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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.

Performance Engineer

You will be working on complex distributed systems, databases and large clustered datasets. You will focus on optimizing overall product performance. The role includes building infrastructures and automations for continuous performance measurement and analysis and driving performance optimization. You will work closely with the Development, QE (Quality Engineering), and Product teams to deliver high quality initiatives for all our products throughout their development life cycles.

Location: This is an office based role and the selected candidate should agree to work from the Bangalore Office.

Responsibilities:

Work closely with the Dev / QE / Support / PM teams to (1) review and document requirements, (2) design, implement, and automate performance tests, and (3) troubleshoot/resolve blocking issues.
Analyze performance results to identify system bottlenecks and inefficiencies and propose optimizations to address the same.
Monitor system performance continuously to identify performance issues and proactively resolve issues during the development life cycles before we deliver the new releases to customers.
Document the testing processes and results and make sure they are repeatable and scalable.
Propose innovative solutions to improve performance engineering effectiveness.
Look for ways to improve user experience and system efficiencies.
Conduct technical presentations to educate teams on how to improve system performance.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in BE/ B-Tech / M-Tech with strong Computer Science Fundamentals.
Proficient in Python (preferred), Java, and Go is a plus.
Decent knowledge of OS, networking, linux environment is a plus.
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) is a plus.
Experience with performance analysis and profiling of workloads is a plus.
Self-directed and self-motivated individual who takes complete ownership of the product and its outcome.

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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