The worldwide data management software market is massive (According to IDC, the worldwide database software market, which it refers to as the database management systems software market, was forecasted to be approximately $82 billion in 2023 growing to approximately $137 billion in 2027. This represents a 14% compound annual growth rate). 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.

MongoDB is expanding a new team in Sydney to build tooling to help customers migrate their applications from relational databases to MongoDB. Tools developed by the Relational Migrator team help application developers with schema modeling, type conversions, data sync and so on.

MongoDB is looking for a software engineer with experience in the Java ecosystem and streaming systems to join the team. We are building a web application using a modern technology stack which includes Java, Spring Boot, Apache Kafka, and React. A successful candidate will collaborate closely with product management and engineers on the team to help drive the design and implementation of a cutting edge product.

This role will be based out of our Sydney office and offers a hybrid working model. 

• 2-3 years of commercial software development experience with at least one JVM language such as Java, preferably using the Spring ecosystem
• Experience with relational data modeling and SQL (Postgres, MySQL, etc)
• Basic familiarity with streaming systems such as Apache Kafka, AWS SQS, etc
• Basic familiarity with client-side technologies such as Typescript and React and willingness to contribute frontend code in the future 
• Good understanding of algorithms, data structures and their time and space complexity
• Curiosity, a positive attitude, and a drive to continue learning
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Contribute high quality backend code to the Relational Migrator product
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions
• Give and solicit feedback on technical design documents and pull requests
• Collaborate with product management, product designers and other engineers
• Perform tasks related to process such as CI/CD, quality, testing, etc 

Within the first three months, you will have:

• Familiarised yourself with the MongoDB database and aggregation language
• Familiarised yourself with the backend tech stack including Java, Spring Boot, and Kafka
• Set up software development infrastructure (tech stack, build tools, etc) to enable development using the relevant tech stacks
• Started collaborating with your peers and contributed to code reviews

Within six months, you will have:

• Familiarised yourself with the rest of our codebase including the frontend stack, Confluent plugins, GitHub workflows, etc
• Worked on and delivered a medium scale feature in the product
• Contributed to and helped deliver a few releases of the product
• Reviewed and contributed to scope and technical design documents

Within 12 months, you will have:

• Familiarised yourself with the work of other teams within the product
• Delivered at least one large scale feature that spans the entire tech stack
• Helped recruit and interview new members of the team

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it’s like to work at MongoDB, and help us make an impact on the world.

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