Staff Software Engineer - Server Networking Security MongoDB · Ireland posted 1 month ago

Rustify; Ireland; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MongoDB seeks an experienced senior software engineer to define and drive the security-focused Rust backend for the Ingress layer. You will own technical plans, collaborate with Server, Atlas, SRE, and Product Security to deliver high-impact solutions.

You will design, implement, and operate production-ready services with emphasis on security, correctness, and performance, while mentoring peers and guiding architectural decisions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building production-quality systems software.
• Strong fundamentals in multi-threaded programming and performance profiling.
• Excellent verbal and written technical communication across audiences.
• Experience with large backend/compiled codebases and performance-sensitive software.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive technical strategy for Ingress Security with stakeholders.
• Own planning and execution of technical plans for security and networking problems.
• Design, implement, and operate production-ready security services in Rust.
• Collaborate on roadmaps to improve security posture of the ingress stack.
• Mentor team members and lead code reviews and design discussions.

Skills

Systems thinking

Code review

Mentorship

Verbal and written communication

Time management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Rust

Job description

About MongoDB MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the database for the AI era, enabling innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified database platform, the most widely available, globally distributed database on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. MongoDB’s cloud native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi cloud database and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. With offices worldwide and over 60,000 customers, including 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI native startups, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software. Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It’s what makes us MongoDB. 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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and drive the technical strategy for Ingress Security, in collaboration with stakeholders across Server, Atlas, SRE, and Product Security
• Own the definition, planning, and execution of technical plans to deliver solutions to ambiguous, high impact security and networking problems
• Design, implement, and operate production ready security services in Rust, with a focus on security, correctness, performance, and operational excellence
• Collaborate with Engineering leadership and other Product & Technology teams on roadmaps to improve the security posture of MongoDB's ingress stack
• Advise across the team and organization on engineering complexity, risk, and inter project dependencies
• Handle time sensitive escalations and production incidents that require expert support from Ingress Security
• Diagnose test failures, identify bugs, performance regressions, and other defects in existing code, and fix them
• Interview candidates for software engineering positions, and work with Engineering leadership to cultivate the team's talent bench for long term growth and success
• Develop and maintain expertise on relevant cutting edge research in systems security, network security, and memory safe systems programming from industry and academia

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience building production quality systems software with a large user base, robust design structure, and rigorous code quality
• Experience with large backend/compiled codebases and performance sensitive software, preferably in Rust
• Bonus points for experience working hands on in security sensitive or networking adjacent domains
• Strong systems fundamentals, including multi threaded programming and performance profiling.
• Bonus points for: Understanding of network protocols, TLS, and connection lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with security concepts such as attack surface reduction, input validation, memory safety, and defense in depth architectures.
• Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills for communicating to a wide variety of audiences ranging from junior engineers to executive stakeholder
• Strong mentorship skills, and excitement about leveling up your peers and teammates through coaching, feedback, and enablement
• Strong time management skills and the ability to realistically assess project complexity
• B.Sc. in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design/architecture.
• Interest in the theory and practice of high availability, security critical systems
• Passion for learning new things in the domains of computer science and software engineering

Success Measures

• In the first month: Understand the high level architecture of the Atlas Network Protection layer, set up your development environment, and resolve a few bugs
• In three months: Contribute substantially to the Rust development of a current project or milestone, take on code review responsibilities, and participate in reviewing designs for new features
• In six months: Independently lead the development of major a new feature and help mentor new engineers on the team
• In twelve months: Drive the Planning, Design, and Execution of major improvements to our security, availability, performance, or operational capabilities