MongoDB
About this role
MongoDB's Forward Deployed Engineers are the people who make the platform work inside a customer's
real environment, and this is the senior seat on that team. You are the primary technical owner of a
customer engagement from initial discovery through production rollout: understanding their
architecture, constraints and definition of success, then building the connectors, pipelines and
tooling needed to make it work in their stack. It is genuinely hands-on, the posting asks for
production quality code, troubleshooting and implementing fixes directly in active workstreams. There
is an AI thread too: LLMs, agent frameworks and deploying AI systems in production are named. MongoDB
tags this "Professional - IC", so the level is explicit. Apply if you want engineering with customer
contact.
real environment, and this is the senior seat on that team. You are the primary technical owner of a
customer engagement from initial discovery through production rollout: understanding their
architecture, constraints and definition of success, then building the connectors, pipelines and
tooling needed to make it work in their stack. It is genuinely hands-on, the posting asks for
production quality code, troubleshooting and implementing fixes directly in active workstreams. There
is an AI thread too: LLMs, agent frameworks and deploying AI systems in production are named. MongoDB
tags this "Professional - IC", so the level is explicit. Apply if you want engineering with customer
contact.
Who this is for
Requirements. 5 to 8 years of engineering experience required. Engineering experience in AI and
agentic development. Experience developing and deploying software within enterprise environments.
Experience with LLMs, agent frameworks, or deploying AI systems in production. Prior experience in an
FDE or similar forward deployed engineering role. Willingness and ability to travel up to 30 percent
to customer sites for on site engagements, technical reviews and presentations.
Responsibilities, in the posting's own three groupings.
Customer success: serve as the primary technical owner for customer engagements from initial
discovery through production rollout. Understand each customer's architecture, constraints and
definition of success and drive toward that outcome. Manage expectations, communicate risks clearly
and help customers navigate technical decisions.
Technical integration: build the connectors, pipelines and supporting tooling needed to make the
platform work inside real enterprise environments. Write production quality code, troubleshoot issues
and implement fixes directly in active workstreams. Work effectively within customer environments
that have different stacks and integration constraints.
Product feedback loop: capture product feedback precisely, including logs, reproduction steps and a
proposed path forward, and use engagements to identify product gaps.
⭐ Level is explicit. MongoDB records "Job Level: Professional - IC" in the requisition metadata, so
this is unambiguously an individual contributor role despite being customer facing and senior.
⚠️ Two practical points. Travel is up to 30 percent to customer sites. And the posting says MongoDB is
"looking to speak to candidates who are based in Gurugram for our hybrid working model", so this is a
Gurugram hybrid role, not remote.
Who this is for. An engineer with five to eight years who wants customer facing delivery work while
still writing production code. If you have done consulting or solutions engineering and want to stay
technical, this is that shape. MongoDB runs a Staff version at 9+ years in this same edition.
agentic development. Experience developing and deploying software within enterprise environments.
Experience with LLMs, agent frameworks, or deploying AI systems in production. Prior experience in an
FDE or similar forward deployed engineering role. Willingness and ability to travel up to 30 percent
to customer sites for on site engagements, technical reviews and presentations.
Responsibilities, in the posting's own three groupings.
Customer success: serve as the primary technical owner for customer engagements from initial
discovery through production rollout. Understand each customer's architecture, constraints and
definition of success and drive toward that outcome. Manage expectations, communicate risks clearly
and help customers navigate technical decisions.
Technical integration: build the connectors, pipelines and supporting tooling needed to make the
platform work inside real enterprise environments. Write production quality code, troubleshoot issues
and implement fixes directly in active workstreams. Work effectively within customer environments
that have different stacks and integration constraints.
Product feedback loop: capture product feedback precisely, including logs, reproduction steps and a
proposed path forward, and use engagements to identify product gaps.
⭐ Level is explicit. MongoDB records "Job Level: Professional - IC" in the requisition metadata, so
this is unambiguously an individual contributor role despite being customer facing and senior.
⚠️ Two practical points. Travel is up to 30 percent to customer sites. And the posting says MongoDB is
"looking to speak to candidates who are based in Gurugram for our hybrid working model", so this is a
Gurugram hybrid role, not remote.
Who this is for. An engineer with five to eight years who wants customer facing delivery work while
still writing production code. If you have done consulting or solutions engineering and want to stay
technical, this is that shape. MongoDB runs a Staff version at 9+ years in this same edition.
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