Senior Software Engineer, Atlas Search Query

What You’ll Do

• Lead complex projects across the MongoDB ecosystem, for instance, development of a new Search aggregation framework within the MongoDB aggregation framework
• Set project level strategy, architect features, and lead projects to successful execution
• Identify, design, and implement features enhancing our query language, performance, and operability
• Perform code reviews with peers and make recommendations on how to improve our software development processes
• Influence and grow team members through active mentoring and leading by example

What We Look For

• 5+ years experience in data management/search systems, ideally with a strong query processing and optimization background
• Experienced in the development and maintenance of stateful distributed systems
• Eager to shape the technological direction of a complex system and have the ability to lead initiatives through collaboration with others
• Experienced in debugging and profiling multithreaded applications written in Java and Rust
• Bonus: experience with designing high-volume query engines, such as a database, search system, or vector search system

Success Measures

• In 3 months, you'll contribute to the improvement of our core "mongot" repository
• In 6 months, you'll be working on projects such as query features or platform improvements
• In 12 months, you'll be building POCs, designing new features, and collaborating with other teams from across the company on complex projects