Senior Software Engineer, Atlas Foundational Services

The worldwide data management software market is massive (According to IDC, the worldwide database software market, which it refers to as the database management systems software market, was forecasted to be approximately $82 billion in 2023 growing to approximately $137 billion in 2027. This represents a 14% compound annual growth rate). At MongoDB we are transforming industries and empowering developers to build amazing apps that people use every day. We are the leading developer 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.

The Atlas Foundational Services team develops and operates tier-zero services, frameworks and libraries that form the backbone of Atlas - MongoDB’s fully managed multi-cloud database service. Our newly formed organization is spearheading the first re-architecture effort since the inception of Atlas and empowers other MongoDB teams to build more robust, performant and maintainable features faster. We are a group of engineers from a variety of backgrounds who share a passion for solving difficult distributed systems problems to the benefit of real-world customers. We prioritize security, durability, availability and performance in everything we do. If you share our passion, have practical experience building large-scale, distributed systems and are looking to work with and learn from other kind and capable engineers, we are looking for you!

This role will be based in the US, fully remote with up to 15% travel to our New York City office.

Requirements

• BSc or higher in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Strong theoretical background in Distributed Systems and/or Database Management Systems
• At least 5 years of practical experience in Software Engineering
• At least 2 years of experience building and operating scalable, distributed production systems in a compiled language (Java, C#, Go, Rust, etc.)
• Experience at mitigating and resolving outages or other high-impact events in production cloud environments
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including technical writing
• Ability to work backwards from business problems to technical solutions
• Ability to break down complex technical problems and deliver solutions incrementally

Responsibilities

• Define requirements and scope of work for new software components or features in collaboration with peer engineers and other stakeholders (product managers, engineering leadership, etc.)
• Lead the design and implementation of robust services and software components
• Operate large-scale, distributed systems including root cause analysis of defects and mitigation in case of outages
• Adhere to and improve engineering and operational best practices and processes for the team
• Take ownership of software delivery, including setting and meeting milestones and stakeholder communication
• Mentor and guide junior engineers
• Live our core values and leadership principles in your work

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