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Site Reliability Engineering Manager, Storage Layer Services (SLS)

MongoDB· Engineering / Storage Layer Services (SLS)
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Hybrid (New York City, NY)$157k - $270kfull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Site Reliability Engineering Manager for MongoDB’s Storage Layer Services (SLS) leading a small senior SRE team in building and operating multi-tenant distributed storage systems underpinning Atlas, with hybrid NYC presence.

Responsibilities

  • Build and lead a team of 6-8 engineers, fostering a positive culture, handling career growth and performance conversations, and proactively removing blockers
  • Define and drive a clear technical vision and comprehensive roadmap for our multi-tenant distributed storage systems, balancing long-term strategic infrastructure goals with immediate engineering needs
  • Contribute through hands-on technical work, such as leading architectural design reviews, reviewing PRs, and guiding the team through complex operational challenges
  • Act as the primary liaison for the Storage Layer Services SRE team, collaborating with other engineering leaders to ensure platform alignment and manage stakeholder expectations

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience working on software and operating distributed systems
  • 2+ years managing engineering teams
  • customer-focused mindset, treating internal developers as primary users
  • track record of optimizing team workflows
  • prefer automation over manual processes
  • deep technical familiarity with Kubernetes ecosystems, containerization technologies, and modern IaC tooling (e.g., Terraform, Crossplane, or Operators)
  • experience operating or supporting stateful storage or database systems at scale
  • ability to translate complex requirements into actionable technical roadmaps
  • high empathy, responsibility, ownership, and accountability
  • excellent verbal and written technical communication skills

Skills

Required:Distributed systemsTeam leadershipKubernetesContainerizationInfrastructure as CodeStorage systemsSLOs / Capacity planning

Benefits

  • varied compensation and benefits package including equity, 401(k), flexible paid time off, parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, mental health support, transgender-inclusive health coverage, and other health benefits (base salary range provided below)
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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