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.
Role Overview
At Couchbase, Site Reliability Engineers are hybrid software and systems engineers. They are the glue holding things together, whether that’s infrastructure / platform, tooling support for our cloud business or managing Observability posture for Couchbase. In this role the candidate we are looking for is for the Observability team which is responsible for maintaining Reliability, Availability and Serviceability for the entire Couchbase cloud offerings. You will be working as a Software Engineer developing and maintaining Couchbase monitoring stack which includes metrics pipeline, alerting, notifications and the likes. You will be working with many software engineers and teams to ensure our cloud offerings meet the monitoring needs. You will have an immediate impact on the day-to-day efficiency of cloud operations and an ongoing impact on growth.
Responsibilities
Develop/maintain software features in the Observability stack which includes metrics pipeline, alerting, logging and notifications
Create/maintain monitoring dashboards which gives insights to our customer cluster health
Develop control plane features requiring observability needs
High level of ownership and responsibility as we work on production environments to debug a problem
Working knowledge of AWS services like EC2/EKS/SQS etc.
Collaborate with the Engineering teams to gather requirements for monitoring and implementation
Be creative and bring in efficient processes and solutions to enhance team productivity
Demonstrate exceptional problem-solving skills, with an ability to identify and solve issues before they affect business productivity
Roll up your sleeves to be a full stack engineer as we build end-end software solutions in the Observability domain
Requirements
2+ years experience as a software developer
Proficiency with programming and scripting languages like Go, Python, Java, or Ruby
Strong ability to write code, understands basic DSA concepts
Proficiency with Linux operating systems
Exposure to any one of the CSPs like AWS/Azure/GCP
Working experience in Grafana, Prometheus, Thanos and/or DataDog
Strong debugging skills to mitigate a production issue
Preferred skills and qualifications
Experience with on-call rotations & incident management
Experience in developing and managing Kubernetes clusters both self-managed (vanilla/plain k8s) & managed (preferably AWS EKS) will be a plus
Proficiency with Databases such as Couchbase is a plus
Exposure to front end development like ReactJS will be a plus
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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Site Reliability Engineer