Remote Senior Distributed Systems Engineer, Cluster Scalability

MongoDB Inc.; United States; Remote; CAD 158,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Employee stock purchase program

Flexible paid time off

20 weeks parental leave

Fertility assistance

RRSP with employer match

Mental health counseling

Backup child and elder care

Health, dental, and vision benefits

Job summary

MongoDB is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Cluster Scalability in Canada, with a focus on data partitioning and scalable distributed systems. You will design and build data-movement and dynamic-scaling features atop a high-performance C++ codebase, ensuring reliable operation as workloads grow.

We value strong fundamentals in distributed systems, modern architecture, and collaboration across teams. This role offers remote work from BC or Ontario and access to broad career growth within

Qualifications

• 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

Responsibilities

• Build data-movement and dynamic-scaling features on top of MongoDB's distributed architecture.
• Collaborate to design and implement scalable infrastructure for partitioning and scaling clusters.
• Address complex performance and reliability challenges in large-scale deployments.
• Mentor and guide engineers on distributed systems principles and best practices.

Skills

Distributed systems

C++

Education

Degree in Computer Science or similar

Job description

MongoDB is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Cluster Scalability in Canada, with a focus on data partitioning and scalable distributed systems. You will design and build data-movement and dynamic-scaling features atop a high-performance C++ codebase, ensuring reliable operation as workloads grow.

We value strong fundamentals in distributed systems, modern architecture, and collaboration across teams. This role offers remote work from BC or Ontario and access to broad career growth within