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.
Job Title: Senior Software Engineer – AI
Experience: 4–6 Years
Location: Bangalore | Hybrid model (3 days in office per week)
Employment Type: Full-time
Role OverviewWe are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build and operate highly scalable, developing enterprise grade AI Tools, aimed at merging databases with the dynamic world of Artificial Intelligence.
Key Responsibilities- Design, develop, and maintain performant, scalable, and highly available enterprise-level software.
- Develop distributed systems that handle real-time and batch processing at scale.
- Ensure reliability, observability, and fault tolerance of AI pipeline services.
- Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical design discussions.
- 4–6 years of professional experience in software engineering.
- Strong proficiency in languages such as Go or Python
- Hands-on experience building AI Solutions or ML pipelines in production environments (inference, data pipelines, feature serving).
- Experience building cloud-native applications on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts (scalability, consistency, replication, fault tolerance).
- Experience with RESTful APIs, asynchronous processing, and event-driven architectures.
- Experience with vector search or embedding-based retrieval pipelines.
- Experience with building applications using NoSQL databases.
At Couchbase, we believe innovation thrives when diverse perspectives are at the table. We actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds—including women, people of color, LGTBQIA+ professionals, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. If you see a role that excites you, but don’t meet every qualification, we still encourage you to apply.
Studies show underrepresented talent is less likely to apply unless they meet all the criteria. We encourage you to apply if you’re excited about the role and can bring strong contributions to our team.
If you require reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let your recruiter know—we’re happy to support you.
We value diverse educational and career backgrounds. If your experience aligns with the role’s goals—even if it doesn’t follow a traditional path—we’d love to hear from you.
- 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 - 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!
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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.
