Senior Cloud Support Engineer, Couchbase
$92.6-108.9k
+ RSU equity program, if applicable
Operational data platform for AI
Job no longer available
Operational data platform for AI
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$92.6-108.9k
+ RSU equity program, if applicable
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To simplify how organizations develop, deploy, and run modern applications wherever they are.
Role
Who you are
- Experienced in multi-channel technical support (4+ years of related experience)
- Experienced using Zendesk, Jira, Confluence, or similar software
- An engineer with previous technical troubleshooting and programming experience with Java, Go, Python
- Solid knowledge of Unix and Network protocols and standards (HTTP, TLS, DNS, etc)
- Strong understanding and experience with at least one cloud environment such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and/or Microsoft Azure
- Experience working with NoSQL databases or distributed systems
- Experience using Kubernetes and Docker is a plus
- Experience with alerting and monitoring tools
- Self-motivated, detail-attentive, and have a desire for continuous learning
- A critical thinker who defaults to a client-centric approach
- An effective written and verbal communicator
- Able to work a rotating schedule that requires weekend availability
What the job involves
- The Sr. Cloud Support Engineer is the most critical role at Couchbase. You will be the face of the company externally when discussing solutions and building relationships with our customers and providing valuable feedback internally to our engineering teams to help improve our products and services
- You’ll be joining a team and company where you will be challenged, but also grow and be recognized as a champion with your contributions to Couchbase
- Troubleshoot and solve customer issues on their deployments (on-prem and cloud)
- Support cloud deployments including monitoring and answering customer inquiries
- Engage with customers via multiple channels (ticketing system, and screen sharing tools) to identify and resolve technical support requests while continuing to educate our clients on the use of the product
- Reproduce technical issues and dive into On-Prem Enterprise and Cloud Capella platform
- Participate in product conversations with internal teams based on feedback from client interactions
- Identify and write internal and external technical articles, like typical troubleshooting steps, workarounds, or best practices
- Train as a highly knowledgeable specialist in one or more Couchbase component area(s)
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
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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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