Software Engineer 3, Atlas Data Federation Customer Experience

MongoDB•New York, NY

9d•Remote

About The Position

The Atlas Data Federation and Archiving (ADFA) Customer Experience team supports the Atlas Data Federation system which empowers customers to create virtual databases that can query, transform, and analyze data across multiple sources (MongoDB clusters and cloud object storage) through a unified MongoDB query interface, without moving or copying the underlying data. The ADF system handles hundreds of millions of queries per month, processing exabytes of customer data. This role is responsible for designing, building and testing high-impact projects and enhancing the scalability, performance, durability, availability and reliability of the Atlas Data Federation distributed systems. We value intellectual curiosity and honesty, and building together in an environment that prioritizes collaboration over competition. Our team is distributed across North America. The position is open to our “in office”, “flexible”, or fully remote working models with convenient work hours for each time-zone. If you are passionate about data management, distributed systems, and leadership, and are excited to work on high-impact, high-growth projects, we would love to hear from you.

Requirements

3+ years experience in software engineering, primarily focused on cloud-native backend systems
B.Sc / M.Sc in Computer Science or similar field, or equivalent practical experience.
Proficient in a modern compiled programming language (Go, Java, C#, C++, etc.)
Experience implementing, and operating distributed storage systems with high availability and durability guarantees
Enjoys working with others towards a common goal
You're a self-starter! You're comfortable organizing your own time and propose changes backed by data
Is curious, collaborative, empathetic, coachable and intellectually honest
Great diagnostics skills, considering edge cases in designs with a bias for simplicity
Has a passion for problem solving and learning new things in the domains of computer science and software engineering

Nice To Haves

Experience building and testing full-stack systems (using React or similar frameworks)
Oncall experience and having customer first approach when considering different approaches
Experience designing Data Lake protocols (and similar e.g. Delta Lake, Hudi,...)
Experience optimizing throughput in distributed storage systems
Experience working with multiple cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Responsibilities

Design, architect, build, and deliver core pieces of Atlas with focus on storage systems, query engine, and customer facing components with coding in Go, Java, and React
Approach problems from a customer-focused perspective and use data to propose high ROI improvements to our product and operations
Collaborate with colleagues and other teams in Atlas to scope, spec and deliver new features
Define your top priorities and focuses, communicate them, and execute against them
Improve and maintain our codebase by applying best practices and fundamental software design principles