Senior Software Engineer

Requirements (Desirable)

• Motivated, self-learning individual, ready to learn new technologies and become quickly proficient.
• Experience with software development and build automation processes (Jenkins, Github Actions).
• Expertise with Golang, Python, Docker, Kubernetes and the related ecosystems.
• Knowledge of deployment processes in the cloud (Cloud Formation, Terraform, ARM Templates, GCP Cloud Deployment Scripts).
• Experience working with a team distributed across time zones.
• Demonstrable experience working with Kubernetes.
• Desire to automate the boring stuff.
• Proficient in one or more programming languages.
• Passion for learning new technologies.
• Presence on GitHub (or similar).
• Strong Unix/Linux administration skills.

If you see a role that excites you, but don’t meet every qualification, we still encourage you to apply.

What the job involves

• With your passion to learn about the cloud, you are excited to help advance the Cloud Native management interfaces of an already Cloud Native Database platform.
• You will be part of the team that helps set the direction and define the interfaces and components necessary to advance what it means to be a cloud native database platform.
• Your curiosity of the Cloud Native ecosystem will help bring Couchbase to everywhere it can add value.
• Your ability to represent Couchbase’s interests in Open Source Cloud Native projects, engaging those communities as a knowledgeable expert, will further not only your company’s value, but also the value of that ecosystem.
• You will also be an advocate for Cloud Native tech to other subject matter experts in Couchbase Engineering.
• Working with a team of subject matter experts and the product managers, implement a set of features integrating Couchbase with Cloud Native tech. Some of these exist already, and some have prototypes. These include Prometheus, Fluentd and Fluent-bit, the Kubernetes Pod Autoscaler, etc.
• Be a bridge to other parts of the Engineering organization where product features interleave and depend upon each other. Keep track of delivery dates for dependent projects; partner with Quality Engineering in organizing interdependent project plans.
• Contribute to and write tutorials on integration with Cloud Native ecosystem components such as Fluentd, Prometheus, Open Telemetry.
• Be an advocate to, and support Sales Engineers and Professional Services field organizations in understanding and bringing this tech to end users.
• Facilitate efficient development by the entire team through running development processes, ensuring dependent items are in place, adjusting course as needed to further improve efficiency of producing.
• Work with Product Managers, Architects and Principal Engineers in the definition and development of new features. In particular, become a subject matter expert for the Product Management team on where the opportunities and challenges are in the Cloud Native ecosystem.
• Work across engineering teams, in some cases as a contributor or reviewer on projects and components outside your team, to help adoption of Cloud Native techniques and interfaces.