Senior Software Engineer, Platform Delivery

About this role

Responsibilities

• We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer, proficient in Python development, with expertise in API design and refactoring, to join our platform team. As a senior member, you will play a crucial role in transforming leading open-source technologies into seamless cloud services within the Aiven platform. You'll be part of a team working on the Aiven cloud platform, improving its scalability and reliability, and implementing new features to enhance the enterprise experience.
• There are a range of specializations available across backend systems, distributed infrastructure, and platform security.
• What You'll Do:Facilitate API design improvements and refactoring efforts to enhance platform functionality and performance.
• Write high-quality, maintainable code in Python, releasing, and monitoring quality features in production.
• Perform peer code reviews and actively participate in technical discussions both at the team level and across the broader product development engineering domain.
• Contribute to technical planning, system architecture, feature design, product roadmaps, and backlog management.
• Ensure the backend ecosystem maintains strong unit and functional testing coverage.
• Advocate for continuous improvements to software quality, platform security, and system performance.
• Mentor junior team members to foster technical growth and engineering best practices.
• What We're Looking For:Development Skills: Excellent software development skills in Python.
• Cloud Platforms: Experience interacting directly with one or more cloud provider APIs (AWS, GCP, Azure).
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