Member of Technical Staff (Kubernetes - Cluster Team)

Cockroach Labs
Bangalore, IndiaPosted 24 February 2026

Job Description

<div class="job-post-container" style="position: relative; background-color: white; padding: 20px; max-width: 1000px; margin: 0 auto; box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); min-height: 500px; border: 5px solid #0037A5;"> <div style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 2; width: 200px; height: 300px; margin-top: 30px; opacity: 1; z-index: 1;"> </div> <div class="job-post-content" style="position: relative; z-index: 2;"> <h1 style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 20px; text-align: center;"><img style="max-width: 100%; float: left;" src="https://i.imgur.com/b9m4CJj.jpeg" alt="" width="92"></h1> <h1 style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 20px; text-align: center;"> </h1> <h1 style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 20px; text-align: center;"> </h1> <h1 style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 20px; text-align: center;">Category-defining tech. Career-defining work.</h1> <p style="text-align: center;">Lots of tech companies disrupt. But, many fail when they try to scale. We're different. CockroachDB makes it easier for companies to build and scale apps. This is how and why we're helping some of the most innovative companies on the planet. We tackle problems head-on and focus on solutions that create lasting impact. </p> <h3 style="text-align: center;">Because when our customers win, we all win. </h3> <p> </p> <hr> <h2><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>The Role</strong></span></h2> <p>Cockroach Labs is looking for passionate individuals to support our efforts to make CockroachDB cluster management a breeze for our customers. This is a hands-on role where you’ll be working on a variety of technical projects related to cluster management. We are looking for creative individuals, capable of combining software and systems engineering to design, develop, cluster management solutions across various infrastructures like Kubernetes, VMs, bare metal. A successful candidate will combine the technical know-how with an empathetic and compassionate approach to engaging with the product and engineering teams across Cockroach Labs. </p> <p>In this role, you’ll join a small but growing Cluster Management team, using your experience and skills to significantly influence the culture and product at Cockroach Labs.</p> <h2><strong>You Will</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Implement and maintain cluster management solutions for CockroachDB across different infrastructures. </li> <li>Work with technologies like Golang, Kubernetes and operators, Helm Charts, Terraform and more. </li> <li>Plan and lead cluster management projects for the CockroachDB product..</li> <li>Act as a subject matter expert on CockroachDB cluster management best practices.</li> <li>Participate in on-call rotation for Cluster Management team’s incident response process</li> </ul> <h2><strong>The Expectations</strong></h2> <p>In your first 30 days, you will become an integrated member of our engineering team. You’ll become familiar with our production systems, software development workflow, and application architecture for CockroachDB and CockroachCloud. We believe that it's essential for you to take this first month to become familiar with our technology and our company.</p> <p>In your second month, you’ll focus on gaining familiarity with our cluster management challenges and domain. You’ll contribute to designing our state of the art cluster management solutions for CockroachDB.</p> <p>In your third month, you’ll become a point person for a major cluster management feature, also helping implement or review one or more significant projects in the team.</p> <h2><strong>You Have</strong></h2> <p>The qualifications below are ideal, but not all required. We strongly encourage candidates who do not have all the qualifications listed below to apply.</p> <ul> <li>Hands-on experi ... (truncated, view full listing at source)