Staff Engineer, Search Systems

MongoDB’s mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. We enable organizations of all sizes to easily build, scale, and run modern applications by helping them modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our industry-leading developer data platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available in more than 115 regions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Atlas allows customers to build and run applications anywhere—on premises, or across cloud providers. With offices worldwide and over 175,000 new developers signing up to use MongoDB every month, it’s no wonder that leading organizations, like Samsung and Toyota, trust MongoDB to build next-generation, AI-powered applications.

MongoDB Search and Vector Search allows users to execute complex search queries and build RAG applications using the MongoDB Query Language. Our users are free to focus on relevance and data retrieval instead of the machinery needed to search data at scale.

We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Toronto for our hybrid working model.

Candidate Profile

• 10+ years of experience in data management systems
• Proficient in modern programming languages and techniques
• Eager to impact and envision the technological future of a complex system
• Experienced in developing distributed systems, cloud services and SaaS products
• Experienced in designing and maintaining search platforms or distributed databases is preferred but not required
• Experienced in debugging and profiling multithreaded JVM applications and distributed applications is preferred but not required

Position Expectations

• Be directly responsible for delivering on goals which span a 6-18 month timeframe
• Play a key role in defining the roadmap for the next 12 months
• Build and design our integrated search platform, written in Java
• Leverage deep knowledge of the strength and weakness of the product and of industry trends to provide technical vision and direction
• Advise management on decisions related to roadmap, processes, architecture and design
• Collaborate with stakeholders and engineering teams across the company to jointly work on large initiatives
• Influence and grow team members through active mentoring, coaching and leading by example
• Help cultivate a strong talent bench through interviewing, mentoring and knowledge sharing

Success Measures

• In 3 months, you'll contribute to the improvement of our core "mongot" and Mongo Management Service repos
• In 6 months, you'll be working on features to build out new infrastructure for Atlas Search
• In 12 months, you'll be building POCs, designing new features, and collaborating with other teams on complex projects

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it’s like to work at MongoDB, and help us make an impact on the world!

MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter.

MongoDB is an equal opportunities employer.

Req ID: 2263199619

MongoDB’s base salary range for this role is posted below. Compensation at the time of offer is unique to each candidate and based on a variety of factors such as skill set, experience, qualifications, and work location. Salary is one part of MongoDB’s total compensation and benefits package. Other benefits for eligible employees may include: equity, participation in the employee stock purchase program, flexible paid time off, 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with employer match, mental health counseling, backup child and elder care, and health, dental, and vision benefits offerings. Please note, the base salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to candidates based in Canada.