecture, reliability, and evolution of our search offering. In this role, you will work on how we manage and tune OpenSearch at scale, while spearheading our transition into AI-optimized infrastructure. You will be a key driver of service availability and the technical lead for deploying next-generation hardware within our search clusters. ### What You'll Do
Autonomic Systems: Design and implement new and improve existing automated management, self-healing recovery mechanisms, and performance-tuning logic for OpenSearch clusters. - Next-Gen Infrastructure: Research, design, and deploy the first GPU-powered instances within the Aiven ecosystem to support intensive search and AI workloads. - AI Node Development: Develop and integrate specialized to enhance OpenSearch's capability in handling modern machine learning tasks. - Own the health, reliability, and availability metrics of our OpenSearch platform. ###
Search Mastery: Deep technical knowledge of OpenSearch or Elasticsearch internals, particularly in resource management, indexing strategies, and query optimization. - Reliability & Operations: A passion for building highly available, resilient distributed systems and a proven track record of solving complex operational challenges. - Hardware: Interest or experience in hardware acceleration, specifically deploying and managing GPU-based instances for data services. - Automation Mindset: Proven experience in designing automated recovery systems and performance-tuning algorithms. - Modern Search Patterns: A strong interest in the evolving landscape, including Vector Database implementations, hybrid search and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation). ### Global Benefits:
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