As industries race to embrace AI, traditional database solutions fall short of rising demands for versatility, performance, and affordability. Couchbase is leading the way with Capella, the developer data platform for critical applications in our AI world. By uniting transactional, analytical, mobile, and AI workloads into a seamless, fully managed solution, Couchbase empowers developers and enterprises to build and scale applications with unmatched flexibility, performance, and cost-efficiencyfrom cloud to edge. Trusted by over 30% of the Fortune 100, Couchbase is unlocking innovation, accelerating AI transformation, and redefining customer experiences. Come join our mission.
We're looking for a Lead Field Enablement Specialist who owns the end-to-end creation of high-impact enablement experiences for our Sales and Field Engineering teams.In this role, you won't just produce content, you'll shape how the field learns, ensure materials stay relevant as products evolve, and raise the quality bar for technical enablement across the company. You'll partner closely with Product, Engineering, Sales, and Enablement leaders to translate complex technical inputs into learning that is accurate, consumable, and directly tied to field success.
If you're detail-oriented, curious about modern data and AI technologies, and love creating training that's both useful and beautifully structured, you'll thrive here.
What You'll Do
- Own the end-to-end lifecycle of field enablement contentfrom intake and scoping through creation, iteration, and ongoing maintenance.
- Partner with Product Managers, Engineers, Sales Leaders, and SMEs to identify enablement needs, clarify learning goals, and prioritize what content will drive the most field impact.
- Transform polished technical inputs into best-in-class learning experiences using Seismic Learning, Clueso videos, and supporting assets.
- Establish and uphold a high quality bar for clarity, structure, accuracy, and visual polish across all enablement materials.
- Continuously improve enablement content based on feedback, usage data, product changes, and field performance needs.
- Serve as a Seismic power user and administrator, ensuring content is well-organized, discoverable, and scalable as the library grows.
Core Skills Required
- 5+ years creating training, documentation, or technical enablement content in a B2B SaaS environment.
- Strong technical foundation in databases, backend systems, or cloud platforms- formal degree or equivalent experience welcome.
- Proven ability to own complex content initiatives independently, balancing speed, quality, and stakeholder expectations.
- Excellent writing and editing skills; you value clarity, flow, and accuracy.
- Comfortable working directly with technical SMEs.
- Experience with enterprise SaaS, databases, cloud, or AI is a strong plus.
- Ability to translate complex concepts into clear, structured learning.
- Familiarity with Seismic, Mindtickle, LMS tools, or similar platforms.
- Experience designing content that supports sales motions, technical discovery, and customer conversations, not just knowledge transfer.
- Solid visual sense - you know when a layout works (and when it doesn't)
Ways You Work and Mindset
- You deliver clean, high-quality work without micro-management.
- You like clear expectations and enjoy turning them into polished outputs.
- You take feedback well and iterate quickly.
- You meet deadlines and flag blockers early.
- You're organized, structured, and process-oriented.
- You're genuinely curious about our products especially AI and modern application architectures.
- You're proud of producing content others rely on.
- You care about enabling people, not just making slides.
- You're comfortable operating with ambiguity and creating structure where none exists.
- You think in systems and patterns, not just individual deliverables.
- You influence through clarity, preparation, and qualitynot authority.
- You balance speed with craftsmanship and know when good enough is actually great.
Nice-to-Haves
- Background in Technical Writing, Instructional Design, or Sales Engineering.
- Experience with basic video editing or motion graphics.
- Hands-on familiarity with Clueso or ElevenLabs.
- Light HTML/CSS experience for Seismic Learning layouts.
Why Couchbase
Couchbase sits at the intersection of databases, distributed systems, and applied AI one of the most exciting and fast-moving spaces in tech. Our platform powers mission-critical applications for some of the world's biggest brands, and our AI Services introduce a modern, integrated way to build intelligent, context-aware experiences.
As part of the Enablement team, you won't just deliver training. You'll shape how our global Sales and Field Engineering teams understand and communicate the value of our platform and help them win. We value curiosity, ownership, and creativity. We give people space to explore, learn, and innovate.
If you love translating complex technology into content that's clear, useful, and genuinely enjoyable to learn, you'll feel right at home. You'll work with smart, collaborative people who care about their craft and you'll have a direct impact on how we grow.
At Couchbase, we believe innovation thrives when diverse perspectives are at the table. We actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgroundsincluding women, people of color, LGTBQIA+ professionals, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. If you see a role that excites you, but don't meet every qualification, we still encourage you to apply.
Studies show underrepresented talent is less likely to apply unless they meet all the criteria. We encourage you to apply if you're excited about the role and can bring strong contributions to our team.
If you require reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let your recruiter knowwe're happy to support you.
We value diverse educational and career backgrounds. If your experience aligns with the role's goalseven if it doesn't follow a traditional pathwe'd love to hear from you.
Why Couchbase
Benefits
Modern customer experiences need a flexible cloud database platform that can power applications spanning from cloud to edge and everything in between. Couchbase's mission is to simplify how developers and architects develop, deploy and consume modern applications wherever they are. We have reimagined the database with our fast, flexible and affordable cloud database platform Capella, allowing organizations to quickly build applications that deliver premium experiences to their customers all with best-in-class price performance. More than 30% of the Fortune 100 trust Couchbase to power their modern applications and build innovative new ones. See our recent awards to learn why Couchbase is a great place to work.We are honored to be a part of the Best Places to Work Award for the Bay Area and the UK. Couchbase offers a total rewards approach to benefits that recognizes the value you create here, so that you in turn may best serve yourself and your family. Some benefits include:
- Generous Time Off Program - Flexibility to care for you and your family
- Wellness Benefits - A variety of world class medical plans to choose from, along with dental, vision, life insurance, and employee assistance programs*
- Financial Planning - Retirement program* and Business Travel Insurance
- Career Growth - Be valued, Create value approach
- Fun Perks - An ergonomic and comfortable in-office / WFH setup. Food & Snacks for in-office employees.
- And much more!
- Note: some programs are not applicable to all countries. Please discuss with a Couchbase recruiter to learn more.
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