About Aerospike

At Aerospike, we dream big. Our focus is helping companies tackle seemingly insurmountable problems and doing what’s never been done before. That is why we developed the world's leading real-time data platform that powers mission-critical applications at the world's most innovative, category disrupting companies. Aerospike companies have deployed extreme scale real-time applications to fight fraud, dramatically increase shopping cart size, enable global digital payments, and deliver hyper-personalized user experiences to tens of millions of customers.

Customers like Airtel, Experian, Nielsen, PayPal, Snap, Verizon Media and Wayfair rely on Aerospike as the data foundation for the future to help them act in the microsecond moments that matter. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Aerospike also has a global presence with offices in London, Bangalore and Tel Aviv.

At Aerospike, we’ve assembled a global team that combines practical expertise in building high-performance products using distributed systems engineering, cloud computing, networking, database and storage technology. Whatever their role, each Aerospiker combines an uncompromising mindset with an unwavering focus on executing in service of the mission and on behalf of our community.

We’re here for the long haul. Continually improving Aerospike takes time, energy, and the hard work of many people. Our business model allows us to continue to innovate in systems and data structures, to provide high grade support, and be here to help when our customers and users need it. 

Job Summary

At Aerospike, we have developed a flexible distributed database with exceptional speed, low latencies, and the ability to easily scale from Gigabytes to Petabytes. This is a modern database optimized for the latest advancements in SSD and in-memory tech (such as Intel’s Optane persistent memory.)

The Client Engineering team leads the effort to provide native developer APIs and supervises contributions from the community. Team members also support other product engineering groups within Aerospike, such as connectors, tools and frameworks.What You’ll Do

• Serve as a developer for the Java and Ruby clients

• Experienced Java developer (3 to 5 years minimum)
• Experience building client software with a good understanding of how to achieve high performance and scalability
• Experience with gRPC and/or wire-level protocols

• Experience with Ruby and/or Python
• Experience using common Java frameworks (e.g. Spring, Hibernate, MyBatis)
• Systems background (OS and/or database)

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. 

Salary Range for California Based Applicants: $150,000 - $170,000 (actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law).