Sr UI Engineer

As industries race to embrace AI, traditional database solutions fall short of rising demands for versatility, performance, and affordability. Couchbase is leading the way with Capella, the developer data platform for critical applications in our AI world. By uniting transactional, analytical, mobile, and AI workloads into a seamless, fully managed solution, Couchbase empowers developers and enterprises to build and scale applications with unmatched flexibility, performance, and cost-efficiency—from cloud to edge.

Role Overview: We are looking for a talented and experienced senior UI engineer for our team. An ideal candidate for this role is someone who is a strong advocate for the customer and who can rapidly convert UX designer’s vision into a working user interface that meets product manager’s requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with UX designers, product managers, and software engineers to understand project requirements and translate them into interactive, user-friendly interfaces.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of product requirements and UX designs and optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in software development, and recommend their integration to enhance our products.
• Champion engineering best practices, standards, and guidelines within the development team.
• Collaborate with backend developers to integrate front-end interfaces with server-side logic and APIs.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues and provide timely resolutions.
• Write and encourage other engineers to write automated tests.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Proven experience as Front-End Developer, with at least 7 years of hands-on experience in building user interfaces for web applications.
• Proficiency in front-end technologies such as TypeScript, Tailwind, React, and Angular.
• Solid knowledge of web performance optimization techniques and best practices.
• Ability to rapidly learn and apply emerging technologies, with a proven track record of developing effective proof-of-concepts (PoCs).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
• Proven expertise in mentoring and guiding junior developers.
• Skilled in advising leadership on the adoption of technologies that enhance productivity, code quality, and maintainability.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in designing products for software developers or databases is a plus.
• Exposure to Multi-Cloud platforms & web applications used by developers, especially database developers.
• Knowledge of Svelte component framework.
• Curious, adaptable, and fearless, with a strong willingness to explore new challenges and continuously learn in uncharted territories.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced development and deployment environment.

Why Couchbase?

Couchbase’s mission is to simplify how developers and architects develop, deploy and consume modern applications wherever they are. We have reimagined the database with our fast, flexible and affordable cloud database platform Capella, allowing organizations to quickly build applications that deliver premium experiences to their customers– all with best-in-class price performance.

Couchbase offers a total rewards approach to benefits that recognizes the value you create here, so that you in turn may best serve yourself and your family. Some benefits include:

• Generous Time Off Program - Flexibility to care for you and your family.
• Wellness Benefits - A variety of world-class medical plans to choose from, along with dental, vision, life insurance, and employee assistance programs.
• Financial Planning - RSU equity program, ESPP program, Retirement program and Business Travel Insurance.
• Fun Perks - An ergonomic and comfortable in-office / WFH setup. Food & Snacks for in-office employees.

Couchbase is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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