Job Description

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, including Adobe, Airtel, Barclays, Criteo, DBS Bank, Experian, Grab, HDFC Bank, PayPal, Sony Interactive Entertainment, The Trade Desk, and Wayfair, rely on Aerospike for customer 360, fraud detection, real-time bidding, profile stores, recommendation engines, and 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 today’s hardware to deliver unimaginable performance and value for the most demanding data workloads—from the edge to the core, to the cloud.

As a 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 role.Employees 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 or C++ with deep understanding of low-level programming and memory management.
• Strong understanding of OS internals – threading, concurrency, memory management, and I/O subsystems.
• 2-4 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.
• 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, io_uring, 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.