Does Aiven pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Aiven employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Aiven. This rating has improved by 17% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Aiven?

62% of Aiven employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Aiven 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Aiven?

Senior Software Engineer (13) , Software Engineer (13) , Manager (10) , Sales (9) , Anonymous (6) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (6) , Account Executive (5) , Support Engineer (5) , GTM (4) , Solutions Architect (3) , Director (2) , Enterprise Account Executive (2) , Marketing (2) , Product Marketing Manager (2) , Recruiter (2)

What are the pros of working at Aiven according to real employee reviews?

"Some great people to work with." ((in 22 reviews)); "Good benefits overall." ((in 15 reviews)); "Talented and kind colleagues who really support each other." ((in 14 reviews)); "Amazing team, everyone is very kind and knowledgeable." ((in 12 reviews)); "A focus on work/life balance and some good benefits." ((in 9 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Aiven according to real employee reviews?

"Layoffs every few months" ((in 18 reviews)); "Lack of transparency, and Lack of strong and compelling Strategy from the executive team." ((in 5 reviews)); "Incompetent execs and managers:" ((in 4 reviews)); "There is no actual career progression, and they keep pinning the excuse to a lack of job architecture, when this has been the same reason for the past 1.5 years." ((in 3 reviews)); "At many, many levels of the business, communication is incredibly poor." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Aiven layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Aiven layoffs and their outlook for job security at Aiven in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Aiven locations?

Austin , New York , Boston , Maryland City , America City

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Directionally challenged - Anonymous employee Aiven Employee Review

2.0

May 10, 2024

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Open source is a core part of the DNA of the company, and there is investment in keeping open source viable.

Cons

Massive number of changes and churn across the company, mostly due to lack of alignment between the leadership at the company. This results in missed opportunities, investing in the wrong things, and a lot of waste in doing things that do not impact customers or the bottom line. Remote-friendly was a thing, but no longer. Expect to be an outcast as a remote employee. Once again, due to the management team changing all the time, this could keep flip-flopping. Poor benefits for most employees, significantly worse than other startups.

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5.0

Jul 10, 2026

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Great people focused on solving hard problems associated with how data moves inside of an organization and gets consumed downstream by AI and applications. Strong new leadership team has the company moving in the right direction. Truly international company with HQ in Finland and vibrant offices in other really cool locations (Cork, Austin, London). Come here if you want to be challenged but also celebrated for your contributions.

Cons

We compete for customers against some of the largest software companies in the world, so the challenge is real. But we are winning.

2.0

Dec 5, 2025

Senior software engineer

Recommend

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Pros

Decent salary, good international travel opportunities, interesting and kind colleagues

Cons

Executive leadership has no vision or appetite to stick to a plan. Despite hiring many people with the experience and skillset to win, leadership routinely ignores advice from within the house, over-commits to half-baked plans, assigns the wrong people to tasks, and then is unwilling to take accountability for continuously failing to deliver anything new.

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