--- title: 'Software Engineer - AI Platform at MariaDB plc' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/software-engineer-ai-platform-mariadb-plc-india-rybhm2rkgt6h' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # Software Engineer - AI Platform at MariaDB plc - **Company:** MariaDB plc - **Location:** India - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-08-04 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/mariadbplc/jobs/4936567101 ## Job description ## About MariaDB MariaDB is making a big impact on the world. Whether you’re checking your bank account, buying a coffee, shopping online, making a phone call, listening to music, taking out a loan or ordering takeout – MariaDB is the backbone of applications used everyday. Companies small and large, including 75% of the Fortune 500, run MariaDB, touching the lives of billions of people. With massive reach through Linux distributions, enterprise deployments and public clouds, MariaDB is uniquely positioned as the leading database for modern application development. The Opportunity ## About the Role We are looking for a Developer to join a small, high-ownership team building next-generation AI capabilities on top of a widely deployed relational database engine. You will design and implement the application layers, business logic, and API workflows that sit at the intersection of data management, AI applications, and relational database operations—components that enterprise AI applications depend on for correctness, performance, and governance. This is a hands-on, end-to-end role. You will go from whiteboard to production: owning the implementation of the features you build, writing clean and scalable application code, integrating AI orchestrators, and ensuring robust deployment across cloud and on-premises environments. The team is small by design, which means high individual impact and direct visibility into product and engineering strategy. The ideal candidate has worked across multiple cloud providers, has deep experience building with modern AI agent frameworks, and approaches every feature with an ownership mindset — shipping things that work in production, not just in demos. ## Key Responsibilities - End-to-End Feature Development: Lead the full software development lifecycle—from application design and API implementation to deployment and feature monitoring. - AI & Agent Integration: Connect production applications with agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain) and interoperability protocols (e.g., MCP, A2A) to support scalable, framework-agnostic APIs. - Database & Data Management: Develop secure, versioned application data models that enforce multi-tenant isolation, auditability, and data classification using advanced relational database features. - Multi-Cloud & Deployment: Build application services that deploy consistently across AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premises environments, while utilizing automated CI/CD pipelines. - Application Performance: Define and meet feature-level performance goals through rigorous query optimization, code profiling, caching strategies, and proactive security practices. - Leadership & Collaboration: Maintain full ownership of application components, facilitate constructive design and code reviews, mentor team members, and drive decisions in an async-first environment. Required Qualifications ## Experience - 5+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 2 years focused on data-intensive applications, database-adjacent features, or enterprise software. - Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of a non-trivial production feature or module: you have taken something from functional specification through implementation to production. - Hands-on production experience deploying, debugging, and managing application services across at least two major public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP). - Experience building or integrating with vector databases, embedding pipelines, semantic search, or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems. - Prior work building LLM-based applications or workflows using AI agent frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, or equivalent). Technical Skills - Strong proficiency in Python for AI application development, alongside high proficiency in at least one backend language (such as Go, Java, or C++). - Deep, practical application of relational databases: writing complex SQL, structural indexing, query optimization, transactions, and schema design. - Experience implementing temporal data models, event-driven tracking, audit logs, or utilizing system-versioned tables. - Solid understanding of application security fundamentals: authentication, authorization, RBAC, row-level security, and multi-tenant data isolation at the application layer. - Proficiency with modern application monitoring tooling: structured logging, distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry), and functional alerting. - Experience designing and implementing REST and/or gRPC APIs used by external consumers or frontend systems. ## Preferred Qualifications - Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source projects in the database, AI/ML application, or agent-tooling ecosystem. - Hands-on experience developing MCP servers or integrating A2A (Agent2Agent) protocols into production systems. - Familiarity with agent memory frameworks such as Mem0, Graphiti, or Letta. - Experience leveraging graph databases or multi-hop graph traversal (Neo4j, Kuzu, FalkorDB, or similar) within applications. - Background with in-memory data grids or semantic caching systems (Redis or similar) to optimize AI token usage. - Experience packaging applications for on-premises or air-gapped deployment environments, including regulated infrastructure. - Knowledge of MariaDB or MySQL application development, system-versioned tables, or temporal SQL. The Team & How We Work You will join a small, senior, and highly autonomous engineering team. We are remote-first and async-by-default, with a strong bias for written communication and explicit design decisions over meeting-driven consensus. We keep the team small deliberately: every developer has high individual impact, owns meaningful pieces of the system end-to-end, and interacts directly with customers and product leadership. There is no room for passengers, and there is no ceiling on contribution. We are disciplined about scope: we build only what is genuinely ours to own, adopt open-source aggressively where it is the right substrate, and cede work that belongs to the ecosystem. We expect every developer to internalize and defend that line, not just follow it. Location India remote What's in it for you? Impact the world of technology by pushing the boundaries of technology and business models, working at MariaDB, plc. Be part of a game-changing organization that encourages outside-the-box thinking, values empowerment, and is truly shaping the future of the software industry. You’ll be collaborating with high-caliber colleagues around the world, offering unparalleled learning and growth opportunities. We provide a very competitive compensation package, 25 days paid annual leave (plus holidays) and a massive degree of flexibility and freedom, and more. Salaries for candidates outside the U.S. will vary based on local compensation structures. How to Apply If you are interested in this position, please submit your application along with your CV/Resume through our ATS Greenhouse on our MariaDB Careers site. At MariaDB we celebrate the diverse experiences and perspectives of our employees because this drives innovation and success. MariaDB is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone. MariaDB does not sponsor work visas or relocation. MariaDB is committed to providing accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter. MariaDB will not accept agency resumes without a prior contractual agreement with HR. Please do not forward resumes to any recruiting alias or employee directly. MariaDB is not responsible for paying any fees associated with any unsolicited submitted CV/Resumes. ## About MariaDB plc ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: MariaDB plc is the lead developer of the open source MariaDB Server relational database and the provider of a unified enterprise database platform for transactional, analytical, and AI workloads. - **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by K1 Investment Management in 2024, formerly NYSE: MRDB) - **Headquarters**: Redwood City, California, USA and Dublin, Ireland - **Founded**: 2009 (forked from MySQL by the original MySQL team) - **Founders**: Michael “Monty” Widenius (co-founder of MySQL), David Axmark, and others from the original MySQL team ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Enterprise database software / Open source infrastructure - **Target customers**: B2B – mid-market to large enterprises in banking, telecom, e-commerce, and government; also widely used by developers and in Linux distributions - **Mission / Purpose**: Provide a drop‑in replacement for MySQL with enhanced features, open‑source flexibility, and enterprise‑grade reliability at a fraction of the cost of proprietary databases. ## Products & Services - **[MariaDB Server](https://mariadb.com/)**: The widely adopted open‑source relational database, drop‑in compatible with MySQL. Supports standard SQL, JSON, vector search, GIS, and Oracle compatibility. - **[MariaDB Enterprise Platform](https://mariadb.com/)**: A commercial, subscription‑based database platform with long‑term support (LTS), up to five‑nines availability, automated failover, and direct access to MariaDB engineers. Includes **MariaDB Exa** for high‑performance analytics and native vector search for AI/agentic applications. - **[MariaDB MaxScale](https://mariadb.com/)**: An advanced database proxy that provides high availability, scalability, security, and intelligent query routing. - **[SkySQL (Cloud)](https://mariadb.com/)**: A fully managed cloud database service supporting private, public, hybrid, and multi‑cloud deployments. - **Professional Services**: Migration tools and expert services to simplify moving from legacy databases (Oracle, SQL Server) with up to 90% cost savings claimed. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Revenue**: Not publicly disclosed (privately held; K1 Investment Management’s acquisition was reported at ~$180‑200M range in 2024, conflicting reports exist) - **Key Metric**: Over 3 billion downloads, 700+ enterprise customers, 400+ employees - **Notable Investors/Partners**: K1 Investment Management (majority owner after 2024 take‑private); open‑source community with 200,000+ contributions - **Growth Signals**: - MariaDB is the default “M” in the LAMP stack in most Linux distributions - Reaches over 2.5 billion users through Linux distros - Named Data Management Platform of the Year; Inc. 5000 America’s Fastest‑Growing Private Companies (2019‑2020) - Customers include DBS, Nokia, CCV, Ingenico, Copart, and other Fortune‑class brands ## Competitive Advantages - **MySQL & Oracle compatibility** – easy migration with zero rewrite for MySQL apps, lowering switching costs. - **Unified platform** – handles transactional, analytical, semi‑structured, and AI data on a single engine, eliminating the need for multiple specialized databases. - **Open‑source community** – continuous innovation from 200,000+ contributors ensures rapid feature development and broad ecosystem support. - **Lower TCO** – claims up to 90% cost savings versus legacy proprietary databases (Oracle, SQL Server). - **Reliability** – up to five‑nines (99.999%) availability with automatic failover, trusted by banks and telecoms. ## Strategic Focus - **AI‑native features** – native vector search, built‑in RAG, and AI copilots for agentic applications (MariaDB Exa). - **Cloud expansion** – strengthening SkySQL managed service across public/private/hybrid deployments. - **Continued Oracle compatibility** – driving migration from legacy databases. - **Enterprise grade** – long‑term support releases, enterprise SLAs, and professional services to win mission‑critical workloads. ## Why Work Here - **Remote‑first culture** – most employees work remotely; hubs in Silicon Valley, Ireland, and other locations for collaboration. - **Open‑source impact** – work on a database that powers Wikipedia, WordPress.com, and countless enterprises; contributors shape the future of relational data. - **Global team** – 400+ employees across the US, EU, India, APAC. Engineering hubs in Romania, Bulgaria, India, Malaysia, UK, and remote. - **Career growth** – roles span engineering, sales, marketing, customer success, data science, and support. - **Perks** – opportunities for skill development, team events, and engagement with the vibrant MariaDB community. ## Sources 1. [mariadb.com](https://mariadb.com/) – Product and company overview 2. [mariadb.com/about-us](https://mariadb.com/about-us/) – About MariaDB, history, stats 3. 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