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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.

Who We Are

At Couchbase, the Web team is focused on delivering seamless, high-performance digital experiences that drive demand generation and brand engagement. As part of the Marketing organization’s Demand Generation team, we own and optimize our web ecosystem to accelerate growth. We’re looking for a Full Stack Developer to help build, enhance, and maintain our WordPress-based web properties on WPEngine, ensuring a scalable and engaging digital presence that supports our global marketing initiatives.

What You’ll Do

As a Full Stack Developer on our Web team, you’ll work across the front-end and back-end to develop, optimize, and maintain our marketing websites. You’ll collaborate with SEO strategists, content producers, designers, and analysts to ensure that our web properties are fast, scalable, accessible, and conversion-driven.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain WordPress-based websites hosted on WPEngine, ensuring performance, security, and scalability.
Manage version control workflows using Git, ensuring efficient collaboration and code integrity across the development team.
Build custom themes, templates, and plugins to support marketing campaigns and site enhancements.
Implement front-end components using JavaScript (React, Vue, or vanilla JS), HTML, and CSS/SASS.
Optimize page speed and Core Web Vitals, ensuring SEO and user experience best practices.
Work with PHP and MySQL to customize WordPress functionality and enhance back-end performance.
Integrate third-party marketing and analytics tools (Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Marketo, Salesforce, etc.).
Implement forms, tags, and conversion rate optimization (CRO) strategies.
Ensure compliance with accessibility (WCAG), GDPR, and security best practices.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to launch new pages, optimize site navigation, and improve overall user experience.

What We’re Looking For

3-5+ years of experience as a Full Stack Developer, with expertise in WordPress and PHP development.
Proficiency in JavaScript (React, Vue, or jQuery), HTML, CSS (SASS/SCSS), and PHP.
Experience working with WordPress page builders (e.g., Gutenberg, Elementor, WPBakery) and Advanced Custom Fields (ACF).
Strong understanding of SEO best practices, web performance optimization, and Core Web Vitals.
Familiarity with Git version control and deployment workflows.
Experience integrating CRM and marketing automation platforms (Marketo, Salesforce, etc.).
Ability to troubleshoot and resolve WordPress-related performance, security, and database issues.
A passion for building scalable, high-performing web experiences that drive engagement and conversions.

Bonus Points For:

Experience working with WPEngine or similar managed WordPress hosting platforms.
Knowledge of server-side caching, CDNs, and cloud hosting services.
Experience with conversion rate optimization (CRO) and personalization strategies.
Background in data-driven marketing and A/B testing.
Contributions to open-source WordPress development or a strong portfolio of WordPress projects.

Why You’ll Love It Here

Impact: Your work will directly contribute to pipeline growth and customer engagement.
Innovation: Leverage cutting-edge tools to build and optimize a high-performing marketing website.
Collaboration: Work closely with SEO, content, and demand gen leaders to drive results.
Growth: Opportunities to expand your skill set and take ownership of large-scale projects.
Flexibility: Remote-friendly culture with flexible work hours.

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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