Senior Software Engineer, Couchbase
Artificial Intelligence
$130-170k
2-3 days a week in office (Santa Clara, CA)
Enterprise-class, multicloud to edge NoSQL database
Open for applications
Enterprise-class, multicloud to edge NoSQL database
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$130-170k
2-3 days a week in office (Santa Clara, CA)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Couchbase's mission is to provide an enterprise-class, multi cloud-to-edge database that offers the robust capabilities required for business-critical applications on a highly scalable and available platform.
Role
Who you are
- You’re a self-motivated, independent, and high-performance person. You learn quickly and you enjoy worthy challenges
- You have excellent analytical skills and a passion for pinning down technical issues and solving problems
- You are proficient in Java, but you’d also like to step into the world of other languages
- You are proficient in systems programming
- You like working in organizations that strive to have a good balance between doing it right and moving quickly
- You have experience in processing queries on non-relational data
- You know open source software development practices and ideally have a track record of open source contributions
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- At least 5 years of experience developing core database features and/or AI infrastructure
- Hands-on experience with one or more of AWS, GCP and Azure platforms
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Good understanding of large scale distributed systems design, and operational challenges
What the job involves
- As a Senior Software Engineer on the AI team, your job will be to design and implement cutting-edge database and AI features and tools using the latest techniques to evolve Couchbase products and Capella service
- You‘ll be part of a team working on hard problems, including AI, developer tools, distributed databases, cloud service, and more
- This role offers the rare opportunity to shape the future of database technology, merging database principles with the dynamic world of artificial intelligence
- You’ll develop using various languages, depending on the specific project
- This can be Java to JavaScript, Python to Go, and more
- Create the world’s best distributed database server infrastructure which companies will rely on for mission-critical OLTP and OLAP needs using the latest AI/ML/LLM technologies
- Discuss and debate with your peers as you help figure out product requirements and the architectural approach to getting things built
- Design and implement needle-mover features and tools with simplicity, elegance, and economy
- Research industry and academic leading-edge algorithms
- Think quality; think leverage. Develop high-quality software and use unit, component, and end-to-end automation tests so we know we have high-quality software
Our take
Critical functions for digital business such as compute 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 makes taking advantage of these features possible.
The cloud vendor's major bets on Kubernetes, mobile, and of course, NoSQL have paid off. Many of the world’s largest companies have come to consider this software as mission-critical and Couchbase has benefitted from this as exemplified by its IPO in 2021.
The biggest challenge for Couchbase is that it is playing in a large but competitive market, with the likes of DataStax and the publically traded MongoDB, and all the major cloud vendors vying for similar customers in the NoSQL space. However, Couchbase continues to grow post-IPO and serves influential clients including Mariott International, Amadeus, and LinkedIn.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2020
$105m
SERIES G
Mar 2016
$30m
SERIES F
Total funding: $251m
Company benefits
- Competitive salaries, traditional and Roth 401(k) with employer contributions (US), employee stock options, retirement planning, and ongoing pay reviews
- A sense of purpose in your work and shared passions with your teammates. Join an impact initiative group and experience the amazing feeling of Couchbase’s can-do culture
- Flexible time off, internal learning, and development opportunities, accreditations, boot camps, conferences, and a trust-based culture
- Couchbase Cares promotes philanthropy, inclusion and belonging, worldwide Couchbase celebrations, and sustainability and green teams that impact our local communities
- Full medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage, paid parental leave, and a Flexible Spending Account for the things you care about most
- Beautiful offices, free food, the tech you need, and a great setup whether you are office-based using an adjustable desk or receive a stipend for home-based work
- Work from home opportunities
Company values
- Be a Good Human, Always - Be authentic, assume and act with positive intent, even in tough times
- Act With Uncompromising Integrity, Period - Do the right thing every time, be honest and transparent
- Serve Your Family, As Defined by You - Put your family first and let the company work for you in times of need
- Attack Hard Problems, Driven by Customer Outcomes - Be courageous and innovative. Satisfy unmet, underserved needs delivering technical excellence and honesty
- Play to Win, Together - Put in work, be proud of it and be a great teammate for your colleagues
- Make Tomorrow Better Than Today, Start Now - Execute with intensity and urgency, knowing you have an impact
Company HQ
Santa Clara, CA
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Leadership
Matt Cain
(President & CEO, not founder)Worked recently as President of Worldwide Field Operations for Veritas Technologies. Before that, as Chief Product Officer for Veritas’ $2.5B business Also previously held a variety of senior leadership positions at Symantec Corporation and Cisco Systems and earned an MBA from Stanford.
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