Principal Consulting Engineer

MongoDB Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 101,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

MongoDB Inc. is seeking a Senior Consulting Engineer for MongoDB Professional Services. This role works with customers across industries, solving technically sophisticated problems and delivering cross-stack experience while traveling to client sites up to 15%.

Based remotely in Paris, you will lead architecture designs, deliver training, collaborate with delivery teams, and influence product direction by partnering with Product and Engineering. Fluency in French and English is essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software development, consulting or support across multiple verticals.
• Proficiency in Java, C#, Python, Node.js, Ruby or Go.
• Experience with MongoDB, Oracle, MS SQL Server or PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with Linux diagnostics and deployment practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with client-facing skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 15% for on-site customer engagements.
• Fluent in French and English.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to customer implementations across the application lifecycle.
• Deliver customer classroom-based training to architects, developers and operators.
• Collaborate with delivery teams of project managers and account teams.
• Build MongoDB reputation as a trusted advisor and guide customers to success.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to influence the product roadmap.

Skills

10+ years experience

Java

C#

Python

Node.js

Ruby

Go

Database experience

Linux tuning

Enterprise architectures

Analytical skills

Job description

MongoDB Professional Services (PS) works with customers of all shapes and sizes, in all verticals, from tier-1 banks to small web startups, on a variety of exciting use cases. This role solves technically sophisticated problems, gains incredible cross-stack experience, works with top-notch people in the business, networks with industry leaders, and sees new places – all in a day’s work!

MongoDB PS exists to support the development of our customers’ vision, accelerate customers’ time to value, and drive a multitude of customer adoption scenarios – from building new solutions to modernizing legacy applications or migrating to cloud. Our consulting solutions ensure that organizations get the best out of MongoDB.

This role will be based remotely in Paris.

We’re looking for someone with:

• 10+ years of software development/consulting/support experience, preferably in a number of distinct industries/verticals
• Competence in at least one of the following languages (in no particular order): Java, C#, Python, Node.js (JavaScript), Ruby, Go
• Experience with databases such as MongoDB, Oracle, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL
• Familiarity with Linux diagnostics and tuning; Windows tuning knowledge is a plus
• Familiarity with enterprise-scale software architectures, application development methodologies, and software deployment and operations
• Excellent analytical, diagnostic skills, and problem-solving skills
• High motivation for a role that combines deep technical and customer-management dimensions
• Confidence speaking and presenting in a collaborative customer setting
• Should be capable and comfortable with frequent travel for short trips to customer sites during the working week (up to 15%)
• Fluency in both French and English languages

What you will do in this role:

• Contribute to customer implementations at any or all phases of the application lifecycle: portfolio assessment, application planning and design, deployment architectures, development and build, integration and release configuration, system testing, production operations, application optimization, and best practices adoption
• Deliver customer classroom-based training to architect, developer, and operations roles
• Work as part of a wider delivery team comprising fellow consulting engineers, project managers, and account teams
• Cultivate your individual MongoDB reputation as a trusted advisor to guide MongoDB and our customers into the future
• Partner with Product and Engineering teams to influence the direction of the MongoDB product roadmap

As a Senior Consulting Engineer, you will be successful in this role when you can execute the following:

• Become a field expert in “everything MongoDB”
• Communicate complex technical proposals simply and convincingly to a wide range of audiences
• Gain a reputation as a trusted advisor with your clients, large and small
• Ensure your client’s success with their MongoDB endeavors
• Maintain the required level of billable utilization