MongoDB's mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. We enable organizations of all sizes to easily build, scale, and run modern applications by helping them modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our industry-leading developer data platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available in more than 115 regions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Atlas allows customers to build and run applications anywhere—on premises, or across cloud providers.
This role can be based out of our New York office or remotely in the United States.
About the RoleAs a Staff Engineer on the Atlas Data Federation and Archiving team, you'll lead initiatives to drive technical excellence across our federated query system and data archival systems. You'll balance hands-on development with technical leadership, focusing on operational excellence, system reliability, and mentoring. This role offers the opportunity to solve complex distributed systems challenges at scale while improving the reliability and performance of business-critical systems. Your work will directly impact thousands of MongoDB Atlas customers who depend on our data federation and archiving capabilities for their critical business operations.
Key ResponsibilitiesSystem Reliability & Performance Lead initiatives to improve system observability, stability, and resource managementDesign and implement advanced autoscaling solutions for query execution and data processingReduce incident rates through holistic improvements to system resilienceIdentify opportunities to improve operating costs in storage and query systemsTechnical Leadership Guide architectural decisions and conduct design reviews across two engineering teamsMentor senior engineers in distributed systems design and operational excellenceCollaborate with Product Management on technical roadmap developmentDrive cross-team technical initiatives and standardsParticipate in on-call rotation and provide senior oversight for incident response and postmortem retrospectivesSystems Development Design and implement improvements to our distributed query execution engineOptimize data archival pipelines for increased throughput, durability and reliabilityDesign and implement solutions for single-tenant isolation requirementsCandidate Profile10+ years software engineering, primarily focused on backend systemsExceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts with clarity and build consensus through evidence-based persuasionStrong systems programming background; Go and Java experience a plus (but not required)Extensive experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale; Kubernetes experience is a plus (but not required)Track record of improving system reliability and operational excellenceExperience with large-scale data processing or storage systems (e.g. data lake technologies, distributed databases, disaggregated storage, etc.)Knowledge of modern observability practices and toolsProven ability to lead technical initiatives as an individual contributorExperience mentoring senior engineers and driving technical excellence within a teamTo drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we're committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone.
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MongoDB's base salary range for this role in the U.S. is:
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