Join Cluster Scalability, one of MongoDB's Online Transaction Processing teams, and help build the core infrastructure that makes MongoDB a world-class distributed database. The team builds the infrastructure and tools that let customers scale their workloads past what a single node can handle. We take pride in building clean abstractions over hard distributed systems problems, so users can focus on their data instead of worrying about where it lives or how it's accessed. Our work has a big impact: it solves the hardest data challenges faced by MongoDB's largest customers.
As a Senior Software Engineer on Cluster Scalability, you'll work on data partitioning, one of the hardest and most impactful problem areas at MongoDB today. You'll collaboratively design and build the distributed machinery that turns independent query-processing and storage nodes into a single, unified database system. Your team’s work will be to build the data-movement and dynamic-scaling features that run on top of it. Current work includes seamless horizontal scaling with minimal tradeoffs, better cluster elasticity and smarter workload execution. You'll solve complex performance problems and design protocols for moving and placing data without disruption. Your work will help the architecture scale reliably to meet customer demand at any volume.
Our team champions a strong culture of inclusivity, diversity, and collaboration. If you want to work on a collaborative team that applies distributed systems fundamentals to deliver core features of a popular database, join us! Let’s change what’s possible for application developers, system architects, and database operators.
This role can be based remotely in the United States.
Candidate Profile- 5+ years of experience building distributed systems
- Experience with building production-level code with a large user base, robust design structure and rigorous code quality, written in C++.
- Degree in Computer Science or similar field, or equivalent practical experience, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design/architecture
- Passion for the theory and practice of system design for large-scale distributed systems, as well as hands-on or academic experience in the domain
- Understands modern computer architecture and internals to the degree that they can reason about how specific design choices plays out in a system like MongoDB
- Has demonstrated industry success or academic research in areas such as:
- High performance / low latency networking
- Performance tuning
- Distributed systems
- System observability
- System resiliency
- In your first month, you’ll understand the high-level architecture of MongoDB, dive into the details of your team’s components, and resolve a few bugs
- In the first three months, you’ll contribute to the development of a project slated for the next release of MongoDB, take on code review responsibilities, and participate in design reviews for new features
- In the first six months, you’ll lead the development of a new feature and help mentor new engineers on the team
MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified data platform, the most widely available, globally distributed data platform on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud data platform and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.
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Req ID: 3273558049
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, 401(k) plan, mental health counseling, access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage, and health benefits offerings. Please note, the base salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to U.S.-based candidates.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience building distributed systems
- Experience building production-level code with a large user base using C++
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a similar field, or equivalent practical experience
- Strong competency in data structures, algorithms, and software design and architecture
- Passion for and experience with large-scale distributed systems design
- Understanding of modern computer architecture and internals
- Industry success or academic research in high-performance or low-latency networking, performance tuning, distributed systems, system observability, or system resiliency
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is outlined at 20 weeks fully paid and gender‑neutral (with a one‑year tenure requirement), with return‑to‑work flexibility noted. Family‑building support includes 90% reimbursement up to $50,000 for fertility, adoption, or surrogacy, plus backup child/elder care services.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan options (Cigna and Kaiser HMO in CA) are offered, with low or no employee‑only payroll deductions on certain plans and preventive care covered at 100%. Separate dental (Cigna) and vision (EyeMed) benefits are also provided.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Mental‑health resources include Spring Health (up to 10 therapy video visits/year), Headspace for employees and dependents, an EAP, and a Mental Health First Aider program. Day‑to‑day perks and flexibility include flexible PTO, 11 U.S. holidays, and company‑paid in‑office lunches up to three days per week under the hybrid model.
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