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.
Location: Southern California
We are seeking a skilled and passionate Solution Engineer to support our growing Couchbase user community and drive customer success. This role is a sales role, with a blend of technical expertise, consultative selling, and relationship building, ideal for a professional with 4+ years of experience in solutions engineering or a related field. You will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and demonstrating complex solutions across on-premise and multi-cloud environments, all while empowering customers and partners to achieve their goals with Couchbase’s innovative solutions.
What You Will DoTechnical Expertise and Customer Enablement:
- Act as a trusted technical advisor, designing and demonstrating complex solutions tailored to customer needs.
- Deliver engaging workshops, tailored demos, and performance-driven Proofs of Concept (POCs) to address customer and partner challenges.
- Experience with both on-premise and multi-cloud environments, leveraging expertise in data structures, connectors, and SDK languages.
Collaborative Relationship Building:
- Partner with internal teams (Engineering, Product Management, Professional Services) to align on business priorities and deliver impactful results.
- Build trusted relationships with customers and partners by understanding their goals, challenges, and priorities.
- Deliver impactful presentations to a variety of audiences, including developers, DevOps teams, middle management, and occasionally C-level stakeholders.
Community Engagement and Leadership:
- Contribute to the broader SE community by hosting webinars, organizing meetups, and authoring technical whitepapers.
- Mentor junior team members and support marketing and community awareness events.
- Drive internal enhancements to improve team efficiency and effectiveness.
What Will Make You Stand Out
- Technical Expertise in Solutions Deployment: Proven ability to deploy multi-service solutions across on-premise and multi-cloud environments, with experience in SDK languages and APIs.
- Consultative Selling and Communication: Strong interpersonal skills to influence discussions and deliver tailored presentations and workshops.
- Collaboration and Relationship Building: Experience working cross-functionally to align technical efforts with business priorities and enable success for both internal and external stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience in solutions engineering or a related customer-facing technical role.
- Hands-on software development experience with proficiency in Java, Python, or similar languages.
- Experience designing solutions with databases (e.g., Couchbase, MongoDB, SQL) and optimizing performance.
- Proficiency in multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization/orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with DevOps workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and API integration (REST, GraphQL).
- Knowledge of AI/ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) and Generative AI, RAG and AI Agents.
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
$104,000—$145,000 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!
*Note: some programs are not applicable to all countries. Please discuss with a Couchbase recruiter to learn more.
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What We Do
Unlike other NoSQL databases, Couchbase provides an enterprise-class, multicloud to edge database that offers the robust capabilities required for business-critical applications on a highly scalable and available platform. Couchbase is built on open standards, combining the best of NoSQL with the power and familiarity of SQL, to simplify the transition from mainframe and relational databases.
