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Cockroach Labs

Member of Technical Staff (Storage)

Cockroach Labs · New York, NY

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
81 days
Cockroach Labs's roles stay open a median of 77 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Cockroach Labs's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Cockroach Labs
high
26 stale, 2 reposted of 26 open
Hiring momentum
43 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Cockroach Labs's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Cockroach Labs.

About this role

As a Member of Technical Staff on the Storage team at Cockroach Labs, you will develop and maintain Pebble, the storage engine for CockroachDB, focusing on efficient data persistence and retrieval. Your role involves improving the performance of CockroachDB, collaborating with engineers and product managers, and utilizing AI-assisted tools in a supportive, innovative environment. You will also gain a deep understanding of the tech stack and contribute to the team's execution over the first six months.

Our read on this posting2.8out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Cockroach Labs as an employer.

What you need

  • Experience working on complex technical products
  • Exposure to distributed systems, concurrency control, file systems, data replication, or memory management
  • Comfort using programming languages like Go, C/C++, Java, and Python
  • Solid product architecture knowledge
  • 3+ years of relevant experience
  • A BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Nice to have

  • Experience with storage systems (e.g., Log-Structured Merge Trees, Pebble)
  • Experience building, running and debugging large-scale distributed systems in production
  • Interest in adopting AI-centric development workflows
  • Desire to play an active role in using AI to reduce toil and build high-quality software

What you get

  • Stock Options
  • Medical Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Life and Disability Insurance
  • Professional Development Funds

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of remote work flexibility outside of the hybrid model
  • The role requires learning Go if not already known, which may require additional time investment
  • The position emphasizes the use of AI as a tool, which may not suit all candidates

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Listed by Cockroach Labs on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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