Aiven

Founded in 2016, we are an open source data platform company. We help organizations manage their data by offering a cloud platform that provides services to stream, store, and serve data on major cloud providers.

Our platform supports data operations like databases, streaming, and search. Our services include Aiven for Apache Kafka for event streaming, Aiven for ClickHouse for real-time analytics and centralized log management, Aiven for PostgreSQL for high-performance databases and AI vector databases, and Aiven for OpenSearch for centralized log management. We deploy our services on major cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, DigitalOcean, and UpCloud. Customers can also run our services in their own cloud, sovereign cloud, or any other cloud environment.

We also provide developer tools like Aiven Operator for Kubernetes, Aiven Provider for Terraform, Aiven Client, and Aiven APIs for programmatic management of data infrastructure. We serve thousands of customers, from startups to enterprises in over 60 countries. Our platform handles terabytes of daily streaming data, millions of weekly payment transactions, and millions of records in single tables.

We commit to open minds, open discussions, and open source principles, believing that technology is best built collaboratively. We value and celebrate diversity, striving to build an inclusive workplace where everyone feels heard, respected, and empowered.

Our core values are:

• Get it done, together: We emphasize speed, action, shared outcomes, and continuous improvement through feedback.
• Invent and impress: We challenge the status quo, use diverse perspectives, and pursue new ideas to create innovations.
• We commit and deliver: We take ownership, deliver reliably, and use feedback to improve quality.

We also promote high business ethics through our Code of Conduct. We encourage employees to ‘Think Sideways’ by exploring new perspectives and fresh approaches to problem-solving.

We are a global team of over 400 professionals, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, with offices and hubs across EMEA, Asia-Pacific, and North America.

Our culture emphasizes customer-first outcomes and cross-functional collaboration. We value curiosity, healthy debate, and believe in building an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives drive ideas. Employees are encouraged to contribute their unique skills and bring their whole selves to work. Our work environment promotes continuous learning from successes and failures, building for scale, and delivering impact to customers.

We offer stock options or participation in our equity plan for permanent employees. We maintain a hybrid work policy with flexible, regular working hours. Employees receive the equipment they need.

We support professional development with an annual learning budget, access to web learning platforms, coaching, and the Aiven library. For wellbeing, our global Employee Assistance Program provides holistic support. Our Global Time Off Commitment includes parental, sick, and personal leave.

Benefits also include private medical and dental health insurance, a childbirth cash benefit, and a pension plan. Additional insurances cover employer’s liability, personal accident, illness & travel, group life assurance, office, group income protection, and business & leisure travel.

We recognize open-source contributions through our Plankton program, and we offer up to 5 days per year for volunteer time. Employee resource groups are available. Our collaborative workspaces include free drinks, treats, and fruit. We also provide country-specific benefits for our global workforce.