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Couchbase Sr Software Engineer 
India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 
535862416

23.11.2025

Role: Senior Software Engineer - Secondary Indexing

As a senior 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. With the increase in AI and RAG applications, vector databases have gained importance. You will work on design and implementation of the features for a modern day vector database. In this job, you will also contribute to the modern day cloud database and solve problems related to multi-tenancy, auto scaling, fair usage, availability, load balancing etc. You will get an opportunity to make a significant impact on the design and architecture of Couchbase’s next generation cloud and vector database.

Responsibilities
  • Contribute to the core database platform with features and enhancements, including the vector search capabilities.
  • Deliver the tasks end to end, starting from requirements gathering to handover to QA, Support and Field teams.
  • 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.
Requirements
  • 7+ years of experience in backend development
  • Very strong grasp over one of the backend programming languages (including language internals) is required - languages like C/C++, Python, Java, Golang.
  • Strong understanding of multithreading and concurrent programming
  • Good fundamental knowledge of OS, Networks and system programming.
  • Ability to work with uncompromising integrity and exhibit best quality work ethics.
  • Passionate and a high performance individual, who is eager to learn and contribute.
Nice to have
  • Experience with vector databases.
  • Hands on experience with database platform development
  • Hands on experience with programming in Golang
  • Hands on experience with coding core concepts of Distributed Systems
  • Hands on experience with large scale distributed systems and/or large scale cloud server development.
Minimum Qualification
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering

If you require reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let your recruiter know—we’re happy to support you.

We value diverse educational and career backgrounds. If your experience aligns with the role’s goals—even if it doesn’t follow a traditional path—we’d love to hear from you.

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 and . 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 - 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!
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