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Senior Staff / Principal Engineer, Search Systems (Hybrid)

MongoDB· Search Systems / Engineering
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)$121k - $327kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Leader-level role defining architecture and roadmap for MongoDB’s next-generation Search and Vector Search infrastructure, spanning Community, Enterprise, and Atlas, including integration with AI-native capabilities. Hybrid work model based in San Francisco, CA.

Responsibilities

  • Own the cross-system data infrastructure layer for MongoDB's next-generation Search and Vector Search capabilities, carrying outcomes that span 6-18 months
  • Define the technical roadmap for Atlas Search, identifying gaps, proposing solutions, and driving alignment across engineering teams globally
  • Lead the architecture and evolution of the core mongot and Mongo Management Service infrastructure, making durability, consistency, and scale decisions with conviction
  • Drive complex, multi-team initiatives by building technical consensus, navigating ambiguity, and setting direction when there is no clean playbook
  • Serve as a trusted technical partner to leadership on roadmap, architecture, and engineering process, advising rather than just informing
  • Raise the technical ceiling of the team through mentoring, rigorous code review, and knowledge-sharing that creates leverage beyond your own output
  • Standardize how engineering teams across the globe contract with one another, reducing coordination costs and increasing execution velocity at scale

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in data management systems or related distributed infrastructure
  • Deep proficiency in modern programming languages and techniques, with Java fluency preferred
  • Demonstrable experience designing and operating distributed systems, cloud services, or SaaS products at scale
  • Ability to reason about systems at the physical layer: data consistency, durability guarantees, concurrency, and failure modes in distributed environments
  • Track record of operating at Staff or Principal scope: defining technical direction, resolving cross-team ambiguity, and championing initiatives from conception to delivery

Skills

Required:JavaDistributed Systems

Benefits

  • Equity participation (implied in compensation paragraph)
  • Flexible paid time off, 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance
  • 401(k) plan, mental health counseling, transgender-inclusive health coverage, and comprehensive health benefits
  • Participation in the employee stock purchase program
  • Additional benefits may include: fertility and adoption assistance, health benefits offerings (as described)
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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