# Senior Software Engineer, AI Ecosystem at Aerospike

- Company: Aerospike
- What the company does: Aerospike is the real-time database for mission-critical use cases and workloads, including machine learning, generative, and agentic AI. Backed by NEA.
- Company website: https://aerospike.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Mountain View, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $160K to $205K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-29
- Apply by: 2026-10-13
- Apply: https://ats.rippling.com/aerospike-inc/jobs/54931f23-a7b3-4c5f-90c8-19ddec28e4d9
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/aerospike-senior-software-engineer-ai-ecosystem/

## About the role

Aerospike is rapidly becoming the core vector and operational database engine powering next-gen AI platforms. We are looking for a sharp, autonomous software engineer to lead the charge in making Aerospike an AI-first database. In this role, you’ll own highly visible open-source projects, pioneer integrations across the AI ecosystem, and write clean, high-performance code that powers mission-critical applications globally.

## What they're looking for

- Build AI-First Tooling: Design, architect, and deliver high-impact open-source tools and integrations connecting Aerospike to modern AI/ML frameworks
- Optimize Core Performance: Continuously refine software for extreme scalability, ultra-low latency, and production efficiency
- Collaborate Across the Stack: Work directly with customers, product leaders, and solutions architects to translate complex real-world requirements into production-ready software
- Own the Integration Roadmap: Partner cross-functionally across client and server teams to shape feature sets built explicitly for real-time AI workloads
- 5+ years of hands-on software development experience in Go, Python, Java, Scala, C, or C++
- Systems & Integration Expertise: Proven track record building integrations, API clients, software SDKs, or distributed systems tooling

Tags: Engineering