Data Scientist

Santa Clara, CA, United States

Every day we tackle new and exciting challenges to empower developers to build modern cloud, mobile, and edge applications that deliver a premium user experience. Couchbase delivers unmatched performance, scalability, flexibility and financial value across cloud, on premises, hybrid, mobile and edge deployments. The database market is undergoing a generational shift and is one of the largest market opportunities in enterprise software due to big trends like the need for digital transformation, acceleration to the cloud and innovation at the edge. Join Couchbase to be a part of a greater change. Here you’ll have the opportunity to learn and grow with some of the most innovative, passionate and humble individuals in the database industry.

If you want to create a 21st-century database that uses the power of Cloud and AI and enables modern GenAI apps, come to Couchbase.  We have a world-class engineering team that is working not only on bringing AI to Couchbase but is working on bringing Couchbase into AI. We have added enterprise-grade security, finely tuned LLMs, and have integrated that fully into a platform that we are very proud of - all we are missing is you!

As a Data Science Engineer at Couchbase you will play a crucial role in transforming data into actionable insights and wisdom that drive decision-making and innovation. This role involves close collaboration with Product Management and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams to ideate, verify hypotheses, optimize resources, identify root cause analyses (RCAs), uncover opportunities within the Couchbase ecosystems, and work with engineering to ideate on the features. If you are a continuous learner, committed to using data to find solutions and efficiencies in complex systems we'd like to speak with you.

This position is based in our Santa Clara, CA headquarters with expectations for the candidate to come into the office 2-3 days/week.  We do not offer relocation assistance.

Responsibilities

Collaborative Ideation: Work closely with engineering and product  to brainstorm, design, and validate new features and improvements based on data-driven insights.

Resource Optimization: Partner with SREs to optimize resource usage, improve system performance, and ensure scalability and reliability of our cloud database solutions.

Root Cause Analysis: Utilize data analysis to identify root causes of issues within our systems and propose actionable solutions.

Opportunity Identification: Develop systems and algorithms to continuously identify and leverage opportunities for growth and improvement within the Couchbase ecosystem.

Data-Driven Wisdom: Transform internal and public data into actionable insights, driving innovation and strategic decisions across the company.

Continuous Improvement: Actively seek out new technologies, methodologies, and best practices to continually enhance our data processing and analysis capabilities.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Solid experience (5+ years) in a data science, data engineering, or software engineering role, preferably in a cloud computing or database company.

Expertise in programming languages such as Python, R, Java, or Scala and familiarity with data science and machine learning libraries (e.g., scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch).

Proficiency in SQL, with experience in both relational and NoSQL databases. Knowledge of Couchbase is a plus.

Experience with big data technologies and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).

Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.

Excellent communication and collaboration abilities to work effectively across different teams.

A passion for continuous learning, experimentation, and applying new technologies and techniques to solve complex problems.

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 $130,000—$170,000 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 - A Monthly Lifestyle Spending Account credit, 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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