Cockroach Labs · New York, NY; San Mateo, CA; Toronto, Canada
For more than a decade, Cockroach Labs has built database technology trusted to power some of the world's most mission-critical applications. Now, as AI transforms how software is created and operated, the infrastructure behind it has to keep pace. Cockroach Continuum is built to meet this moment, bringing individual databases together into one fleet designed for agentic applications, where AI agents help teams provision, scale, and optimize workloads at machine speed.
At Cockroach Labs, you'll solve problems that didn't exist five years ago alongside people who believe the simplest solutions often require the most sophisticated thinking. Your work will run in production at some of the most innovative companies in the world. The people who thrive here are the ones who want to own that opportunity.
Cockroach Labs is hiring a staff-level software engineer for the Developer Infrastructure team, part of our Engineering Productivity organization. This role is more than a traditional build/CI-infrastructure profile that spans build systems and cloud infrastructure. Our recent focus on developing AI tooling means that you will spend time building AI tools engineers depend on every day, not just keeping CI green.
The Developer Infrastructure team builds development tools and systems that every engineer at Cockroach Labs relies on, from the CI pipeline to internal cloud and AI-powered development tools. Success in this role means partnering closely with teams across DB and Cloud Engineering, understanding where their workflows break down, and shipping tools that reduce friction.
The ideal candidate has deep build-systems experience (Bazel in particular), a strong interest in applying automation and AI tooling to engineering problems, and enough breadth to move between developer tooling (both CLI and web-based), CI systems, and cloud infrastructure as the work demands.
First month: You'll onboard as a member of the Developer Infrastructure team, learning how Cockroach Labs works across departments and how our DB and Cloud Engineering teams operate. You'll start with small, well-scoped tasks before taking on a larger starter project, with the goal of gaining exposure to a breadth of systems.
Second month: You'll take on your first medium-sized project, partnering with one or more engineers to develop a plan and deliver it.
By month three: You'll be a fully contributing team member, having owned and shipped one or more medium-sized projects, with enough familiarity to propose and scope new work and support other engineers on our development tools.
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 us at accessibility@cockroachlabs.com.
Cockroach Labs has a hybrid work model, with Roachers that are local to one of our offices coming in on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays and working flexibly the rest of the week. While we’ve learned valuable lessons working remotely, nothing can replace the connection, creativity, and fun that occurs when Roachers get together and we are committed to fostering a workplace that encourages collaboration and allows us all to do our best work.
The annual anticipated base salary range for U.S. candidates for this role is listed in USD below. Salary is one component of the Cockroach Labs’ Total Rewards package, which also includes, for each employee: stock options, medical insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, life and disability insurance, funds towards professional development resources, flexible paid time off, 11 paid holidays a year, 10 paid sick days a year, paid parental leave, a 401(k) plan, and wellbeing benefits.
We set standard ranges for all U.S.-based roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Actual salaries may vary and fall outside of this range depending on factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, geographic location, skills, experience, and competencies. In addition, we are often open to a wide variety of profiles, and recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted.
Salaries for candidates outside the U.S. will vary based on local compensation structures.
This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our Careers Page.
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