Lead, Engineering
Core
Lead a team of platform engineers to build and maintain a self-service internal development platform for MongoDB engineering teams, enabling reliable deployment and operation of production services.
Role type
Senior Engineering Lead (Platform/Infrastructure)
Builds
Self-service internal developer platform, platform services, and tooling for MongoDB engineering teams
Domain
Cloud-native infrastructure, distributed systems, platform engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Team management and mentoring, large-scale distributed system design, backend programming in Go, Kubernetes cluster operations, SLI/SLO definition, observability tooling, Linux/TCP networking, CI/CD workflows, AI coding agents
Preferred skills
AWS cloud provider experience, Kubernetes controller development, OAuth/OIDC authentication protocols
Technologies
Go, AWS, Kubernetes, Crossplane, Terraform, Helm, Drone, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry
Responsibilities
Define and execute projects to grow the internal developer platform, organize work for direct reports, mentor engineers, investigate workflow gaps, write and review automation/code, author functional specifications, operate the internal development platform
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with people management