Senior Product Security Engineer, Server New York City

MongoDB; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 231,000; Full time

Job summary

MongoDB is seeking a security engineer to enhance its product security. The role involves collaborating with engineering teams, leading security projects, and ensuring robust security measures across products. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in application security and C++ programming.

Benefits

Generous parental leave policy

Fertility assistance

Employee affinity groups

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience in application security, software security, or product security.
• Demonstrated expertise in C++ programming.
• Deep subject matter expertise in database security.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of security programs like appsec and cloud.
• Drive architecture and processes that enhance security.
• Conduct product security assessments and threat modeling.

Skills

C++ programming

Application security

Database security

Threat modeling

Job description

MongoDB’s mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. We enable organizations of all sizes to easily build, scale, and run modern applications by helping them modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our industry-leading developer data platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available in more than 115 regions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Atlas allows customers to build and run applications anywhere—on premises, or across cloud providers. With offices worldwide and over 175,000 new developers signing up to use MongoDB every month, it’s no wonder that leading organizations, like Samsung and Toyota, trust MongoDB to build next-generation, AI-powered applications.

We are looking to speak to candidates remotely in the US.

Who You Are

With a strong security engineering background, you’re looking for a role that gives you the freedom to increase MongoDB’s resonance with customers by strengthening our products. You’re passionate about solving hard security engineering problems while putting a strong emphasis on customer experience, leveraging your own significant experience. You enjoy collaborating with different teams to innovate and implement pragmatic solutions.

Who We Are

The MongoDB Product Security organization is a diverse collection of individuals working together to scale MongoDB’s security, both security of the products themselves and the security features we offer to customers. The team is responsible for several products including MongoDB Atlas Cloud , Ops Manager , Kubernetes Operator , and the MongoDB Server (Community and Enterprise editions).

The MongoDB Product Security organization works with software engineers to design, implement, and operate systems in a manner that protects customer data. It is a multidisciplinary team that covers product, software, cloud, infrastructure, and operational security concerns. The team does the following:

• Build a developer driven security program where there is tight integration with engineering artifacts, process, and tooling
• Use software architecture and coding patterns to reduce the impact of security issues
• Be security subject matter experts for our tech stack and products

Responsibilities

• You will take ownership, define strategy, and drive improvement for parts of our program such as fuzzing, threat modeling, secrets management, or container security
• Advocate for and lead complex security projects from inception through completion
• Drive architecture, patterns, and processes across cloud engineering that make security the easiest path
• Partner closely with engineering teams to design and implement security controls across our software and systems
• Research and POC new attacks against our systems. Plan and perform product security assessments including architecture review threat modeling, code review, pen testing and general security consulting to proactively build security controls
• Serve as a security subject matter expert for software security and architecture
• Partner with cloud detection and response to create new capabilities or respond to security events
• Educate the engineering org on security through CTFs, lunch-and-learns, and one-on-one mentorship

Requirements

• 7 years of experience in application security, software security, or product security
• Demonstrated expertise in C++ programming to thoroughly assess existing codebases for security vulnerabilities and develop or support remediations and enhancements including mitigating memory-related security flaws such as buffer overflows and memory leaks
• Deep subject matter expertise in database security, application security, software security, or data security
• Deep knowledge database engines,database internals and applied cryptography
• Demonstrated ability to identify and fix security issues through manual code review, application penetration testing, or red teaming
• Scripting experience and ability to contribute code back to our environments
• Comfortable leading threat modeling and being a security ambassador to other engineering teams
• Communicate complex technical issues in a simple manner that builds trust with a variety of audiences
• A strong sense of ownership and delivery
• Can facilitate a conversation rather than dominate it
• Skilled at providing collaborative, actionable feedback, not just a list of flaws

Don’t feel that you meet all of the requirements? We encourage you to apply anyway because studies have shown that some strong candidates may self-select out of the interview process prematurely. We have a diverse, inclusive, equitable, and high-performing environment at MongoDB and want to continuously improve our ability to deliver for customers.

Nice to Haves

• Working knowledge of one or more major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Experience with large scale environments

Success in this role means

• Taking ownership of one or more security programs such as appsec, cloud, or detect/response
• Seeing projects through from conception to completion in order to deliver new services or capabilities for the team
• Establishing yourself as a go-to person for discussing security topics

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.

MongoDB, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

REQ ID: 1263107313

MongoDB’s base salary range for this role in the U.S. is:

$118,000 — $231,000 USD

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