Jobs at Actian
Actian is a data platform company that delivers hybrid SQL and NoSQL solutions for real‑time analytics and data integration. Its flagship products—Actian Vector, Actian Zen, and Actian X—power high‑velocity workloads in cloud, on‑prem, and edge environments.
Actian hires engineers, data scientists, QA analysts, product managers, and sales specialists. Candidates can expect agile teams, frequent code reviews, and a focus on building secure, high‑throughput data services. Projects often involve optimizing distributed query engines and integrating with popular BI tools.
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Security Engineer
Company: Actian
Location: remote
Posted Dec 05, 2023
Familiarity with compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001). Strong knowledge of networking protocols, security architecture, and best practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying. Certifications such as CISSP, CEH, or CompTIA Security+ are desirable. Excellent problem-solving and communication skills. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. We value diversity at our company. Three to four years experience in a security engineering role. Collaboration Collaborate with IT teams, software developers, and other stakeholders to integrate security measures into the development and deployment processes. Support compliance requirements for SOC2 and ISO 27001 standards Security Research and Innovation Stay current with the latest security trends, threats, and technologies.
Cloud DevOps Engineer
Company: Actian
Location: Remote
Posted Mar 09, 2024
Actian is seeking a Cloud DevOps Engineer to join a dynamic team responsible for supporting the Actian Data Platform. The role involves designing, developing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code across AWS, GCP, and Azure. Key responsibilities include assisting with version maintenance tasks, building and deploying microservices on Kubernetes clusters, and ensuring the security of Actian's environments and customer data. Desirable skills include exposure to at least one CSP, familiarity with Kubernetes, Unix concepts, and CI/CD tools. The ideal candidate should have 2-5+ years of industry experience, excellent communication skills, and proficiency in Agile software development principles.
Visual Designer
Company: Actian
Location: Remote
Posted Dec 21, 2023
Actian is seeking a Visual Designer with 3+ years of experience to join their Experience Design Team. The role involves driving innovation in the Enterprise SaaS industry, simplifying complexity, and creating compelling data visualizations. The ideal candidate should be empathetic, skilled in user-centered design, and proficient in Figma. The position offers opportunities for personal growth and collaboration in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment.
Enterprise Sales Director, Eastern Europe Market [gn] | Germany
Company: Actian
Location: Remote
Posted Oct 29, 2023
Actian is a company that transforms businesses by simplifying data connection, management, and analysis. They offer a collaborative work environment, a passion for innovation, and a focus on customer experience. The company is looking for an Enterprise Sales Director for Eastern Europe, with a strong sales and account management background, and a passion for technology.
Software Development Intern [gn] - Ilmenau / Germany
Company: Actian
Location: Remote
Posted Mar 13, 2024
<p>We offer a position as <b>Software Development Intern<b> with the opportunity to gain experience on a cuttingedge data processing system This is your chance to become a member of the team behind the fastest analytical database system on the market You will learn about high performance implementations in the database kernel and in its distributed version based on the Hadoop environment <p> <p><br ><p> <p>You will be part of our ActianXVector team thereby engineering a family of products in C which are provided for a variety of OS distributions We are looking for team players that integrate into our distributed development team You will be mentored by senior developers and be introduced into our software development process with responsibilities that cover design and implementation challenges <p> <p><br ><p> <p> <p> <p><b>KEY RESPONSIBILITIES <b> <p> <p>To be curious and eager to learn more about stateoftheart database development <p> <p>Contributions to design and implementation of enhancements improving performance stability and scalability of our highperformance data processing kernel <p> <p><br ><p> <p>Create tests for and maintain the implemented functionality in our continuous integration management environment <p> <p><br ><p> <p><b>ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS <b> <p> <p>Enrolled into Bachelors or Masters Degree program in computer science or equivalent at a German university<p> <p>Good programming skills C family <p> <p>Wellfounded algorithmdesign skills <p> <p><br ><p> <p><b>OPTIONAL SKILLS<b> <p> <p>Experiences in software development eg advanced academic studies or in a commercial setting <p> <p>Experience with largescale systems development <p> <p>Competent script programming skills Python Bash <p> <p>Experience with concurrent parallel and network programming techniques <p> <p><br ><p> <p>Experience in the areas of business intelligence highperformance data processing and computer architecture and related <p> <p>Knowledge of operating systems internals memory management IO scheduling etc <p> <p>Knowledge of database concepts and technology <p> <p>A working knowledge of SQL <p> <p><br ><p> <p><b>WE OFFER<b><p> <p><br ><p> <p><span><span><span> <span><span>Internships An internship with us may last from 3 to 12 months For each internship we provide a tailored project to research design and implement a new functionality into our Vector database<span><p> <p><span><span><span> <span><span>Master Topics in coordination with your universitys examination office and your collaborating professor we will define a master project tailored to your needs and based on our available thesis topics<span><p> <p><span><span><span> <span><span>Parttime jobs Parttime jobs with us provide you with the opportunity to gain your first work experience in a program related field Your contribution will help improve an already outstanding database product Working hours and times are flexible and can be discussed when you decide to start a project with us<span><p> <p><span> <span><p> <p><span>Below you will find a list of topics together with a short explanation These topics are either marked with Internship Master topic andor Job<span><p> <p><span> <span><p> <p><b>Vector cloud deployment<b><p> <p><span>Providing databases as a hybrid on premise and in the cloud is a promising and already growing business Our goal is to bring an onpremise Vector partially to the cloud and within this project the task is to exploit our cloud storage architecture used in Avalanche and bring it to the Vector product IM<span><p> <p><br ><p> <p><b>Load balanced query execution in a clustered environment<b><p> <p><span>Loadbalancing in a cluster is hard because normally you cannot offload work to another node if that node does not have the data to work on However as the HDFS integration of VectorH controls its replication policy there are opportunities to shift work around to other cluster nodes that already have the data This requires developing a strategy for data placement data processing and a work shifting strategy IM<span><p> <p><br ><p> <p><b>External tables in Spark<b><p> <p><span>VectorH supports reading data from external data sources such as Spark The performance of queries accessing such external tables could be improved greatly eg by pushing down selections or even subtrees of the query plan into Spark The feature could also be extended with support for more sources and data types IM<span><p> <p><br ><p> <p><b>Compact hash tables<b><p> <p><span> Smaller hash tables can be significantly faster thanks to fewer CPU cache and TLB misses The goal of this project is to find such compact representations by bitpacking multiple columns and using dictionaries for string data M<span><p> <p><br ><p> <p><b>PDTs on flash<b><p> <p><span>The goal of this project is to modify our structure for differential updates Positional delta Trees PDTs to expand to disk This requires the addition of a layer that resides on disk most likely a flash disk The fact that PDTs are expanded to flash would make it possible to store much more updates hence reduce the checkpoint interval where PDT updates are merged into the main data storage structures and lead to the system being able to sustain much higher update workloads Current research project with TU Ilmenau DBISIM<span><p> <p><br ><p> <p><b>Collations<b><span><span><p> <p><span> Understanding the current use of character sets in Ingres including the way these character sets collate data and make these rules available also for Vector Providing performance in that case is very difficult since some mechanisms heavily rely on expanding characters before processing them Finding cache efficient algorithms for these cases is also part of the project As an example consider the ASCII order for a b and ä While ASCII would order these three letters abä the German language typically requires aäb IM<span><p> <p><br ><p> <p><b>Spatial data type support<b><p> <p><span>The goal of this project is the integration of geospatial datatype support into Vector This requires the definition of new Vector datatypes and the integration into all stages of query execution IM<span><p> <p><br ><p> <p><b>Tuple layout planning<b><p> <p><span>In this project we want to challenge the way data is stored during query processing In principle any mix between horizontal and vertical storage NSM vs DSM can be chosen Some columns may actually be processed in vertical vectors while other columns are processed in a tuple layout Horizontal storage of data inside hash tables is already supported but needs to be extended to other operators M<span><p> <p><br ><p> <p><b>RDF in Vector <b><span>In principle it should be possible to turn Vector into a highly efficient engine for RDF storage and query evaluation This entails the storage of quads in a compressed PAX format and a basic translation of SPARQL to SQL or even direct Vector algebra M<span><p> <p><br ><p> <p><b>Exploiting coprocessors for Vector<b><p> <p><span> The most powerful piece of hardware in todays average PC is the GPU not the CPU There have been studies how to express database operations of almost every conceivable type in GPUs However what is missing is a framework where complex queries consisting of many such operations could work together M<span><p> <p><br ><p> <p><b>Maintenance of our testing infrastructure <b><span>For our number one scoring TPCH experiments we need to constantly stay up to date Test numbers for our own improvements need to be recorded and maintained In addition all tests and comparisons need to be kept upodate with our competition Impala Hawk SparkSQL and Hive J<span><p> <p><br ><p> <p><b>Adaptation of conversion functions<b><p> <p><span> There are many builtin datatype conversion functions that are slow in comparison to an actual optimized implementation Replacing these functions will directly impact affected queries and lead to noticeable performance improvement J<span><p> <p><br ><p> <p><br ><p> <p> <p><p><i>We value diversity at our company All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying <i><p> <p><p>
Principal UX Designer
Company: Actian
Location: Remote
Posted Mar 05, 2024
Actian is a company that provides a hybrid cloud data platform, empowering companies to accelerate application modernization and simplify the cloud journey. They are seeking a Principal Designer to join their team, with a focus on bringing an entrepreneurial approach to their innovative projects.
Enterprise Sales Director- Canada Remote
Company: Actian
Location: Remote
Posted Mar 05, 2024
Actian is a leading provider of a Hybrid Cloud Data Platform, empowering companies to modernize applications and simplify their cloud journey. The company's platform unifies siloed data, enabling real-time business insights at a lower cost. Actian is at the forefront of the growing database market, with a proven performance advantage of being 9x faster than competitors. The company is seeking an Enterprise Sales Director in the Toronto area to drive revenue growth and foster strategic relationships with various Lines of Business. The ideal candidate should have 7+ years of field sales experience in Data Platform Management, Integration/CDC, Analytics, Database, and/or Cloud, with a proven track record in high-tech enterprise software sales.