CareerPlan

Member of Technical Staff (Migrations)

New York, NYFull-time2026-11-05 → 2026-11-10

Core

Building and extending CockroachDB's migration tooling (MOLT) and the Migration Assistant to help customers move databases to CockroachDB and Cockroach Continuum, leveraging AI to reduce friction.

Role type

Staff Software Engineer (Database Migration & AI)

Builds

CockroachDB migration tooling (Convert, Fetch, Replicator, Verify) and the Migration Assistant workflow

Domain

Distributed databases, data migration, AI/ML integration

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Go, C/C++, Java, Python, system design for high-throughput data systems, database technologies (MySQL, Postgres, Oracle, SQL Server, Db2), distributed systems, data replication, concurrency control, file systems, SQL processing

Preferred skills

Experience designing systems leveraging AI, technical leadership, collaborative problem solving

Technologies

Go, C/C++, Java, Python, CockroachDB, MOLT, Migration Assistant

Responsibilities

Build and extend the Migration Assistant and MOLT toolkit; Apply AI to migration problems ensuring data security and workflow correctness; Collaborate with engineers, SREs, and product teams; Shape engineering practices on a growing team

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence