Senior Backend Engineer, Search Systems & Replication

MongoDB; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 106,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k) plan

Parental leave

Flexible paid time off

Job summary

MongoDB is building Atlas Search, a cloud-based distributed service for complex full-text and vector queries. We are seeking engineers in the San Francisco area for a hybrid role, to design scalable backend systems and own subsystems from design through production.

You will collaborate with a cross-functional team to improve performance, resilience, and developer experience, mentoring others and guiding architecture decisions while delivering impactful features for large workloads.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, testing, and maintaining industrial-strength backend software in a complex codebase.
• Experience developing distributed systems and multithreaded applications.
• Experience with at least one modern statically typed programming language, and interest in working with Java.
• Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills and enthusiasm for collaborating closely with colleagues.
• A growth mindset and the desire to learn quickly through taking on challenges, reflecting on outcomes, and incorporating feedback.
• A strong sense of ownership over their work, from initial design all the way through maintaining code in production.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, implementation, and support of projects that improve the scalability of Atlas Search to make using it a seamless experience for even the largest workloads.
• Work with a collaborative team that prioritizes sound technical decision-making and building systems that our customers love and that we are proud of as engineers.
• Have the opportunity to lead projects and own subsystems.
• Provide input on the team’s roadmap and help determine the architecture of our system.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Multithreaded programming

Java

Technical communication

Ownership

Job description

MongoDB is building Atlas Search, a cloud-based distributed service for complex full-text and vector queries. We are seeking engineers in the San Francisco area for a hybrid role, to design scalable backend systems and own subsystems from design through production.

You will collaborate with a cross-functional team to improve performance, resilience, and developer experience, mentoring others and guiding architecture decisions while delivering impactful features for large workloads.