Couchbase Jobs Hiring Now
Couchbase is hiring for 9 open roles on Migrate Mate as of July 16, 2026, concentrated in software engineering and customer success, with listed salaries up to about $225,000. Migrate Mate updates Couchbase's live openings daily. Couchbase is a technology company that develops a distributed cloud database platform used by enterprises to build and run high-performance applications.
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Couchbase hiring data on Migrate Mate, as of July 16, 2026.
- Open jobs
- 9
- Top team
- Software Engineering
- Seniority
- Manager level or above
- Work type
- 44% remote or hybrid
- Top location
- Santa Clara
- Salary range
- $119,000–$225,000
Listed salaries for Couchbase roles on Migrate Mate range from about $119,000 to $225,000 per year across 9 open roles, as of July 16, 2026.
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Couchbase, the operational data platform for AI, empowers businesses to succeed by bringing data to life in new ways. Major market-leading companies rely on Couchbase for mission critical operational, analytical, mobile and AI workloads. Built to replace legacy infrastructure and fragmented data services, Couchbase empowers enterprises with a unified platform architected for performance, flexibility and global scale.
With Couchbase, organizations bring their data to life, launching game‑changing customer experiences, exploring the limitless potential of AI, and seamlessly extending applications from the cloud to the edge and beyond. Couchbase's AI‑ready technology and enterprise partnership model eliminate complexity and reduce total cost of ownership, enabling teams to stay agile, innovative and secure.
Couchbase believes data should never slow you down, but act as the foundation for your next breakthrough. Discover why Couchbase is trusted to help the world's biggest players scale, move fast and stay resilient, no matter what's next on their roadmap. Visit couchbase.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.
Want to be part of our story? Apply today!
Principal Software Engineer – Capella Control Plane
Location: San Jose, California (Hybrid - in office at least 3 days/week)
Couchbase Capella is a fully managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platform that powers mission-critical applications with a modern, distributed NoSQL database. The Control Plane team builds and operates the foundational systems that deliver reliability, scalability, and seamless experiences across cloud environments.
We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to serve as the cross-team technical authority for Capella's Control Plane — the platform that orchestrates SaaS interactions with major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure). This role is central to the evolution of Capella's multi-cloud control plane and will shape the systems that provision, secure, and operate the platform at scale. You will set a durable technical direction with organization level influence, be accountable for production outcomes, and drive solutions to ambiguous, high-stakes problems through hands-on development and deep distributed systems expertise.
Key Responsibilities
- Architecture & Technical Direction: Define and evolve the control plane architecture for scalability, reliability, performance, and security.
- Hands-on Development: Develop and deliver production-quality Golang code for critical Capella platform services. Establish and enforce coding standards, CI/CD practices, and design patterns.
- Multi-Cloud Infrastructure: Architect and optimize multi-cloud deployments, networking models, VPC/VNet peering, load balancing, and secure connectivity across AWS, GCP, and Azure. Build and scale multi-tenant control plane services that orchestrate cluster lifecycle across providers.
- Reliability & Observability: Define and implement monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting standards for operational excellence. Own accountability for production outcomes including root cause analysis and long-term remediation of critical issues.
- Platform Capabilities: Lead design and delivery of core platform capabilities such as provisioning, lifecycle management, and security controls. Tackle ambiguous distributed systems challenges involving scaling, networking, and performance.
- Cross-Team Leadership: Exercise cross-team technical authority, partnering with product, SRE, Quality Engineering, operations, and global engineering teams across geographies to align technical direction with business goals. Maintain working knowledge of web UI architecture and partner effectively with frontend engineers on end-to-end control plane workflows.
- Mentorship & Culture: Guide engineers across levels, perform code reviews, and set a high bar for engineering culture.
- Innovation: Research and evaluate cloud-native technologies, frameworks, and architectures for Capella's evolution.
Must-Have Skills & Experience
- Expertise in Golang with proven experience building distributed, cloud-native systems.
- Strong knowledge of system design, high availability, fault tolerance, and performance tuning.
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure), including networking (VPCs, routing, load balancing, firewalls, private connectivity) and Kubernetes/container orchestration.
- Experience designing and building control plane and platform components for SaaS platforms at scale.
- Proven experience leading cross-team architecture and platform decisions in complex, ambiguous cloud and distributed systems environments.
- Working knowledge of web UI architecture and ability to partner effectively with frontend engineers on end-to-end control plane workflows.
- Experience mentoring engineers and driving org-level influence on engineering culture and standards.
Nice-to-Have Skills & Experience
- Experience with DBaaS platforms or large-scale database infrastructure.
- Exposure to AI/ML integrations within SaaS platforms (e.g., model serving, vector databases, AI-assisted workflows).
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 12+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 5+ years in cloud/distributed systems.
- Prior principal or staff engineer-level experience leading architecture and platform initiatives in cloud infrastructure or large-scale SaaS environments.
At Couchbase, we believe innovation thrives when diverse perspectives are at the table. We actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds—including women, people of color, LGTBQIA+ professionals, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. If you see a role that excites you, but don't meet every qualification, we still encourage you to apply.
Studies show underrepresented talent is less likely to apply unless they meet all the criteria. We encourage you to apply if you're excited about the role and can bring strong contributions to our team.
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.
- 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!
- Note: some programs are not applicable to all countries. Please discuss with a Couchbase recruiter to learn more.
News and Press Releases
Couchbase Capella
Couchbase Blog
Investors
Couchbase, the operational data platform for AI, empowers businesses to succeed by bringing data to life in new ways. Major market-leading companies rely on Couchbase for mission critical operational, analytical, mobile and AI workloads. Built to replace legacy infrastructure and fragmented data services, Couchbase empowers enterprises with a unified platform architected for performance, flexibility and global scale.
With Couchbase, organizations bring their data to life, launching game‑changing customer experiences, exploring the limitless potential of AI, and seamlessly extending applications from the cloud to the edge and beyond. Couchbase's AI‑ready technology and enterprise partnership model eliminate complexity and reduce total cost of ownership, enabling teams to stay agile, innovative and secure.
Couchbase believes data should never slow you down, but act as the foundation for your next breakthrough. Discover why Couchbase is trusted to help the world's biggest players scale, move fast and stay resilient, no matter what's next on their roadmap. Visit couchbase.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.
Want to be part of our story? Apply today!
Principal Software Engineer – Capella Control Plane
Location: San Jose, California (Hybrid - in office at least 3 days/week)
Couchbase Capella is a fully managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platform that powers mission-critical applications with a modern, distributed NoSQL database. The Control Plane team builds and operates the foundational systems that deliver reliability, scalability, and seamless experiences across cloud environments.
We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to serve as the cross-team technical authority for Capella's Control Plane — the platform that orchestrates SaaS interactions with major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure). This role is central to the evolution of Capella's multi-cloud control plane and will shape the systems that provision, secure, and operate the platform at scale. You will set a durable technical direction with organization level influence, be accountable for production outcomes, and drive solutions to ambiguous, high-stakes problems through hands-on development and deep distributed systems expertise.
Key Responsibilities
- Architecture & Technical Direction: Define and evolve the control plane architecture for scalability, reliability, performance, and security.
- Hands-on Development: Develop and deliver production-quality Golang code for critical Capella platform services. Establish and enforce coding standards, CI/CD practices, and design patterns.
- Multi-Cloud Infrastructure: Architect and optimize multi-cloud deployments, networking models, VPC/VNet peering, load balancing, and secure connectivity across AWS, GCP, and Azure. Build and scale multi-tenant control plane services that orchestrate cluster lifecycle across providers.
- Reliability & Observability: Define and implement monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting standards for operational excellence. Own accountability for production outcomes including root cause analysis and long-term remediation of critical issues.
- Platform Capabilities: Lead design and delivery of core platform capabilities such as provisioning, lifecycle management, and security controls. Tackle ambiguous distributed systems challenges involving scaling, networking, and performance.
- Cross-Team Leadership: Exercise cross-team technical authority, partnering with product, SRE, Quality Engineering, operations, and global engineering teams across geographies to align technical direction with business goals. Maintain working knowledge of web UI architecture and partner effectively with frontend engineers on end-to-end control plane workflows.
- Mentorship & Culture: Guide engineers across levels, perform code reviews, and set a high bar for engineering culture.
- Innovation: Research and evaluate cloud-native technologies, frameworks, and architectures for Capella's evolution.
Must-Have Skills & Experience
- Expertise in Golang with proven experience building distributed, cloud-native systems.
- Strong knowledge of system design, high availability, fault tolerance, and performance tuning.
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure), including networking (VPCs, routing, load balancing, firewalls, private connectivity) and Kubernetes/container orchestration.
- Experience designing and building control plane and platform components for SaaS platforms at scale.
- Proven experience leading cross-team architecture and platform decisions in complex, ambiguous cloud and distributed systems environments.
- Working knowledge of web UI architecture and ability to partner effectively with frontend engineers on end-to-end control plane workflows.
- Experience mentoring engineers and driving org-level influence on engineering culture and standards.
Nice-to-Have Skills & Experience
- Experience with DBaaS platforms or large-scale database infrastructure.
- Exposure to AI/ML integrations within SaaS platforms (e.g., model serving, vector databases, AI-assisted workflows).
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 12+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 5+ years in cloud/distributed systems.
- Prior principal or staff engineer-level experience leading architecture and platform initiatives in cloud infrastructure or large-scale SaaS environments.
At Couchbase, we believe innovation thrives when diverse perspectives are at the table. We actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds—including women, people of color, LGTBQIA+ professionals, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. If you see a role that excites you, but don't meet every qualification, we still encourage you to apply.
Studies show underrepresented talent is less likely to apply unless they meet all the criteria. We encourage you to apply if you're excited about the role and can bring strong contributions to our team.
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.
- 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!
- Note: some programs are not applicable to all countries. Please discuss with a Couchbase recruiter to learn more.
News and Press Releases
Couchbase Capella
Couchbase Blog
Investors
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Working at Couchbase
Couchbase's 9 open roles are manager level or above, and about 44% are remote or hybrid. The most active teams are software engineering, customer success, and solutions engineering & architecture. Couchbase builds enterprise database software, with roles spanning technical customer-facing work, software engineering, sales, and go-to-market functions. The mix of solution architect, customer success, and account executive positions reflects a company that sells and supports a technical product to large business customers. Most Couchbase roles are based in Santa Clara, with some in San Jose and Raleigh.
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How many jobs is Couchbase hiring for right now?
Couchbase is hiring for 9 open roles on Migrate Mate as of July 16, 2026, updated daily, concentrated in software engineering and customer success. Roles range from software engineering and solution architecture to sales and customer success, spanning both technical and go-to-market functions.
What kinds of roles does Couchbase hire for?
The most active teams are software engineering, customer success, and solutions engineering & architecture. Couchbase hires across software engineering, pre-sales and solution architecture, strategic account management, customer success, and professional services. Most postings are manager level or above, reflecting a workforce oriented toward experienced professionals who work closely with enterprise customers.
Are Couchbase jobs remote or in-person?
A mix of remote and on-site. About 44% of Couchbase's open roles on Migrate Mate are remote or hybrid as of July 16, 2026, with the rest based in Santa Clara. Each Couchbase listing shows its work location so you can filter before applying.
How do I apply to a job at Couchbase?
Find a Couchbase role on Migrate Mate, then follow the listing through to Couchbase's own careers site to submit your application. Couchbase manages its own hiring process directly, including interviews, offers, and onboarding. Migrate Mate keeps the listings current so you can check back as new roles open.
What do Couchbase jobs pay?
Listed salaries for Couchbase roles on Migrate Mate range from about $119,000 to $225,000 per year as of July 16, 2026, with most postings at manager level or above. Exact pay is set by Couchbase and shown on each listing.
Does Couchbase hire entry-level?
Most of Couchbase's open roles on Migrate Mate are manager level or above as of July 16, 2026. Entry-level openings are limited. Check individual Couchbase listings for stated experience requirements.
Where is Couchbase hiring?
Most Couchbase roles are based in Santa Clara, with some in San Jose and Raleigh, and about 44% offer remote or hybrid work as of July 16, 2026. Migrate Mate shows the location on each listing.