MongoDB
About this role
This is a founding engineer seat on a new MongoDB service, and the posting reads that way: you would work with research, product management, product engineering and design to define the first version of the service and its future evolution. The technical substance is core distributed systems work, building and delivering well tested core pieces of the platform, and the qualifications ask for a strong background building core components for high scale compute and data distributed systems. Languages named are Python, Go and Java. Alongside the building there is a shaping role: contributing to architecture, code reviews, development practices and developer experience as the team and product grow, and mentoring other engineers while owning projects outright. The posting explicitly asks you to be a force multiplier in the development process, which is the clearest signal of what staff level means here.
Who this is for
What the posting requires:
- 8+ years of experience building distributed systems and/or foundational cloud services at scale, with an interest in working with Python, Go and Java.
- A strong background building core components for high scale compute and data distributed systems.
- Proven success in designing, writing, testing, debugging and performance tuning, with a strong grip on computer science fundamentals, and maintaining distributed or highly concurrent software in large, long lived codebases.
- A track record of identifying problems and implementing solutions.
- Eagerness to learn, with a strong technical background.
- The ability to be a force multiplier in the software development process, enabling teams to deliver through leadership and technical contribution.
Bonus points:
- Experience with containerisation and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
- Experience with AI frameworks and tools.
What the posting sets as position expectations:
- Work closely with research, product management, product engineering, product design and other teams to define the first version and future evolution of the service.
- Design, build and deliver well tested core pieces of the platform in collaboration with other stakeholders.
- Contribute to shaping architecture, code reviews, development practices and developer experience as the teams and product grow.
- Mentor fellow engineers and assume ownership and accountability of projects.
What kind of role this is: defining the first version of a service means less existing structure and more influence over how it is built. That is attractive if you want architectural ownership and frustrating if you prefer a mature codebase with settled patterns.
Location and working pattern: the posting states MongoDB is looking for candidates based in Gurugram for its hybrid working model.
Honest fit guidance: eight years is a real bar here because the role is about judgement as much as output. The distinguishing experience is having maintained distributed systems in large, long lived codebases, which is different from having built greenfield services that never had to survive five years. If you have both, say so.
- 8+ years of experience building distributed systems and/or foundational cloud services at scale, with an interest in working with Python, Go and Java.
- A strong background building core components for high scale compute and data distributed systems.
- Proven success in designing, writing, testing, debugging and performance tuning, with a strong grip on computer science fundamentals, and maintaining distributed or highly concurrent software in large, long lived codebases.
- A track record of identifying problems and implementing solutions.
- Eagerness to learn, with a strong technical background.
- The ability to be a force multiplier in the software development process, enabling teams to deliver through leadership and technical contribution.
Bonus points:
- Experience with containerisation and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
- Experience with AI frameworks and tools.
What the posting sets as position expectations:
- Work closely with research, product management, product engineering, product design and other teams to define the first version and future evolution of the service.
- Design, build and deliver well tested core pieces of the platform in collaboration with other stakeholders.
- Contribute to shaping architecture, code reviews, development practices and developer experience as the teams and product grow.
- Mentor fellow engineers and assume ownership and accountability of projects.
What kind of role this is: defining the first version of a service means less existing structure and more influence over how it is built. That is attractive if you want architectural ownership and frustrating if you prefer a mature codebase with settled patterns.
Location and working pattern: the posting states MongoDB is looking for candidates based in Gurugram for its hybrid working model.
Honest fit guidance: eight years is a real bar here because the role is about judgement as much as output. The distinguishing experience is having maintained distributed systems in large, long lived codebases, which is different from having built greenfield services that never had to survive five years. If you have both, say so.
Apply on company site
Opens www.mongodb.com, the employer's own application page. Applying is always free.