Solutions Engineer, Couchbase
$104-145k
Operational data platform for AI
Job no longer available
Operational data platform for AI
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$104-145k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To simplify how organizations develop, deploy, and run modern applications wherever they are.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking a skilled and passionate Solution Engineer to support our growing Couchbase user community and drive customer success
- Ideal for a professional with 4+ years of experience in solutions engineering or a related field
- Technical Expertise in Solutions Deployment: Proven ability to deploy multi-service solutions across on-premise and multi-cloud environments, with experience in SDK languages and APIs
- Consultative Selling and Communication: Strong interpersonal skills to influence discussions and deliver tailored presentations and workshops
- Collaboration and Relationship Building: Experience working cross-functionally to align technical efforts with business priorities and enable success for both internal and external stakeholders
Desirable
- 4+ years of experience in solutions engineering or a related customer-facing technical role
- Hands-on software development experience with proficiency in Java, Python, or similar languages
- Experience designing solutions with databases (e.g., Couchbase, MongoDB, SQL) and optimizing performance
- Proficiency in multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization/orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with DevOps workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and API integration (REST, GraphQL)
- Knowledge of AI/ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) and Generative AI, RAG and AI Agents
What the job involves
- This role is a sales role, with a blend of technical expertise, consultative selling, and relationship building
- You will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and demonstrating complex solutions across on-premise and multi-cloud environments, all while empowering customers and partners to achieve their goals with Couchbase’s innovative solutions
- Act as a trusted technical advisor, designing and demonstrating complex solutions tailored to customer needs
- Deliver engaging workshops, tailored demos, and performance-driven Proofs of Concept (POCs) to address customer and partner challenges
- Experience with both on-premise and multi-cloud environments, leveraging expertise in data structures, connectors, and SDK languages
- Partner with internal teams (Engineering, Product Management, Professional Services) to align on business priorities and deliver impactful results
- Build trusted relationships with customers and partners by understanding their goals, challenges, and priorities
- Deliver impactful presentations to a variety of audiences, including developers, DevOps teams, middle management, and occasionally C-level stakeholders
- Contribute to the broader SE community by hosting webinars, organizing meetups, and authoring technical whitepapers
- Mentor junior team members and support marketing and community awareness events
- Drive internal enhancements to improve team efficiency and effectiveness
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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