Sr Software Engineer - Mobile

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.

Senior Software Engineer - Mobile (Remote US)

As the lead for the Java and Android platforms within the mobile team, you will be responsible for enhancing the state-of-the-art Couchbase Mobile database platform. You will be developing features to enhance and extend the platform to enable developers to build fast, reliable, AI-powered applications.  The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, excellent communication skills, and proactive problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of the Java and Android platforms for Couchbase Lite, Couchbase’s industry-leading mobile database
• Proactively take ownership in the product, and provide excellent technical ambition in finding solutions to propel the product forward.
• Discuss and debate with your peers as you help figure out product requirements and the architectural approach to getting things built, tested & supported.
• Exhibit unrelenting motivation to investigate and find causes for customer-facing issues, and to derive optimal solutions in software improvements.
• Provide high-quality and detailed technical specifications within the team as well as external teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience developing Android applications and libraries
• Strong development experience in Java and Kotlin 
• Experience integrating native code using JNI
• Experience with designing and writing concurrent/multi-threaded programs
• Deep knowledge of Android and Java development best practices
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience with performance analysis and debugging.
• You’re a self-motivated, independent, and high-performance individual.
• You learn quickly and you enjoy worthy challenges.
• You’re a good communicator and an excellent team player.
• You like working in organizations that strive to have a good balance between doing it right and moving quickly.

Nice to Have:

• Strong development experience with C/C++
• Experience integrating AI and ML models into mobile and edge applications
• Experience using Java threads to implement concurrent/multi-threaded applications
• Experience with Distributed Systems

 

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$158,355—$186,300 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 fami