Senior Software Engineer, Storage Layer Services

## 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. ## Requirements - 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. ## Nice to Have - Experience writing and profiling highly performant Rust code. - Experience improving reliability through chaos engineering and load testing. - Experience building scalable cloud services on multiple cloud provider platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). - Interest in the theory and practice of high-availability systems (hands-on experience or an M.Sc./Ph.D. in the domain is a plus). ## Success Measures - In 3 months, you'll have shipped code into production and collaborated with the team to solve tough problems. - In 6 months, you'll have contributed to a large project. - In 12 months, you'll have designed new features, led development work, and become a go-to expert on parts of the system. ## Benefits - The role can be based out of the New York City office (hybrid working model) or remotely in the North America region. - MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. - MongoDB, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment.