Member of Technical Staff (Disaster Recovery)

ABOUT THE ROLE We are seeking a highly skilled Member of Technical Staff to join our Disaster Recovery team at Cockroach Labs. As a key member of this team, you will play a crucial role in designing and implementing features that strengthen CockroachDB's disaster recovery capabilities. This is an exciting opportunity to work on a cloud-native, distributed SQL database that scales fast, survives anything, and thrives anywhere. WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Member of Technical Staff on the Disaster Recovery team, you will contribute to the growth of the open source database, CockroachDB. Your responsibilities will include: - Developing in Go, with the opportunity to learn and grow in this area - Designing and implementing features for backup, restore, and replication to improve resilience and recovery times - Collaborating closely with Product, SRE, and Support to address customer needs and resolve escalations - Improving reliability, performance, and usability of disaster recovery workflows - Ensuring that CockroachDB remains scalable, survivable, and consistent as the company continues to grow WHAT YOU'LL NEED To be successful in this role, you will need: - A passion for working on complex technical products - Experience working on databases, distributed systems, consensus, data replication, concurrency control, file systems or SQL processing - Comfort using programming languages like Go, C/C++, Java, and Python - 2+ years of relevant experience - Experience building collaborative relationships with your colleagues - Strong self-directed learning skills, with the ability to ramp up on new technologies and codebases as needed - A BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience WHY REMOTE As a remote team member, you will have the flexibility to work from anywhere and will be part of a highly experienced technical organization. You will have the opportunity to foster a collaborative culture and exchange knowledge with your colleagues. BENEFITS - Competitive salary and equity package - Comprehensive health insurance - Parental leave and education stipend - Flexible schedule and remote work arrangement - Opportunity for professional growth and development - Collaborative and dynamic work environment