Jobs at Cockroach Labs

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Cockroach Labs, the creator of CockroachDB, builds a distributed SQL database that guarantees strong consistency, high availability, and automatic sharding across data centers. The company is praised for its open‑source community contributions, cloud‑native architecture, and focus on building resilient systems that scale globally.

Positions span software engineering (Go, Rust, C++), data engineering, DevOps, cloud infrastructure, product management, and sales & marketing. Candidates can expect a remote‑first environment, frequent cross‑team collaborations, and a mandate to solve complex distributed‑systems problems. Cockroach Labs rewards curiosity, full‑stack knowledge, and a passion for building scalable services.

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Product Manager, Infrastructure (Shelby)

Company: Aptos Labs

Location: New York, NY

Posted Jun 13, 2025

You’ll collaborate closely with engineering, design, and go-to-market teams to develop a highly reliable, scalable, and decentralized storage layer that bridges…

Sr. Software Engineer- AI/ML, AWS Neuron Distributed Training - Performance Optimization

Company: Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.

Location: Seattle, WA

Posted Jun 11, 2025

- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.

Customer Solutions Architect

Company: NextLink Labs

Location: United States

Posted Jul 14, 2025

This is a pure pre-sales role focused on discovery, solution design, and technical qualification. Lead technical discovery sessions to uncover business and…

Salesforce Developer

Company: Chainlink Labs

Location: Austin, TX

Posted Jul 08, 2025

Demonstrated ability to own and deliver full lifecycle projects, especially involving integrations with systems like Jira, Slack, or external APIs.

SDE, MLA hardware/software co-design, Annapurna Labs Machine Learning Acceleration

Company: Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.

Location: Austin, TX

Posted Jul 02, 2025

2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.

Machine Learning - Compiler Engineer II, Annapurna Labs

Company: Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.

Location: Seattle, WA

Posted Jun 18, 2025

The team covers multiple disciplines including silicon engineering, hardware design and verification, software and operations.

Accountant - Payroll Specialist (Accredited Labs)

Company: Accredited Labs

Location: Dallas, TX

Posted Jul 08, 2025

Strong knowledge of state and federal payroll laws, wage compliance, and tax filing requirements. You will be the go-to expert for everything payroll—handling…

Senior Software Development Engineer, AI/ML, AWS Neuron, Model Inference

Company: Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.

Location: Cupertino, CA

Posted Jun 18, 2025

5+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience. A day in the life.

Sr. Circuit Design & Analysis Engineer, Annapurna Labs, Cloud Scale Machine Learning

Company: Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.

Location: Austin, TX

Posted Jun 11, 2025

In this role, you’ll be working directly with product engineers, signal & power integrity engineers and physical design experts - defining best practices,…

AI Manufacturing Engineering Lead, Annapurna Labs

Company: Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.

Location: Austin, TX

Posted Jul 02, 2025

Hands on design with enterprise hardware design, sled level design and rack level designs. Today this includes: Graviton, driving innovation for general purpose…

Product Manager, Watchee

Company: Aptos Labs

Location: New York, NY

Posted Jun 13, 2025

You’ll collaborate closely with engineering, design, and go-to-market teams to develop a highly reliable, scalable, and decentralized storage layer that bridges…

Salesforce Developer

Company: Chainlink Labs

Location: Dallas, TX

Posted Jul 08, 2025

Demonstrated ability to own and deliver full lifecycle projects, especially involving integrations with systems like Jira, Slack, or external APIs.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is it like to work at Cockroach Labs?
<p>Work at Cockroach Labs feels like contributing to a high‑impact, mission‑critical project. The company operates a remote‑first model with distributed teams across the US, Europe, and Asia, supported by weekly all‑hands meetings and bi‑weekly hackathons that encourage knowledge sharing. Employees often lead the design of fault‑tolerant services, refine distributed consensus algorithms, and mentor junior engineers. The culture emphasizes ownership, continuous learning, and a data‑driven approach to product decisions.</p>
What types of positions are available at Cockroach Labs?
<p>Current openings include: <strong>Software Engineer (Go, Rust, C++)</strong>, responsible for core database internals; <strong>Data Engineer</strong>, building pipelines for telemetry and analytics; <strong>DevOps & Cloud Engineer</strong>, designing automated deployment and observability solutions; <strong>Product Manager</strong>, shaping feature roadmaps from customer feedback; <strong>Sales Engineer</strong>, translating technical benefits to enterprise prospects; <strong>Marketing Specialist</strong>, creating content for the open‑source community; and <strong>Support Engineer</strong>, troubleshooting production incidents for enterprise customers.</p>
How can I stand out as an applicant for Cockroach Labs?
<p>Demonstrate deep knowledge of distributed systems: discuss CAP theorem trade‑offs, consensus protocols, or sharding strategies. Showcase Go or Rust projects on GitHub, especially those dealing with concurrency or fault tolerance. Contribute to the CockroachDB community—fix issues, review pull requests, or write blog posts. Tailor your resume to highlight performance‑critical code, scalability experiments, and unit‑test coverage. Prepare for technical interviews by mastering system‑design questions, data‑structures, and coding challenges. Finally, articulate how your experience aligns with Cockroach Labs’ mission to create resilient, cloud‑native databases.</p>

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