Software Engineer II

Salary: £68,000 - 108,000 per year

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• At least 1 year of professional software development experience and proficiency in one or more programming languages
• Passion for learning new technologies and automating repetitive work
• Working knowledge of containers and Kubernetes, gained through professional, academic, or personal projects
• Presence on GitHub or a similar platform
• Comfortable working in Unix/Linux environments
• Motivated, curious, self-driven, and eager to learn quickly with guidance from senior team members
• Experience with software development and build automation processes, such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions
• Hands-on experience with Golang or Python, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Familiarity with cloud deployment tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform, ARM Templates, or GCP Cloud Deployment Manager
• Experience or interest in open-source contributions and working with teams distributed across time zones

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, test, and ship well-defined features integrating Couchbase with cloud-native technologies, including Prometheus, Fluentd, Fluent Bit, and the Kubernetes Pod Autoscaler
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code; participate in code reviews; communicate progress, risks, and dependencies; and partner with Quality Engineering on test coverage
• Contribute documentation, examples, and tutorials for integrations with cloud-native components such as Fluentd, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry
• Help Sales Engineering, Professional Services, and Support investigate and resolve customer issues related to owned features
• Participate in team processes, including sprint planning, estimation, CI/CD, and on-call or bug-triage rotations, and suggest improvements
• Work with Product Managers, Architects, and senior engineers to understand requirements and refine feature designs
• Collaborate with engineers across teams on dependent features and share learnings about the cloud-native ecosystem

Technologies:

• AI
• ARM
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Docker
• GCP
• GitHub
• Golang
• Support
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• OpenTelemetry
• Prometheus
• Python
• Terraform
• Unix
• DevOps
• LESS
• Mobile

More:

We are Couchbase, an operational data platform for AI trusted by major companies to support mission-critical workloads. Our unified, high-performance platform helps organizations build modern applications across cloud and edge, simplify development and deployment, and reduce complexity and costs. In this role, youll join experienced engineers building cloud-native management interfaces for our database platform, deepen your knowledge of Kubernetes, observability, and automation, and have opportunities to contribute to open-source projects and their communities. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and career paths, including those who may not meet every listed qualification, and provide reasonable accommodations during recruitment. We offer a total rewards package that includes flexible time off, wellness and insurance benefits, financial planning programs, career growth opportunities, and in-office or work-from-home perks; some programs vary by country. We are an equal opportunity employer.

last updated 40 week of 2026