Staff Engineer | AI Modernisation Platform

MongoDB is standing up a new team to build the platform foundation for its AI powered modernisation suite, with a build once and run anywhere model so the tooling works regardless of where a customer deploys it. This is a staff engineering role on that team, and the posting is direct that the problems are distributed systems problems: deployment friction, portability, and meeting enterprise compliance requirements. It is described as a high visibility initiative, which usually means scrutiny as well as opportunity. The detail worth flagging loudest is buried mid posting: this role can be based at the Gurgaon office or remotely in India. Genuine remote engineering roles at this level are rare, and readers here ask for them constantly.

Stated requirement is 8+ years of software development and operations experience with a focus on building platforms and distributable software infrastructure. The posting also lists 2+ years of experience leading, coaching and mentoring a team of engineers. We read that as technical mentorship rather than people management, because the posting describes the ideal candidate as a hands on technical leader who architects complex distributed systems, mentors engineers and collaborates with product teams, and it names no reporting line, hiring duty or performance review responsibility. We have published it as an individual contributor role on that basis, and you should confirm directly if the distinction matters to you. Location, and this is the important part: the posting states the role can be based out of the Gurgaon office or remotely in India. That makes it one of very few genuinely remote eligible engineering roles at this level in today's edition, and it is stated in the body of the posting rather than implied by a tag, which is the standard we hold remote claims to. Readers of this list ask for remote roles more than anything else, usually because relocation is not financially realistic, so it is worth applying even if the years bar is a stretch. What the team does: it is a new team architecting the platform foundation and infrastructure for a build once, run anywhere model, so that MongoDB's AI powered modernisation suite works consistently regardless of deployment target. The stated problems are distributed systems puzzles, minimising deployment friction, and satisfying customer compliance requirements. The posting describes it as a high visibility initiative. Good fit for a platform engineer with eight or more years who wants greenfield architecture and the option to work from anywhere in India.