Base Salary
$151k - $297k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the cross-system data infrastructure layer for next-generation MongoDB Search and Vector Search capabilities over 6–18 month outcomes.
- Define the technical roadmap for Atlas Search and drive alignment across global engineering teams.
- Lead the architecture and evolution of mongot and Mongo Management Service infrastructure, including durability, consistency, and scale decisions.
- Drive complex multi-team initiatives, build technical consensus, and set direction in ambiguous environments.
- Advise leadership on roadmap, architecture, and engineering processes.
- Mentor engineers, conduct rigorous code reviews, and share knowledge to raise the team’s technical capabilities.
- Standardize engineering team interfaces and collaboration practices to reduce coordination costs.
- Build proofs of concept, ship infrastructure contributions, and identify systemic risks and architectural gaps.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in data management systems or related distributed infrastructure.
- Deep proficiency in modern programming languages and techniques, with Java fluency preferred.
- Demonstrable experience designing and operating distributed systems, cloud services, or SaaS products at scale.
- Ability to reason about data consistency, durability guarantees, concurrency, and failure modes in distributed environments.
- Track record operating at Staff or Principal scope, including defining technical direction, resolving cross-team ambiguity, and championing initiatives from conception through delivery.
- Preferred: experience designing or maintaining search platforms or distributed databases.
- Preferred: experience debugging and profiling multithreaded JVM applications and distributed systems.
Benefits
- Hybrid working model for candidates based in San Francisco, California.
- Eligible benefits may include equity, employee stock purchase program participation, flexible paid time off, 20 weeks of fully paid gender-neutral parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, a 401(k) plan, mental health counseling, transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage, and health benefits offerings.
- MongoDB provides employee affinity groups, professional and personal growth support, and disability accommodations during the application and interview process.
About MongoDB
Headquartered in New York, MongoDB's mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. Built by developers, for developers, our modern database platform is a database with an integrated set of related services that allow development teams to address the growing requirements for today's wide variety of modern applications, all in a unified and consistent user experience. MongoDB has tens of thousands of customers in over 100 countries. The MongoDB database platform has been downloaded hundreds of millions of times since 2007, and there have been millions of builders trained through MongoDB University courses. To learn more, visit mongodb.com.