Member of Technical Staff (Early Career - Developer Infrastructure)

The Role

Cockroach Labs is hiring an early-career software engineer for the Developer Infrastructure team. Our work spans a range of disciplines, including software engineering, software builds, CI/CD systems, AI development tools, cloud infrastructure, and information security.

The Developer Infrastructure team builds development tools and systems to enable all of Engineering at Cockroach Labs. Our work has a broad-reaching impact on teams who rely on these tools on a daily basis. Our tools and systems encompass the workflow of the entire Engineering team, ranging from the CI pipeline to internal cloud infrastructure. Success in this role means collaborating with many teams and improving workflows for engineers working in both database and cloud engineering. As part of a small, senior team, you'll get direct mentorship and regular feedback from experienced engineers and engineering leadership.

The ideal candidate has prior experience in software engineering, CI systems, source control and builds, automation, or cloud infrastructure, and enjoys working on a variety of problems and projects between building software and managing infrastructure.

You Will

• Learn engineers’ daily workflows across the org and identify ways to increase productivity and reduce friction through new tools and processes
• Provide direct support to engineers using our systems
• Maintain the health and performance of our CI system
• Build developer infrastructure tools, primarily in Go

The Expectations

First month: You'll onboard as a member of the Developer Infrastructure team. Your first two weeks focus on how Cockroach Labs works across departments and on our DB and Cloud Engineering teams. You'll start with small tasks, then take on larger starter projects to learn our systems, development workflows, and how CockroachDB and CockroachDB Cloud work. We expect you to use this month to get familiar with our technology and company.

Second month: You'll take on your first medium-sized project (several weeks in scope), partnering with one or more engineers to plan and deliver it.

By month three: You'll be a fully contributing team member, having owned and completed one or more medium-sized projects. You'll have enough familiarity to propose and scope work and to support other Cockroach Labs engineers on our development tools.

You Have

• A BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• A desire to make other engineers more productive — you think of engineers as your customers
• Curiosity and willingness to learn unfamiliar tools and systems quickly
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, service-oriented mindset
• Comfort working in Unix/Linux command-line environments

You'll stand out if you also have experience with:

• Cloud infrastructure on GCP or AWS
• Build systems and CI/CD pipelines (Bazel, TeamCity, GitHub Actions, Webpack etc.)
• Agentic AI development tools (Cursor, Claude Code)
• Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform)
• Go programming

The Team

Our team values:

Support with a service mindset — High-quality support for engineering teams and a strong desire to help people work more productively.

Listening and partnering — Building relationships with engineers, understanding pain points, and identifying opportunities to improve our systems and tools.

Reducing toil — Minimizing manual work through automation.

Team Leadership:

Ken Liu - Sr. Director of Engineering

Ken is an experienced engineering leader who has built and scaled teams at several high-growth startups in NYC. Since joining Cockroach Labs in 2019, he has built our Engineering Productivity, Security Engineering, and Compliance functions from scratch while also leading several DB engineering teams. Outside work, he spends time with his two teenagers and enjoys rollerblading on weekends.

BabuSrithar - Site Lead, India

BabuSrithar is the Site Leader for India. He is responsible for our growth strategy and is a cultural champion in the region. He is passionate about building high-quality software products and lean teams by leveraging everyone’s potential. Before joining Cockroach Labs, BabuSrithar held senior leadership positions at Nutanix, Clumio, and recently was VP of Engineering at Apty where he led engineering globally. When not at work, he enjoys time with his family.

Jordan Lewis - VP of Engineering

Jordan is the Head of Engineering for Cockroach Labs. He’s responsible for the teams that build, maintain and keep CockroachDB reliably serving the needs of Cockroach Labs’ most demanding customer base. He joined Cockroach Labs as a Database Engineer in 2016 and later moved into engineering leadership. Jordan lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife. Outside of work he enjoys folk music and riding his electric scooter around town.

Cockroach Labs is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you need additional accommodations to feel comfortable during your interview process, please email accessibility@cockroachlabs.com.

Cockroach Labs has a hybrid work model, with employees in offices coming in on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays and working flexibly the rest of the week. We strive to foster collaboration and a workplace that enables everyone to do their best work.

Benefits

• Stock Options
• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Professional Development Funds
• Flexible Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Sick Days
• Paid Parental Leave
• Retirement Benefits
• Mental Wellbeing Benefits
• And more!

Salary and Rewards

Annual Anticipated Base Salary Range (U.S): $125,000 — $150,000 USD

The salary is one component of Cockroach Labs’ Total Rewards package, which also includes stock options, health benefits, professional development funds, flexible paid time off, holidays, sick days, parental leave, a 401(k) plan, and wellbeing benefits. Actual salaries may vary based on qualifications, location, skills, experience, and competencies. We consider a wide range of profiles and recognize that the candidate may be less experienced or more senior than described.