Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Insights & Telemetry

Full Time
New York, NY, USA
9 months ago

The worldwide data management software market is massive (IDC forecasts it to be $136 billion by 2027!). 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 MongoDB Cloud Engineering organization is a diverse group of contributors working together to help our users manage MongoDB at global scale. The organization is responsible for MongoDB Atlas: our database as a service offering and fastest growing product which allows users to deploy fault-tolerant, globally distributed MongoDB clusters in just minutes.

We're seeking a Senior Web Application Engineer to join the Cloud Insights & Telemetry team within MongoDB’s Cloud Engineering organization. The team is responsible for delivering products that enhance the developer experience for the millions of customers who use MongoDB to power their applications. We produce tools that make it easy to query, optimize, and analyze your MongoDB data, including Data Explorer, our browser based GUI for interacting with your MongoDB data.

We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in New York City to work out of our New York City office - for our hybrid working model.

We're looking for someone who
  • Is a senior backend engineer with a willingness to take on frontend tasks as needed (or is a backend leaning, full-stack engineer)
  • Has written backend systems in a compiled language (Java, Go, C#, etc.)
  • Has experience with the design and architecture of a modern, scalable web application
  • Would enjoy chasing down difficult problems in a distributed environment
  • Enjoys collaboration and being part of a team
  • Is approachable, curious, and intellectually honest
  • Always strives to expand their knowledge
Nice to Haves
  • Previous work in TypeScript, React, and Node.js, particularly maintaining an ecosystem of dependencies
  • Experience writing efficient data models and queries to write and read from large scale datasets (TB+)
  • Knowledge of database internals and tuning mechanisms, particularly indexing
Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with and learn from team members about best practices and core concepts
  • Own our core values and adhere to them in your work
  • Write code across a stack of Java, Go, and Javascript/Typescript
  • Maintain a balance between delivering software, and performing research and development
  • Assist in maintaining production systems and debugging live issues
Success Measures

A Software Engineer will be successful in this role when they

  • Are open, honest and happy to to contribute and collaborate with others
  • Build domain knowledge of our systems and use that knowledge to diagnose issues and teach others
  • Develop and lead software projects that help our users maintain and understand their MongoDB deployments
  • Are willing to learn and contribute to all parts of the stack
  • Represent Engineering while working with Product and Design
  • Solve problems with context in mind, balancing the needs of their team with the desire to get to the bottom of issues

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