MongoDB hiring Lead Engineer, Atlas Stream Processing • Remote (Work from Home) | Himalayas
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Lead Engineer, Atlas Stream Processing

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MongoDB

Employee count: 5000+

Salary: 162k-225k CAD

Canada only

MongoDB’s mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. We enable organizations of all sizes to easily build, scale, and run modern applications by helping them modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our industry-leading developer data platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available in more than 115 regions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Atlas allows customers to build and run applications anywhere—on premises, or across cloud providers. With offices worldwide and over 175,000 new developers signing up to use MongoDB every month, it’s no wonder that leading organizations, like Samsung and Toyota, trust MongoDB to build next-generation, AI-powered applications.

We’re seeking a Lead Engineer for the Atlas Stream Processing team to provide technical direction, direct architecture decisions, and implement core parts of the new stream processing architecture that GA’d in the summer of 2024. Atlas Stream Processing enables processing streams of complex data using the same data model and Query API used in Atlas databases.

Atlas Stream Processing enables developers to continuously process streaming data alongside critical application data stored in their database. It builds upon MongoDB’s integrated developer data platform; enabling developers to stand up a stream processor and database with just a few API calls and lines of code, all fully managed on Atlas. Our product is quickly gaining traction with customers and we are adding core features that you will contribute to and own.

As a Team Lead on the Atlas Streams Platforms team, you will be responsible for leading and growing an engineering team, taking on challenging, high-visibility projects that improve and enhance the performance, scalability, and reliability of the distributed systems underlying Atlas Streams. The Atlas Streams team prides itself on building high-quality software and lives MongoDB cultural values every day – we value intellectual curiosity and honesty, and building together in an environment that prioritizes collaboration over competition. Our team is distributed across North America, supporting both in-office and remote work with convenient work hours for each time zone.

The position is open for our in office, flexible, or fully remote working models in the United States or Toronto.

Position Expectations

  • Manage a team of software engineers, responsible for ensuring their success, aiding their career growth, and facilitating their technical work
  • Make coding contributions to the team’s projects
  • Work with product managers, program managers, design & analytics teams and other teams to define, prioritize and deliver new features that delight our users and drive platform improvements
  • Take responsibility for the planning and execution of major features, raise delivery risks
  • Own the monitoring, operations, and maintenance of the systems your team develops
  • Enable the team to operate efficiently by removing technical obstacles, coordinating with other teams on dependencies, and prioritizing the team's overall well-being
  • Contribute to planning for organizational growth, including allocation of engineering resources, participate in hiring and assignment of projects

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience of building distributed systems, and/or foundational cloud services at scale and experience with a compiled language (Java, C#, Go, etc.)
  • 2+ years of experience managing a team of 3+ engineers and providing technical leadership
  • Track record in hiring, mentoring, and growing high-performing software engineering teams, experience working with remote teams and a passion for mentoring and career development of the team
  • Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills and desire to collaborate with colleagues, other teams, and lead projects
  • Strong background in building core components for data processing systems (including query execution, storage engines, autotuning and workload optimization) and distributed systems
  • Have led the launch of new features and maintained them in production
  • Bonus points for experience with containerization and orchestration platforms (eg. Kubernetes) and observability tools
  • Be a force multiplier in our software development process. Enable teams to deliver great products through leadership and technical contributions
  • Eager to learn, with a strong technical background

Success Measures

  • In the first month, you’ll have understood the surface area, the high level architecture of the Atlas Stream Processing. You’ll have initiated one-on-one’s with your team members.
  • In three months, you’ll have on-boarded onto the team and contributed to the design and development of a feature
  • In six months, you will have taken on full responsibility for projects slated for the subsequent quarter. You’ll have started growth conversations with your team members and begun to understand their longer-term career aspirations
  • In twelve months, you’ll have led the development of multiple new features and performed a full annual cycle of performance and growth conversations with your team members. Additionally, you’ll have contributed to the vision for the future of the Atlas Streams team and helped develop a plan to achieve that vision

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it’s like to work at MongoDB, and help us make an impact on the world!

MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter.

MongoDB is an equal opportunities employer.

Req ID: 1263088564

MongoDB’s base salary range for this role is posted below. Compensation at the time of offer is unique to each candidate and based on a variety of factors such as skill set, experience, qualifications, and work location. Salary is one part of MongoDB’s total compensation and benefits package. Other benefits for eligible employees may include: equity, participation in the employee stock purchase program, flexible paid time off, 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with employer match, mental health counseling, backup child and elder care, and health, dental, and vision benefits offerings. Please note, the base salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to candidates based in Canada.

MongoDB’s base salary range for this role in Canada is:$162,000—$225,000 CAD

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The worldwide data management software market is massive (IDC forecasts it to be $137.6 billion by 2026!). At MongoDB we are transforming industries and empowering developers to build amazing apps that people use every day. We are the leading modern data platform and the first database provider to IPO in over 20 years. Join our team and be at the forefront of innovation and creativity.

Guided by our values

A lot of companies have stated values. At MongoDB, we live by them. Not just on some days. But every day.

  • Think Big, Go Far: We are ambitious. We are passionate about creativity. And we believe the best paths are the ones we have yet to forge.

  • Build Together: We know that inclusion and teamwork build the biggest things. And that’s we actively seek diverse perspectives, backgrounds, skills, and experiences. We discuss things thoroughly, but prioritize commitment over consensus.

  • Embrace the Power of Differences: A diverse workforce is the best way to broaden perspectives, foster innovation, and build a sustainable competitive advantage. That’s why we commit to creating a culture of belonging. A culture where people of different origins, backgrounds, and experiences feel valued and heard.

  • Make it Matter: We are strategic. We are clear on our goals. And we are obsessed with delivering on our commitments. This is what meaningful impact looks like. And this is what we’re committed to each and every day.

  • Own What You Do: We have courage in our convictions. But we actively work hard to ensure neither biases nor personal beliefs get in the way of finding the best solution to any challenge. It’s why we always default to operating with transparency.

  • Be Intellectually Honest: We demand excellence from ourselves. And we hold ourselves accountable for all we do. Because in a collaborative work environment, the only way to solve challenges is for everyone to take ownership of their contribution.

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We have an employee stock purchase program.

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Medical, dental, and vision insurance packages.

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We offer additional programs for expecting parents as well, like parenting workshops and Cleo, which provides employees with fully personalized and customizable counseling on their journey to parenthood.

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