Couchbase Developer Expert Program & Couchbase Champions

Couchbase Developer Experts and Community Champions!

We have an amazing developer community around Couchbase Server and Couchbase Mobile. Our new Couchbase Developer Experts and Couchbase Community Champions programme recognises their knowledge, skill and enthusiasm.

Here you can find out what it takes to be selected for either accolade and who is already on board.

What’s the difference?

Couchbase Developer Experts: awarded to developers who have shown a deep knowledge of at least two aspects of Couchbase Server and/or Mobile, have at least one application in production, and who have been an ambassador for Couchbase.

Couchbase Community Champions: awarded to people who do an outstanding job of making the Couchbase community a fun and productive place to be.

Who are the Experts and Champions?

Couchbase Developer Experts

  • Dave Starling, CTO of SeenIt, London.
  • Fujio Turner, NoSQL/Big Data Architect, Silicon Valley.

You can nominate someone to be considered for Expert or Champion status by emailing community@couchbase.com.

Couchbase Champions

Coming soon.

What are the membership criteria?

Couchbase Developer Experts

Experts are people who have a deep knowledge of some aspect of Couchbase Server or Mobile and who engage regularly with the Couchbase developer community.

We want to select a diverse group of people as Experts, coming from a range of backgrounds, organisation types and locations. As our community grows, the criteria for becoming a CDE will evolve. 

In particular, Experts should have the following: 

  • Couchbase related code in production, such as
    • an app that uses Couchbase Mobile and is published in one of the app stores
    • a web app or service that uses Couchbase Server
    • tooling for Couchbase that's freely available (e.g. an SDK)
    • code committed in a Couchbase project (e.g. the Java SDK).
  • History of supporting other developers: activity on mailing lists, forums and so on.
  • Building community and sharing knowledge: running meet-ups, blogging, speaking at events, etc.
  • Expertise in at least one particular area: e.g. working with the Python SDK.

Couchbase Community Champions

A Champion is someone who has helped to build the Couchbase community and has shown a passion for Couchbase. We’re looking for people who:

  •  Regularly help people with Couchbase in forums, mailing lists and elsewhere.
  • Run and/or speak about meet-ups related on Couchbase topics.
  • Speak at events about Couchbase.
  • Contribute code to projects related to Couchbase.

What are the benefits of being an Expert or Champion?

Being a Couchbase Expert or Champion is a badge of honour that shows your expertise with Couchbase. There are some concrete benefits too.

Expert benefits

  •  Use the Couchbase Developer Expert term and badge on your resume/LinkedIn profile.
  • Free travel to and accommodation at Couchbase Connect, our annual conference (usually in the Bay area).
  • A session with Couchbase’s SVP of Engineering and Product twice a year.
  • Free entry to regional Couchbase events.
  • Early access to news and betas of new Couchbase features.
  • Monthly call with a Developer Advocate to answer your questions and keep you up to date.
  • Swag!
  • Contribution towards reasonable travel costs when speaking about Couchbase at events.

Champion benefits:

  •  A badge for use on your LinkedIn page/website.
  • Free entry to Couchbase Connect and other Couchbase events.
  • Early access to news and betas of new Couchbase features.
  • Swag!
  • Contribution towards reasonable travel costs when speaking about Couchbase at events.