Requirements

5+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, testing, and maintaining industrial-strength software with a focus on performance and scalability
Expertise in distributed systems, including data replication, scalability, and fault tolerance
Experience in at least one compiled language, with an interest in working with Go
Experience with infrastructure on public cloud, ideally Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform
Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills, with a desire to collaborate with colleagues and mentor junior engineers and interns
Curiosity, willingness, and ability to quickly learn new things in computer science and software engineering domains, with an emphasis on performance tuning and optimization

You'll be on the team responsible for

Building and optimizing mongosync, a database migration and syncing tool that emphasizes performance and scalability, used by MongoDB Atlas and on-prem customers
Developing and enhancing the MongoDB Database Tools, a set of CLI utilities for working with a MongoDB deployment, including tools for high-performance importing, exporting, and diagnostics
Creating large scale performance and testing infrastructure for Mongosync’s most demanding customers

In three months, you’ll have developed a deep understanding of MongoDB and mongosync, contributing to performance-related improvements and fixing bugs in existing code
In six months, you’ll be reviewing code and new feature designs, with an active role in the design and implementation of a major project focused on scalability, while leading development of smaller performance enhancements
In twelve months, you’re leading the design and development of major new features aimed at boosting performance and scalability, and are mentoring new engineers. You have a strong familiarity with the products the team owns and can work across the codebase

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.