Principal Software Engineer - Capella Control Plane
Core
Architect and operate the foundational control plane systems for Couchbase Capella, a fully managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platform, ensuring reliability and scalability across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
Role type
Principal Software Engineer (Distributed Systems & Cloud Infrastructure)
Builds
Multi-cloud control plane services, cluster lifecycle management, and secure connectivity for a SaaS database platform.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / Distributed Systems / Database-as-a-Service
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Golang, distributed systems design, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), Kubernetes, system design, high availability, fault tolerance, performance tuning, cross-team architecture leadership, mentoring
Preferred skills
DBaaS platform experience, AI/ML integrations in SaaS
Technologies
Golang, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure
Responsibilities
Define and evolve control plane architecture for scalability and security; develop production-quality Golang code for critical platform services; architect multi-cloud deployments and networking models; implement monitoring, logging, and tracing standards; lead design of core platform capabilities like provisioning and lifecycle management; exercise cross-team technical authority and mentor engineers.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with organization-level influence