Software Engineer 3, Networking & Observability

🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $106,000–$106,000🗓 2026-08-21 → 2026-09-26

Core

Build the core networking and observability components for a distributed database, improving communication between distributed processes and resource utilization efficiency.

Role type

Senior IC software engineer (distributed systems, networking)

Builds

MongoDB networking stack, observability features, and low-overhead monitoring tools

Domain

Database systems, distributed computing, networking

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

C++, distributed systems, data structures, algorithms, software design/architecture, production-level code development

Preferred skills

networking, observability, computer architecture, internals of SaaS availability

Technologies

C++, OpenTelemetry

Responsibilities

Improve current MongoDB networking and observability codebase functionality, lead medium-sized projects from technical design to delivery, collaborate across project lifecycle stages, perform code reviews for new features

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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