Principal Software Engineer

at  Couchbase

Every day we tackle new and exciting challenges to empower developers to build modern cloud, mobile, and edge applications that deliver a premium user experience. Couchbase delivers unmatched performance, scalability, flexibility and financial value across cloud, on premises, hybrid, mobile and edge deployments. The database market is undergoing a generational shift and is one of the largest market opportunities in enterprise software due to big trends like the need for digital transformation, acceleration to the cloud and innovation at the edge. Join Couchbase to be a part of a greater change. Here you’ll have the opportunity to learn and grow with some of the most innovative, passionate and humble individuals in the database industry.
We are seeking a principal software engineer to work on a core component of the Couchbase Server database. The component can process millions of operations per second in a distributed manner, and is written in highly-performant, modern C++. The codebase of the component is open source, with the repository available on github.
The engineer will work within a small team of highly skilled engineers, including 3+ days a week in the Couchbase Manchester office. For this reason, the role is open only to those eligible to work in the UK and who are willing to work out of the Central Manchester office.

The role involves working in the team and collaborating with other Couchbase teams by:

• Contributing code and participating in code reviews.
• Resolving issues raised by the Quality Engineering team.
• Investigating issues raised by the Customer Support team.
• Participating in technical discussions and bringing ideas on improving the performance and capabilities of the component.

Requirements:.

• 7+ years of software engineering experience in modern C++.
• Experienced with Linux and comfortable using development tools such as gdb and wireshark.
• Deep knowledge of computer architecture and skilled at evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of given designs.
• Strong understanding of the underlying principles of distributed systems.
• Enthusiastic and inquisitive, with a constant willingness to learn.
• Eligible to work in the UK, as the role is office based in Manchester, UK

THE ROLE:

• Contribute code patches to the KV-Engine codebase.
• Review code patches produced by team colleagues.
• Resolve bugs raised by the Quality Engineering team.
• Investigate issues raised by the Customer Support team.

Requirements:.

• 7+ years of software engineering experience in modern C++.
• Experienced with Linux and comfortable using development tools such as gdb and wireshark.
• Deep knowledge of computer architecture and skilled at evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of given designs.
• Strong understanding of the underlying principles of distributed systems.
• Enthusiastic and inquisitive, with a constant willingness to learn.
• Eligible to work in the UK, as the role is office based in Manchester, UK.

The role involves working in the team and collaborating with other Couchbase teams by:

• Contributing code and participating in code reviews.
• Resolving issues raised by the Quality Engineering team.
• Investigating issues raised by the Customer Support team.
• Participating in technical discussions and bringing ideas on improving the performance and capabilities of the component