Principal Software Engineer - Capella
Location: Campbell
Posted on: June 23, 2025
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Job Description:
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. Join our innovative software
engineering team at Couchbase, where youll be responsible for
designing, implementing, and optimizing core backend services of
Capella, our advanced DBaaS platform, on AWS, GCP, and Azure. This
is a senior hands-on development role where you will take ownership
of the development architecture and technical direction of our
platform, focusing on building scalable, high-performance systems.
You’ll work with cloud-native technologies to solve complex
challenges around real-time analytics, AI workloads, and
high-volume data management, while ensuring our platform is robust,
reliable, and capable of meeting our customers most demanding
needs. You will collaborate closely with development teams, product
management, and operations to ensure that Capella remains at the
forefront of cloud platform solutions. This role requires a strong
background in software development with a deep understanding of
distributed systems and modern development tools, with a particular
emphasis on cloud-native architecture to ensure scalability and
performance. Key Responsibilities • Software Architecture &
Development: Lead the design and development of scalable,
high-performance distributed systems using cloud-native
technologies like Golang, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms
(AWS, GCP, Azure). This role requires a deep focus on software
architecture and development. • Hands-On Development: This role
involves hands-on development, ensuring that architectural
decisions are implemented directly in production code. •
Collaboration & Code Quality: Work closely with development teams
to write, review, and optimize code for scalability, reliability,
and performance. Ensure adherence to best practices and
high-quality standards in software development. • Technical
Leadership: Guide architectural decisions and software design,
ensuring the platform can scale to meet future customer demands. •
CI/CD & Development Efficiency: Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines
to ensure efficient development workflows and rapid delivery of new
features. • Mentorship & Team Development: Mentor developers,
fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical
excellence. Lead by example in writing clean, maintainable, and
efficient code. Required Qualifications • 5 years of hands-on
software development experience with Golang or similar languages. •
10 years of experience designing, developing, and deploying
high-performance, distributed systems and APIs in cloud
environments. • Deep expertise with at least two major cloud
platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including a strong understanding of
cloud services, orchestration, networking, security, and
cloud-native development tools. • Proficiency with containerization
using Docker, Kubernetes, and modern cloud-native technologies. •
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as
Terraform. • Proven ability to provide technical leadership and
executing technical roadmaps while actively contributing to
development, architecture, and innovation. The anticipated starting
base pay range for this role is listed below. Base salary is not
the only component of our competitive total rewards package - you
may also be eligible for bonus, commissions, equity, and other
benefits as described below. Actual compensation is influenced by a
wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level
of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work
location. Base Pay Range $200,000 - $235,000 USD 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!
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