Job Application for Software Engineer at Couchbase, Inc.

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. Trusted by over 30% of the Fortune 100, Couchbase is unlocking innovation, accelerating AI transformation, and redefining customer experiences. Come join our mission.

Software Engineer - Mobile and Edge (Sync Gateway)

As a Software Engineer on the Mobile development team, you will be responsible for designing and implementing new features for Sync Gateway, the component responsible for secure data

synchronization and access control for mobile and edge solutions. You will be developing a highly-available and concurrent enterprise-grade system software. The ideal candidate will have a

strong technical background, excellent communication skills, and proactive problem-solving skills.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
Around 2 years of development experience on enterprise system software.
Proficiency in Golang is preferred.
Experience with designing and writing concurrent/multi-threaded programs.
Experience with performance analysis and debugging.
Experience in Distributed Systems is a plus.
You’re a self-motivated, independent, and high-performance individual.
You learn quickly and you enjoy worthy challenges.
You’re a good communicator and an excellent team player.

Responsibilities:

Design and develop features to enhance functionality, performance, and reliability for Couchbase Sync Gateway.
Contribute to design and architecture discussions, and collaborate with team members to understand and take ownership of functional areas of the product.
Produce enterprise-level quality software and solutions that are performant for a highly-available system.
Exhibit unrelenting motivation to investigate and find causes for customer-facing issues, and to derive optimal solutions in software improvements.
Provide high-quality and detailed technical specifications within the team as well as external teams.

Why Couchbase?

Modern customer experiences need a flexible cloud database platform that can power applications spanning from cloud to edge and everything in between. 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. More than 30% of the Fortune 100 trust Couchbase to power their modern applications and build innovative new ones. See our recent awards to learn why Couchbase is a great place to work.We are honored to be a part of the Best Places to Work Award for the Bay Area and the UK. 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
Career Growth - Be valued, Create value approach
Fun Perks - An ergonomic and comfortable in-office / WFH setup. Food & Snacks for in-office employees.
And much more!

*Note: some programs are not applicable to all countries. Please discuss with a Couchbase recruiter to learn more.

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