Senior Software Engineer, Client Engineering at Aerospike

About Aerospike Aerospike is the real-time database powering mission-critical systems at global innovators. Our platform delivers predictable sub-millisecond latency at massive scale and a dramatically lower TCO — enabling fraud prevention, payments, customer 360, real-time bidding, ML workloads, and agentic AI. Our mission is simple: to enable real-time data at global scale with a database built for speed, scalability, and sustainability. This is a hybrid role with three days of in-office work. About the Client Engineering Team The Client Engineering team builds and maintains Aerospike’s Smart Client Libraries — intelligent, high-performance software used by every Aerospike customer application.These SDKs are sophisticated libraries that manage topology, routing, connection pools, failover logic and performance optimizations to ensure consistent sub-millisecond transactions. This team plays a critical role in achieving Aerospike’s real-time performance characteristics. Their work defines how developers integrate with Aerospike and directly impacts the reliability and speed of mission-critical customer applications across fintech, telco, ad-tech, retail, and AI/ML systems. Role Overview We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who combines deep systems engineering expertise with strong technical influence. This role is hands-on where you will design core components, guide architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and help shape the growth of the new Client Engineering team in Bangalore. What You’ll Do Technical Ownership • Build and optimize Smart Client Libraries in Java and Go. • Own key client-server communication components. • Drive performance improvements and maintain sub-millisecond behavior. Technical Collaboration • Work with global engineering teams to deliver stable client releases. • Help troubleshoot complex client-side issues (L3). Impact Beyond Code • Improve API usability and developer experience. • Maintain high standards for code quality and reliability. • Contribute to better engineering practices for the India team. What You Bring : Required Skills & Experience • 5-8 years in software engineering with strong Java and Go skills. • Solid understanding of concurrency, networking, and distributed systems. • Experience with SDKs/libraries and mentoring engineers. Preferred Skills • Java and Golang experience. • Familiarity with NoSQL systems. • Exposure to cloud-native tools or open-source work. What Defines Success In This Role • Strong systems thinker who enjoys performance-focused coding. • Values clean APIs and maintainable code. • Collaborative, clear communicator, and comfortable owning complex work.