Senior Software Engineer, Atlas Clusters Security

MongoDB Inc.; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 101,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Employee stock purchase

Flexible PTO

Parental leave (20 wks)

Fertility assistance

401(k)

Mental health support

Trans-inclusive health insurance

Health benefits

Job summary

MongoDB is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Atlas Clusters Organization. You will design, build, and operate distributed backend systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP, with a focus on Encryption at Rest and key management.

This role supports a remote US-based candidate in Pacific, Mountain, or Central time zones and collaborates with product, design, and support teams. You will mentor teammates, participate in on-call rotations, and lead production improvements across the security and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience building large-scale distributed backend systems in a compiled language (Java, Go).
• Experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Led the launch of a new feature and maintained it in production.

Responsibilities

• Build and design new features for MongoDB Atlas.
• Contribute to and lead complex technical projects.
• Work with product and design teams to balance user needs with technical solutions.
• Collaborate with customers and support engineers to fix issues.
• Work with team members to evolve codebase, practices, and design principles.
• Mentor other team members.
• Join an on-call rotation to support Atlas production services.

Skills

5+ years exp

Distributed backend

Java/Go

Cloud providers (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Leadership of feature launch

Communication skills

Collaboration

Curiosity & motivation

Job description

MongoDB is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Atlas Clusters Organization. The organization is responsible for building MongoDB Atlas, our database as a service offering and fastest growing product. Atlas allows users to deploy fault‑tolerant, secure, globally distributed MongoDB clusters in just minutes. This includes developing software to interface with the three major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, and GCP) in order to bring security, durability, availability, and performance to all deployments of MongoDB.

Atlas Clusters Security builds the security experience that Atlas customers depend on for mission‑critical applications. Across the organization we own cluster networking, data encryption, database authentication, and related controls.

This role sits on the Encryption & Compliance team. We own Encryption at Rest with customer‑managed keys (Bring Your Own Key) across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including private networking to customer key management systems. We also own the security and compliance work that lets Atlas serve highly regulated markets, including government offerings and internal credential management. You will design and operate these systems in production, lead fleet‑wide rollouts, and partner with customers when encryption or key‑management issues hit their clusters.

This role can be based remotely within the U.S. in the Pacific, Mountain, or Central time zones only.

What you’ll do

• Build and design new features for MongoDB Atlas

• Contribute to and lead complex technical projects

• Work closely with product and design teams, considering the user’s perspective while building technical solutions

• Work with customers and support engineers to fix issues

• Collaborate with team members to develop our codebase, best practices, and design principles

• Learn from and mentor other team members

• Join an on‑call rotation to support Atlas’ production services

We’re looking for someone who

• Has at least 5 years of professional software development experience

• Is skilled at writing large‑scale, distributed backend systems in a compiled language (Java, Go, etc.)

• Has experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP)

• Has led the launch of a new feature and maintained it in production

• Is eager to solve tough problems

• Has excellent communication skills

• Is curious, collaborative, and motivated

• Nice to have: experience with cloud key management (KMS / Key Vault / Cloud KMS), IAM, private networking, or encryption in a production SaaS environment

Success Measures

• In 3 months, you’ll have shipped code into production and collaborated with the team to solve tough problems

• In 6 months, you’ll have contributed to a large project and joined our on‑call rotation

• In 12 months, you’ll have designed new features, led development work, and become a go‑to expert on Encryption at Rest, customer‑managed keys, or a related part of the system

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 data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified data platform, the most widely available, globally distributed data platform on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud‑native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi‑cloud data platform and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

With offices worldwide and over 67,000 customers, including AI‑native startups and approximately 75% of the Fortune 100, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software.

Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, (https://www.mongodb.com/company) 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 (https://www.mongodb.com/company/blog/culture/employee-benefits-that-make-a-difference-at-mongodb) , 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 (https://www.mongodb.com/blog/channel/culture) , 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: 3273543691

MongoDB’s base salary range for this role is posted below. Compensation at the time of offer is unique to each candidate and based on a variety of factors such as skill set, experience, qualifications, and work location. Salary is one part of MongoDB’s total compensation and benefits package. Other benefits for eligible employees may include:

• equity
• participation in the employee stock purchase program
• flexible paid time off
• 20 weeks fully‑paid gender‑neutral parental leave
• fertility and adoption assistance
• 401(k) plan
• mental health counseling
• access to transgender‑inclusive health insurance coverage
• health benefits offerings

Please note, the base salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to U.S.-based candidates.

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

$101,000—$273,000 USD