Senior Software Engineer, Identity & Access Management New York City

MongoDB; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

MongoDB Atlas is hiring a Senior Engineer to join the IAM team in New York City under a hybrid working model. You will design and deliver core IAM components, lead projects from specification to delivery, and mentor colleagues as you improve our codebase and engineering practices.

You’ll work on authentication and authorization systems (OAuth, SSO, RBAC/ABAC) and contribute to login and registration flows while collaborating across teams to ship secure, scalable features.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with backend systems.
• Proficient in a modern compiled language (e.g., Java, Go, C#, C++).
• Strong communication and collaboration skills; ability to mentor others.
• Experience building IAM systems: authentication (OAuth, SSO) and authorization (RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC).

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, build, and deliver core IAM components.
• Lead projects from specification to delivery.
• Mentor and grow other team members.
• Improve codebase, best practices, and design principles.
• Define priorities and execute against them.
• Lead and contribute to complex technical projects and initiatives.

Skills

Backend systems

Java

Go

OAuth/SSO

RBAC/ABAC

Mentorship

Communication

Job description

The MongoDB Atlas team is a diverse group of contributors working together to help our users manage MongoDB at global scale. We are responsible for MongoDB Atlas: our database as a service offering and fastest growing product which allows users to deploy fault-tolerant, globally distributed MongoDB clusters in just minutes.

We're seeking a Senior Engineer to join the Atlas Identity and Access Management (IAM) team. IAM is a platform and a product team. We serve internal engineers by providing them a secure and durable suite of services, and we serve external customers by providing them user facing features and products. We are the owners of Atlas’ authentication (OAuth, SSO, Federated Identity) and authorization (RBAC, ABAC) systems, along with many others. The IAM team’s mission is to enable customers to securely build their applications with Atlas through our best in class user experience.

We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in New York City, NY for our hybrid working model.

Role Responsibilities

• Design, architect, build, and deliver core pieces of IAM
• Lead projects from specification to delivery
• Mentor and grow other team members
• Improve our codebase, best practices, and design principles
• Define your top priorities and focuses, communicate them, and execute against them
• Lead and contribute to complex technical projects and initiatives

Candidate Profile

• 5+ years experience of software engineering, primarily focused on backend systems
• Proficient in a modern compiled programming language (Java, Go, C#, C++, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Desire to collaborate with colleagues and mentor fellow engineers
• Is curious, collaborative, empathetic, and intellectually honest
• Has a passion for problem solving and learning new things in the domains of computer science and software engineering
• Experience building identity and access management systems such as authentication (OAuth, SSO), authorization (RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC), and login and registration systems a plus

Success Measures

• In 1 week you'll have completed your first pull request
• In 3 months, you'll have contributed to a large project
• In 6 months, you’ll be leading the design and execution of your own project

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 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI-native startups, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software.

Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It’s what makes us MongoDB.

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.

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