Staff Engineer, Application Modernization

$118,000 - $231,000/Yr

MongoDB - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - New York, NY

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

MongoDB is seeking a Senior Application Modernization Engineer to join its newly created Field Engineering team. This role is pivotal in linking application modernization efforts with MongoDB's Product and Engineering teams. The engineer will work closely with project teams to facilitate the migration of legacy applications to modern platforms, leveraging MongoDB's capabilities and exploring generative AI technologies to enhance these transformations.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to customer application modernization initiatives across all phases of the application lifecycle, including assessment, planning, design, data modeling, and application optimization.
• Test drive MongoDB migration products to deliver on customer use cases and drive product adoption.
• Work closely with Product and Engineering teams to influence the MongoDB product roadmap.
• Execute well-defined, outcome-focused projects, including POCs and MVPs, ensuring reusability and integration with MongoDB products.
• Maintain a broad and deep technical understanding of MongoDB's product line and underlying technologies.
• Assist sales teams in evaluating opportunities with prospects and customers.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience as a field engineer, professional services consultant, or full stack developer working with Enterprise clients.
• Proficiency in Python and Java or C#, with familiarity in common database access patterns and frameworks.
• Expert knowledge of enterprise-scale software architectures, application development methodologies, and software deployment.
• Deep experience in developing enterprise applications using relational databases and SQL with Oracle, MS SQL Server, Sybase, and/or PostgreSQL.
• Experience with MongoDB and JSON-based Document models is highly desirable.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to collaborate across teams to address technical and business challenges.
• Excellent communication skills, both spoken and written, for team and customer interactions.
• Good understanding of Generative AI concepts, tools, and services.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience building new applications/tools using Generative AI is a big plus.
• Strong interest in AI-supported toolchains for improving application development.

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 with company matching.
• Mental health counseling services.
• Access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage.
• Comprehensive health benefits offerings.