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Senior Software Engineer in USA

  • MongoDB
  • Full time
  • Email
  • New York, NY

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and deliver core components of the Atlas Stream Processing execution engine.
  • Shape system architecture, development practices, and escalation policies as the team and product grow.
  • Design, write, test, debug, and performance-tune distributed and highly concurrent software.
  • Identify problems, implement solutions, and deliver complex database or distributed-systems projects.
  • Mentor fellow engineers and assume ownership and accountability for projects.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders and colleagues on core stream processing functionality.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience building database services, distributed systems, and/or foundational cloud services at scale.
  • Strong background in database internals or core data processing components, including query execution, storage engines, autotuning, or workload optimization.
  • Proven ability to maintain large, long-lived distributed or highly concurrent codebases.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals and experience with software design, testing, debugging, and performance tuning.
  • Strong verbal and written technical communication, collaboration, project ownership, and mentoring skills.
  • Track record of identifying problems, implementing solutions, and delivering complex projects.
  • Hands-on modern C++ experience in performance-sensitive systems is preferred.
  • Experience with stream processing, query engines, Flink, Spark, Beam, Kafka Streams, or database query engines is preferred.

Benefits

  • U.S. base salary range of $95,000—$187,000 annually, with compensation determined by skills, experience, qualifications, and work location.
  • Equity and participation in the employee stock purchase program may be available to eligible employees.
  • Flexible paid time off and 20 weeks of fully paid gender-neutral parental leave.
  • Fertility and adoption assistance.
  • 401(k) plan and mental health counseling.
  • Access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage and other health benefits offerings.
  • Employee affinity groups and workplace accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

Salary: $95k - $187k/yr

MongoDB

MongoDB builds a powerful database platform designed for the AI era, allowing innovators to drive change across industries. Its technology empowers customers to innovate and adapt swiftly to market demands, enabling the creation and transformation of software solutions.

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