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Senior Software Engineer

MongoDB· Storage Layer Services (SLS)
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Hybrid (New York City or North America (remote))$101k - $273kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer role within MongoDB’s Storage Layer Services (SLS) team, focused on re-architecting the cloud storage layer, building multi-tenant distributed storage services, and enabling scalable, high-availability storage for Atlas. Hybrid/remote options in North America, with potential NYC office base.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate control plane services powering an elastic and multi-tenant storage layer for thousands of database instances.
  • Solve problems around maintaining high availability and performance during load spikes, hardware failures, cloud provider outages, and other disruptions.
  • Contribute to a culture of operational excellence through dashboards, playbooks, and on-call improvements.
  • Lead complex technical projects from planning through successful deployment with clear stakeholder updates.
  • Partner closely with peers across database, cloud, and infrastructure engineering teams as well as project management to investigate incidents and develop long-term roadmaps.
  • Mentor junior engineers and foster a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of professional software development experience building, deploying, and operating multi-tenant cloud services with a focus on operational excellence.
  • Experience with large backend/compiled codebases, such as Rust or C/C++.
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration platforms (e.g. Kubernetes).
  • Experience with observability tooling (e.g. time series metrics, dashboards).
  • Experience with distributed systems.
  • Familiarity with database internals or experience building core components for data processing systems.
  • Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills, with a strong desire to collaborate with colleagues.
  • Strong time management skills and the ability to realistically assess project complexity.
  • Demonstrated track record of going above and beyond for customers.

Skills

Required:Software developmentRustKubernetesObservability
Nice to have:C/C++

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
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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