Software Engineer 3 - Query Optimization
About The Position
Join the MongoDB Server Query team, and help us build a world-class distributed open source query engine. Our team plays a crucial role in the experience and performance of data processing. We are responsible for the MongoDB Query Language and the lifecycle of each query, from parsing to optimization to plan selection and finally execution. This also includes our geospatial search and update subsystems. Our global team is growing fast. In North America, we have a presence across the US and Canada including New York, West Coast, Toronto. In Europe, we have a presence in Dublin, Germany, France, Netherlands, UK, Bulgaria, Spain and Italy currently. We support office-based and remote work and align projects with convenient work hours for each time-zone. We have tons of interesting problems to solve with direct impact on users for transactional, time-series and analytical workloads. We need your help to design and build the heart of a distributed, flexible schema, document database. This role can be based out of our New York City, Atlanta, Boston offices or remotely in the East Coast region.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in data intensive environments
- Hands-on experience building industrial-strength software
- Solid computer science fundamentals, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design/architecture
- Experience with large code bases
- B.Sc in Computer Science or similar field, or equivalent practical experience
Nice To Haves
- Experience in developing database systems is a plus
- Interest in the theory and practice of database query engines. Hands-on experience or M.Sc./Ph.D in the domain is a plus
Responsibilities
- Understand and improve current functionality of the MongoDB query engine
- Identify, design, implement, test, and support new features related to query performance and robustness, query language enhancements, diagnostics for query performance problems, and integration with other products and tools
- Work with other engineers to coordinate seamless changes in a feature-rich, large code base
- Work with other teams including client drivers, cloud services, enterprise tools, support, consulting, education, and marketing to coordinate changes or contribute to their projects
Benefits
- equity
- participation in the employee stock purchase program
- flexible paid time off
- 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave
- fertility and adoption assistance
- 401(k) plan
- mental health counseling
- access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage
- health benefits offerings
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
