Software Engineering Manager - Developer Advocacy jobs at Couchbase in India, Bengaluru

You will work closely with engineering teams to build and enhance the brains of a distributed document database by leading initiatives in SQL++, query execution, indexing, storage efficiency, transaction coordination, and resource management. You will leverage your deep understanding of database systems and distributed architectures to guide the design and implementation of world-class database features and performance optimizations.

• Define the Cloud and GenAI product vision and strategy for Couchbase’s core database engine focused on Query, Indexing, and Eventing, setting multi-year initiatives and delivering on incremental milestones.
• Drive innovation in query optimization, execution systems, cost-based optimization, planner efficiency, and transaction management by researching state-of-the-art techniques and building flexible schema databases.
• Work with engineering to design and implement features that enhance query performance, resource management, security, and scalability in distributed systems.
• Collaborate with engineering, data science, and cloud infrastructure teams to guide product development from concept to launch, ensuring performance, scalability, and differentiation in the market.
• Coordinate with marketing and sales teams to develop go-to-market strategies and produce key deliverables—including PRDs, white papers, blogs, and GTM plans—to empower data scientists, developers, and ML engineers to leverage Couchbase for advanced analytics, real-time search, and Gen AI applications.
• Engage with customers to understand their challenges, demonstrating customer obsession and a bias for action by incorporating feedback to ensure Couchbase’s features meet real-world business needs.

• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or a related field and an MBA are required (or equivalent experience)
• 10+ years of proven experience in product management with a focus on database internals, query optimization, and distributed storage engines . Familiarity with distributed systems, data replication, and consistency models.
• Leadership and communication skills to drive cross-functional teams, collaborate with external partners, and influence internal stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to think from first principles, with strong written and oral communication skills. Proven ability to learn rapidly, adapt to new information, and collaborate effectively with experts.
• A self-starter attitude with a proven track record of independently driving initiatives in fast-paced and evolving environments.

Bonus Points for:

• Knowledge of Couchbase/NoSQL systems.
• Strong knowledge of database technologies such as OLTP ( SQL, PostgreSQL, or MySQL) and OLAP internals.
• Experience working with cloud providers like AWS, GCP, and Azure.

Job description

Build cutting edge products that are at the intersection of AI, Databases and Data Processing. Discuss and debate with your peers as you help figure out product requirements and the architectural approach to getting things built, tested & supported. Design, implement, test, troubleshoot & support needle-mover capabilities across server, mobile, sdks, cloud and AI with simplicity, elegance and economy. Think quality; think leverage. Develop high-quality software and use unit, component, and end-to-end automation tests so we know we have high-quality software

· Should have completed Education: BE/ B-Tech / M-Tech with strong Computer Science Fundamentals.
· 2+ years of Experience in working with languages like Go, Java, Python or C/C++.
· You think distributed systems problems, AI Models, and data structures are cool
· 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
· You like working in organisations that strive to have a good balance between doing it right and moving quickly

This role requires a hybrid work arrangement, with an expectation to be in the office (Bangalore) three days per week.

As a Software Engineer , you will design and develop features and enhancements to the core database platform. You will work on technically challenging problems on a regular basis and will contribute to the cutting edge technologies needed by a modern, distributed, No-SQL database. In this job, you will also contribute to the modern day cloud database and solve problems related to

• Contribute to the core database platform with features, enhancements and customer facing initiatives.
• Deliver the tasks end to end, starting from requirements gathering to handover to QA, Support and Field teams.
• Work closely with the customer support team to help with customer success.
• Actively contribute to fixing bugs, implementing improvements and providing workarounds to the customer issues.
• Take full ownership of the tasks while ensuring the timely delivery.
• Be a good team player and work together with team members to successfully deliver on the tasks.
• Write best quality code adhering to open source coding standards.

• 3+ years of experience in backend development.
• Strong understanding of multithreading and concurrent programming.
• Good fundamental knowledge of OS, Networks and system programming.
• Ability to work on critical customer cases, and quickly fix customer issues.
• A strong grasp over one of the backend programming languages is required - languages like C/C++, Python, Java, Golang.
• Inclination to the field of database internals, database platform and cloud platform.
• Working knowledge of AI/ML concepts and technologies.
• Passionate and a high performance individual, who is eager to learn and contribute.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering

As a Software Engineer , you will design and develop features and enhancements to the core database platform. You will work on technically challenging problems on a regular basis and will contribute to the cutting edge technologies needed by a modern, distributed, No-SQL database. In this job, you will also contribute to the modern day cloud database and solve problems related to

• Contribute to the core database platform with features, enhancements and customer facing initiatives.
• Deliver the tasks end to end, starting from requirements gathering to handover to QA, Support and Field teams.
• Work closely with the customer support team to help with customer success.
• Actively contribute to fixing bugs, implementing improvements and providing workarounds to the customer issues.
• Take full ownership of the tasks while ensuring the timely delivery.
• Be a good team player and work together with team members to successfully deliver on the tasks.
• Write best quality code adhering to open source coding standards.

• 3+ years of experience in backend development.
• Strong understanding of multithreading and concurrent programming.
• Good fundamental knowledge of OS, Networks and system programming.
• Ability to work on critical customer cases, and quickly fix customer issues.
• A strong grasp over one of the backend programming languages is required - languages like C/C++, Python, Java, Golang.
• Inclination to the field of database internals, database platform and cloud platform.
• Working knowledge of AI/ML concepts and technologies.
• Passionate and a high performance individual, who is eager to learn and contribute.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering

Mobile Developer

As a Mobile Developer, you’ll participate in the design and development of tools, frameworks, sample applications, documentation, guided tours, videos, blogs, and tutorials to ease the use of Couchbase for developers and customers. You will play a key role in enhancing the Couchbase developer experience.

2-3 years of Experienced in Software Development in two of the popular languages used in mobile development: (Swift, Kotin,Dart, C#, Javascript)
• Experience in building mobile apps in one of the popular mobile frameworks (SwiftUI, UIKit, Android Activities/Fragments, Jetpack Compose, Xamarin, .NET Maui, Flutter, React Native )
• BS Degree in Computer Science or related field and 1 - 3 years of related experience
• Understanding mobile architecture and software design patterns (Repository, MVVM, MVI, Bloc, etc.)
• Basic knowledge of source control (git) and GitHub
• Knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
• Understanding of API/Web Services
• Experience writing Unit, Integration, and Function tests using platform-specific frameworks

• Mobile cross-platform development experience
• Complete software development life cycle (SDLC) to include design, coding, code reviews, unit tests, and documentation using SCRUM agile process
• Basic knowledge of C programing language
• Knowledge of SQL, NoSQL databases, and Database as a Service/DBaaS hosted on Cloud environments.
• Understanding of basic DevOps principles and automation using GitHub Actions
• Good understanding of software security considerations both at development and runtime – SAML, OAuth, OpenId, PKI, and Encryption, especially in a Cloud environment
• Currently, this is an office-based role in Bangalore. The Selected candidate is expected to be there in the office 3 days a week. However, we are also open for Remote candidates.

• Highly-skilled in automation and test framework building and implementation
• Proficiency in coding - Python, C/C++, Java, or Golang
• 2+ years of experience as SDET
• In-depth knowledge of tools automation and optimization
• Demonstrated knowledge of testing one or more of the following: server performance, API interfaces, databases, file systems, operating systems, network performance and storage
• Experience with working on large scale enterprise distributed systems or relational/NoSQL databases
• Experience setting up and configuring test environments along with infrastructure as a service including Windows and Linux operating systems, networking and proxies, and client-server tests
• Experience capturing network traces and basic analysis
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, analytical skills, fanatical attention to detail, and curiosity
• Demonstrated competence and self-motivation in analyzing problems
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to be an outstanding team player
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and managing Kubernetes clusters on these platforms is an added advantage
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools and practices (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Argo CD)

Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET).

The Couchbase QE team is looking for a Sr. Software Engineer in Test who can drive high quality for all the components. As part of this role, you will learn the Couchbase products and QE's functional and system test frameworks to scale-out our data infrastructure software systems. You will optimize the framework developed in Python/Golang to handle larger scales under heavy load and stressful conditions. You will be part of a great team that is going through some exciting growth and development.

• Should have 4 to 6 years of experience and Highly-skilled in automation and test framework implementation
• Proficiency in coding - Python, C/C++, Java, or Golang
• Demonstrated knowledge of testing one or more of the following: API interfaces, databases, data storage, file systems, operating systems.
• Good understanding and experience with OS, file systems and storage basic concepts
• Working knowledge on large scale enterprise distributed systems or relational/NoSQL databases
• Experience setting up and configuring test environments along with infrastructure as a service including Windows and Linux operating systems, networking and proxies, and client-server tests
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, analytical skills, fanatical attention to detail, and curiosity
• Demonstrated competence and self-motivation in analyzing problems
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to be an outstanding team player