Technical Writer, Couchbase
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Operational data platform for AI
Job no longer available
Operational data platform for AI
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To simplify how organizations develop, deploy, and run modern applications wherever they are.
Role
Who you are
- We’re seeking an entry-level UX writer with an aptitude for technology and a passion for making difficult things easier
- If you are skilled at developing content for both beginners and advanced users, have top-notch technical skills, and are eager to find innovative ways to collaborate with your teams, we’d love to have you on our team!
- An undergraduate degree in Literature/English, Psychology, Design, Linguistics, Journalism, HCI, or a related field and/or equivalent experience
- 1-2 years of experience in UX writing, content design, technical writing, or a similar role
- A portfolio that showcases your work, with an emphasis on digital experiences
- Full professional fluency in American English
- Basic understanding of how to apply copy and content design to the customer lifecycle (awareness, consideration, conversion, use, retention, advocacy)
Desirable
- Experience with Figma, Jira, Confluence, Github, Pendo
- Basic understanding of databases and Cloud deployments
What the job involves
- UX Technical Writing at Couchbase is a crucial component of the product experience
- As a UX technical writer, you'll work with our global team to deliver clear UI copy that helps our customers succeed with Capella, our cloud offering
- Working in a fast-paced environment, you’ll experience the immediate and direct impact of your contributions through frequent (monthly) releases to our rapidly growing base of global customers in database management software
- Under the direction of the Content Design Lead
- Write, edit, and iterate UX copy and technical documentation adhering to Couchbase brand and style guidelines
- Collaborate with and provide design feedback to the Product Management and UX Design team
- Advocate for end users, ensuring their needs are met alongside product and business goals
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of standards and guidelines; drive adoption
- Review and provide constructive feedback on documentation nd UI Copy developed by other team members
- Work within our agile development model to provide content before designs are handed off to engineering
Our take
Critical functions for digital businesses such as computing and storage have become cheaper by orders of magnitude with the advent of cloud computing. However, these businesses still face the challenge of architecting their services under this paradigm. Couchbase’s NoSQL database is designed to help organizations build scalable, distributed systems that take advantage of cloud-native infrastructure.
The company's major bets on Kubernetes, mobile and NoSQL have paid off too. With many large enterprises now treating Couchbase as mission-critical infrastructure, a trajectory that culminated because of ts 2021 IPO. While it operates in a highly competitive database market, the company has continued to grow post-IPO and is now positioning itself around the next shift in enterprise architecture: AI-native applications.
The recent launch of Couchbase AI Services reflects an effort to unify operational data, vector search and model hosting within a single platform, reducing the complexity that often prevents generative AI and agent-based systems from moving beyond proof-of-concept. By embedding governance, validation and security controls directly into the data layer, Couchbase is aiming to make its database a core foundation for production AI workloads.
Kirsty
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Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2020
$105m
SERIES G
Mar 2016
$30m
SERIES F
Total funding: $251m
Company HQ
Cypress, San Jose, CA
Leadership
BJ Schaknowski
(CEO)Prior to joining Couchbase in 2025, BJ was the CEO of symplr. He also served as the Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at Vertafore and as an SVP of Marketing, Sales & Services at LexisNexis Software Solutions.
Veronica Curran
(CPO)Veronica Previously founded Magnolia People Solutions where she served as a Managing Partner for nearly 2 years. Prior to that, she was the Chief People and culture Officer at SmartBear and the CPO at Alumni Ventures Group.
Gopi Duddi
(CTO)Gopi joined Couchbase in 2022 as an SVP of Engineering, moving into the role of CTO in 2025. Prior to this, he spent 10 years at Amazon AWS, joining in 2012 as a Senior Manager of Database Services before moving into the role of GM. He also spent 7 years at IBM In various Managerial roles.
Josh Harbert
(CMO)Josh is also the co-founder and President of SustainableIT.org. Previously, he served as the CMO at Delphix and the VP of Marketing at Tanium and Qumulo.
Amir Jafari
(CFO)Amir is also the CFO/Head of Finance & Operations at Blend. Previously, he served as the CFO at Plastiq and Reputation.com.
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