Cockroach Labs · 6 hours ago
Staff Enterprise Architect - US West
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$162K/yr - $188K/yr
8+ years expCockroach Labs is a company focused on helping innovative organizations scale their applications using CockroachDB. They are seeking a Staff Enterprise Architect to provide expert technical guidance and assistance to customers during their modernization efforts, leveraging their deep technical skills to drive sales growth and adoption of CockroachDB solutions.
Cloud ComputingDatabaseEnterprise SoftwareSoftware
Responsibilities
Own and deliver expert technical guidance and assistance to our customers during their planning, design, testing, migration, and implementation efforts as they modernize both their legacy SQL applications and new, next generation applications
Utilize your deep technical skills to provide measurable value to customers and drive sales growth
Educate customers on the unique capabilities of CockroachDB and design solutions to meet a wide variety of challenges
Drive adoption and implementation of Cockroach Labs tools/features by leading requirements and design sessions, migration analysis and strategy, performance analysis and tuning, hands-on product and technical workshop sessions
Need to learn new technologies constantly and quickly in order to keep pace with customer environments
As a member of the Revenue organization, you will partner with members of the Sales and Customer Success teams in driving new business opportunities and expanding adoption in existing customer organizations
Develop and implement best practices, processes and tools which can continually enhance Cockroach Labs’s Professional Services offerings
Qualification
Required
8+ years of relevant experience
Strong experience writing, developing and presenting technical content for external audiences
A mix of skills that can include an in-depth knowledge of databases (particularly relational, SQL-based), distributed systems, public cloud systems, containers and VM, orchestration tools, linux systems for benchmarking, and modern enterprise software architecture and development
Technical knowledge of enterprise applications, platforms, and data ecosystem, with the ability to go deep on technical aspects in order to understand current and future customer needs and present CockroachDB technical benefits
Experience in designing and building cloud-based deployment infrastructures. The focus will be database-centric, although you understand that the database is only one component of the tech stack. You must be able to work within a customer environment in order to understand their current stack and be able to design a solution that makes the best use of CockroachDB. You will be familiar with various infrastructure stacks and technologies (bare metal, cloud, VM, containers, orchestration), network, security, etc
Experience as a software engineer with in-depth and practical experience working with a relational database
Expertise in analyzing, monitoring, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
Experience in shell programming and scripting (i.e., Bash). Software development using one or more of the following: Go, C, C++, Python, Java is a plus
Proficiency working with algorithms, data structures, and production troubleshooting
Expertise in working with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and Cloud APIs
Debugged and optimized code as part of your work delivering a scalable, event driven microservice based application
Experience building collaborative relationships with your colleagues. You enjoy being part of the review process and partnering with your teammates on challenging problems
1-3+ years of experience as a Technical Architect with a proven success record
1-3+ years of experience as an Engineer architecting a modern enterprise software application, such as Domain Driven Design and Event-based architectures
A degree in Computer Science or other technical qualification
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
401(k) Plan
Mental Wellbeing Benefits
And more!
Company
Cockroach Labs
Cockroach Labs is a software company that develops a cloud-native SQL database for modern cloud applications.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$633.1MKey Investors
GreenoaksAltimeter CapitalRedpoint
2021-12-16Series F· $278M
2021-01-12Series E· $160M
2020-05-05Series D· $86.6M
Leadership Team
Spencer Kimball
CEO
Peter Mattis
Co-founder and CTO at Cockroach Labs
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