Member of Technical Staff, Cockroach Labs

• The ideal candidate has prior experience in software engineering, CI systems, source control and builds, automation, or cloud infrastructure, and enjoys working on a variety of problems and projects between building software and managing infrastructure
• A BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• A desire to make other engineers more productive — you think of engineers as your customers
• Curiosity and willingness to learn unfamiliar tools and systems quickly
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, service-oriented mindset
• Comfort working in Unix/Linux command-line environments

Desirable

• Cockroach Labs is hiring an early-career software engineer for the Developer Infrastructure team
• Our work spans a range of disciplines, including software engineering, software builds, CI/CD systems, AI development tools, cloud infrastructure, and information security
• The Developer Infrastructure team builds development tools and systems to enable all of Engineering at Cockroach Labs. Our work has a broad-reaching impact on teams who rely on these tools on a daily basis
• Our tools and systems encompass the workflow of the entire Engineering team, ranging from the CI pipeline to internal cloud infrastructure. Success in this role means collaborating with many teams and improving workflows for engineers working in both database and cloud engineering
• As part of a small, senior team, you'll get direct mentorship and regular feedback from experienced engineers and engineering leadership
• Learn engineers’ daily workflows across the org and identify ways to increase productivity and reduce friction through new tools and processes
• Provide direct support to engineers using our systems
• Maintain the health and performance of our CI system
• Build developer infrastructure tools, primarily in Go
• First month: You'll onboard as a member of the Developer Infrastructure team. Your first two weeks focus on how Cockroach Labs works across departments and on our DB and Cloud Engineering teams
• You'll start with small tasks, then take on larger starter projects to learn our systems, development workflows, and how CockroachDB and CockroachDB Cloud work. We expect you to use this month to get familiar with our technology and company
• Second month: You'll take on your first medium-sized project (several weeks in scope), partnering with one or more engineers to plan and deliver it
• By month three: You'll be a fully contributing team member, having owned and completed one or more medium-sized projects. You'll have enough familiarity to propose and scope work and to support other Cockroach Labs engineers on our development tools