# Senior Software Engineer, Atlas Search

**Company:** [MongoDB](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/mongodb)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $126k – $248k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Java, Distributed Systems, Search Systems, Vector Search, Semantic Search, Mongodb Query Language, Multithreading, Concurrent Services, Stateful Services, Public Cloud, Autoscaling, LLMs
**Posted:** 2026-08-11

> This senior engineer will design and develop distributed infrastructure and features for Atlas Search, including semantic and vector search capabilities. The role requires 5+ years in data management or search systems, strong distributed-systems experience, and advanced Java development skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead complex projects across the MongoDB ecosystem, including development of a new Search deployment framework within the MongoDB managed cloud.
- Set project-level strategy, architect features, and lead projects to successful execution.
- Identify, design, and implement features that enhance reliability, performance, security, and efficiency.
- Perform code reviews and recommend improvements to software development processes.
- Mentor and develop team members through active guidance and leading by example.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in data management or search systems, ideally with a strong distributed systems and infrastructure background.
- Experience developing and maintaining concurrent, stateful services.
- Ability to shape the technological direction of complex systems and lead initiatives collaboratively.
- Experience writing features, debugging, and optimizing multithreaded applications in Java.
- Familiarity with LLM-based development tools across the software development lifecycle.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with public cloud infrastructure, including hardware, capacity, and high availability.

## Compensation and Benefits
- U.S. base salary range: **$126,000–$248,000 USD**.
- Eligible benefits may include equity, an employee stock purchase program, flexible paid time off, 20 weeks of fully paid gender-neutral parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, a 401(k) plan, mental health counseling, transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage, and health benefits offerings.

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