Member of Technical Staff (Migrations)

The posting, as Cockroach Labs wrote it

Category-defining tech. Career-defining work.

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.

The Role

The Migrations team owns the full suite of MOLT (Migrate Off Legacy Technology) tooling: Convert, Fetch, Replicator, and Verify. We also recently launched the Migration Assistant, which brings the individual MOLT tools together into a single migration workflow which guides customers through moving their databases to CockroachDB and Cockroach Continuum. We're looking for a staff software engineer to help build out the Migration Assistant, expand the capabilities of the MOLT toolkit, and to drive innovation around how AI can be leveraged to further reduce friction during the migration process..

You'll report to Eric Alton, who leads the Migrations and Observability teams, and work closely with other engineers, SREs, and our product and design teams.

This role follows Cockroach Labs' hybrid model: Roachers local to an office come in Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, and work flexibly the rest of the week.

You Will

• Build and extend CockroachDB's migration tooling, including the Migration Assistant, to make migrating to CockroachDB effortless.
• Apply AI to real migration problems in a way that ensures security of customer data and correctness of the migration workflow.
• Help expand the capabilities of MOLT's Convert, Fetch, Replicator, and Verify tools into a single, cohesive migration experience.
• Develop primarily in Go (we'll teach you if you don't know it) alongside engineers and PMs across the cloud and database teams.
• Take part in a collaborative, technically rigorous culture, and help shape engineering practices on a growing team.

The Expectations

In the first month, you'll join the team and get familiar with our production systems, the MOLT tooling suite, the Migration Assistant's architecture, and how customers actually migrate to CockroachDB. Take the time to learn the technology, the team, and how we work before diving into big projects.

After 3 months, you'll be a full member of the team, contributing to the MOLT and Migration Assistant tooling ecosystem. You'll have a feel for where customers hit friction during migrations, and you'll work with your manager to poin
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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.

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
• Retirement Benefits
• Mental Wellbeing Benefits
• And more!

The annual anticipated base salary range for candidates for this role is listed below. Salary is one component of the Cockroach Labs’ Total Rewards package, which also includes: stock options, medical insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, life and disability insurance, funds for professional development, flexible paid time off, paid sick days and holidays, paid parental leave, and wellbeing benefits. We have a match on 401(k) contributions in the U.S.

We set competitive pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Benefits programs are designed according to local market practices. 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.

Annual Anticipated Base Salary Range (USD)
$180,000 — $235,000 USD

Annual Anticipated Base Salary Range (CAD)
$160,000 — $210,000 CAD