Senior Solutions Architect

• We are looking for a customer-centric Senior Solutions Architect to promote using Aiven’s managed open-source services. An ideal candidate will be passionate about open-source technology and genuinely want to help customers in a pre-sales and post-sales capacity
• Help customers succeed, building successful relationships from pre-sales stage to roll out and beyond
• Conduct successful proof of concepts and solve the customers’ problems in getting up and running
• Actively contribute to customer stability, enablement, and growth
• Be an active contributor during the sales process as well as to our existing customers
• Be an ambassador for Aiven by various means, such as writing technical blogs, conducting webinars, sponsoring meetups, or technical talks at conferences
• Travel up to 20% of the time

Benefits

• Stocks: Stock options for permanent employees
• Learning & growth: Get ahead with an individual learning budget, access to a web learning platform, coaching, and the ever-growing Aiven library
• Work/life balance: Flexible, regular working hours, and hybrid work friendly
• Health care: Private health and dental care
• Work equipment: The tools you need to do your job
• Cool, collaborative work spaces: with free drinks, treats and fruit

• Suitable candidates must have proven experience in one or more of the following areas that will be required in their day-to-day job: Apache Kafka, Clickhouse, PostgreSQL, MySQL, OpenSearch, or Redis
• Knowledgeable of public clouds (AWS, Google, or Azure) and in the areas of compute, storage - block and object, networking, and security groups
• Hands-on experience with streaming frameworks: Proficiency with tools like Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Apache Spark Streaming, or AWS Kinesis
• Attention to detail and good problem-solving and project management skills
• Strong ability to translate complex technical jargon into clear, persuasive business value for non-technical buyers
• Understanding storage systems: Familiarity with distributed storage, NoSQL databases, and data lakes
• Fluency in one or more programming languages, such as Java, Python, Go or Ruby
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work well with cross-functional teams
• Strong understanding with search-engine ecosystems (OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, or Lucene)
• Experience working in technology/software sales, pre-sales or consulting
• Linux operating system; demonstrable experience using various Linux utilities and tools (installation, securing system, storage, etc.) and a good grasp of networking basics like DNS
• Experience implementing proof of concepts as needed, to work with Aiven services in order to address business requirements
• Relationship Building: Capability to build trust quickly and maintain strong relationships with both internal sales reps and external clients