CareerPlan

Lead, Engineering Backup

New York CityFull-time2026-11-05 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead a team building distributed storage systems for point-in-time recovery, snapshots, and disaster recovery in MongoDB's Atlas Infinite cloud-native architecture.

Role type

Senior Engineering Manager (Distributed Storage & Backup)

Builds

Cloud-native backup and recovery systems for MongoDB Atlas Infinite

Domain

Cloud-native database storage, distributed systems, object storage

Required skills

Distributed storage systems, database engines, object storage (S3/GCS/Azure Blob), Rust, Java, C++, Go, durability, consistency, recovery tradeoffs, storage economics, team leadership, hiring, performance management

Preferred skills

Experience with both Rust and Java, snapshots, point-in-time recovery, log-structured storage, compaction, cross-team collaboration, mentoring

Technologies

Rust, Java, C++, Go, S3, GCS, Azure Blob, WiredTiger

Responsibilities

Lead and grow a team of 6 engineers, own the team roadmap for durability and cost efficiency, manage customer escalations regarding backup and restore, partner with storage engine and billing teams, raise engineering practice standards, represent the team in planning and staffing

Seniority

Senior, hands-on leadership