Software Engineer 3

MongoDB•New York, NY
•Hybrid

About The Position

MongoDB is seeking a Software Engineer 3 to join the Atlas Clusters Platform team, which builds the foundational orchestration platform behind MongoDB Atlas, the company’s database-as-a-service offering. The team develops systems for cluster planning and execution, advances the Atlas control plane toward a service-oriented architecture, and provides infrastructure to help Atlas run safely and efficiently across cloud environments. The position is for candidates based in New York, NY and follows a hybrid working model. The engineer will build and design Atlas features, contribute to and lead complex technical projects, collaborate with product and design teams, and work with customers and support engineers to resolve issues. The role also involves developing the codebase, best practices, and design principles with teammates, while learning from and mentoring others. MongoDB describes success as shipping production code and collaborating to solve problems within three months; contributing to a large project within six months; and, within twelve months, designing features, leading development work, and becoming a go-to expert on parts of the system.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of professional software development experience.
  • Skill writing large-scale, distributed backend systems in a compiled language such as Java, C#, or Go.
  • Comfort working across the stack of a modern web application, with examples including React, TypeScript, and Kubernetes.
  • Experience with at least one major cloud provider technology, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Experience leading the launch of a new feature and maintaining it in production.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Curiosity, collaboration, motivation, and eagerness to solve tough problems.

Responsibilities

  • Build and design new features for MongoDB Atlas.
  • Contribute to and lead complex technical projects.
  • Work closely with product and design teams, considering the user’s perspective when building technical solutions.
  • Work with customers and support engineers to fix issues.
  • Collaborate with team members to develop the codebase, best practices, and design principles.
  • Learn from and mentor other team members.

Benefits

  • Equity.
  • Participation in the employee stock purchase program.
  • Flexible paid time off.
  • 20 weeks of 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.
  • Employee affinity groups.
  • Generous parental leave policy.
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