Member of Technical Staff; Early Career - Developer Infrastructure

Member of Technical Staff (Early Career - Developer Infrastructure)

New York, NY

Cockroach Labs is hiring an early-career software engineer for the Developer Infrastructure team. Our work spans 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 daily, from the CI pipeline to internal cloud infrastructure.

Success in this role means collaborating with many teams and improving workflows for engineers in database and cloud engineering. As part of a small, senior team, you'll receive 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.

• 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

First month: Onboard as a member of the Developer Infrastructure team. You will focus on how Cockroach Labs works across departments and with 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 Cockroach

DB and Cockroach

DB Cloud work. Use this month to become familiar with our technology and company.

Second month: 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: 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.

• 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

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

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 ac

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.

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 stock options, medical/vision/dental insurance, life and disability insurance, funds towards professional development resources, flexible paid time off, 11 paid holidays, 10 paid sick days, 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. 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.

Equal Opportunity

Employer:

Cockroach Labs is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you need accommodations during the interview process, contact ac