Senior Software Engineer, DB Server

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 includingAdobe Airtel Barclays Criteo DBS Bank Experian Grab HDFC Bank PayPal Sony Interactive Entertainment The Trade Desk and Wayfairrely on Aerospike forcustomer 360 fraud detection real-time biddingprofile stores recommendation enginesand other use cases.

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 todays hardware to deliver unimaginable performance and value for the most demanding data workloadsfrom the edge to the core to the cloud.

As a Senior Software Engineer at Aerospike you will play a pivotal role in advancing our high-performance low-latency platform by developing core systems software with a strong emphasis on performance reliability and efficiency. Experience with kernel modules or filesystems is a plus though not a core focus of this role. You will collaborate with project managers performance engineers and quality engineers to align development with business needs and ensure quality.

This is a hybrid are expected to work from the Bangalore office 2-3 times a week.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement systems-level software especially in areas related to networking low-level I/O and hardware interfaces.
• Develop high-performance low-latency code for interacting with storage and network hardware.
• Debug and optimize OS-level issues across Linux-based environments.
• Ensure system quality through rigorous testing and benchmarking.
• Work with storage hardware to optimize performance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Fluent in C with deep understanding of low-level programming and memory management.
• Strong understanding of OS internals threading concurrency memory management and I/O subsystems.
• 5-8 years of experience in systems-level software development such as databases networking kernel drivers RTOS embedded or firmware.
• Experience shipping and deploying performance-critical systems in production environments.
• Proficiency in at least one other language: C# Go Java Python Rust etc.
• Self-motivated problem solver you know when to execute when to ask for help and how to drive projects to completion.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with large distributed systems software internals such as Lustre or Ceph.
• Knowledge of the CAP theorem and/or distributed consensus protocols (Paxos Raft etc.).
• Familiarity with low-level performance optimization techniques for high-throughput data processing.
• Knowledge of ACID consistency models and indexing techniques.
• Experience with filesystems or Linux kernel development or tuning.
• Familiarity with PCIe NVMe DMA RDMA epoll iouring or other low-level interfaces.

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.