Staff Software Engineer (Agentic AI)

MongoDB Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

MongoDB Inc. is seeking a Staff Engineer to provide technical direction for a new platform designed to help customers build AI applications with MongoDB.

You will lead architecture and core component development, collaborating with product, design, and other teams to define the first version and its future evolution. With 8+ years in distributed systems and a track record of delivering large, complex projects, you will mentor engineers, drive performance improvements, and shape development

Qualifications

• Experience building distributed systems at scale.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Go and Java.
• Proven leadership and mentorship of engineers on large projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction for core platform components.
• Lead high-visibility projects to improve performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Mentor engineers and own project delivery from conception to production.
• Collaborate with product management and design to shape the initial version and future evolution of the service.

Skills

Distributed systems

Python

Go

Java

Leadership

Technical mentoring

Performance optimization

Large-scale systems

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

• We are seeking a Staff Engineer to join our growing team to provide technical direction and implement core parts of a new platform we are building to make it easier for customers to build AI applications using MongoDB
• As a Staff Engineer on this new team, you will be responsible for providing technical leadership to teams developing cutting edge technologies related to enabling deployment at scale of AI applications. You will take on challenging, high-visibility projects that improve and enhance the performance, scalability, and reliability of the distributed systems infrastructure for this new product
• MongoDB engineering teams pride themselves on building high-quality software and living MongoDB cultural values every day. We value intellectual curiosity and honesty, and building together in an environment that prioritizes collaboration over competition
• Work closely with product management, product engineering, product design peers as well as other teams within the company to define the first version and future evolution of the service
• Design, build and deliver well-tested core pieces of the platform in collaboration with other vested parties
• Contribute to shaping architecture, code reviews and development practices, developer experience as the teams and product grow
• Mentor fellow engineers and assume ownership and accountability of projects

Be a force multiplier in our software development process. Enable teams to deliver great products through leadership and technical contributions8+ years experience of building distributed systems, and/or foundational cloud services at scale and an interest in working with Python, Go and JavaStrong background in building core components for high scale compute and data distributed systemsBonus points for experience with containerization and orchestration platforms (e.g. Kubernetes) and AI frameworks and toolsTrack record of identifying problems, implementing solutions and delivering complex projects in distributed systems or databasesGood verbal and written technical communication skills, desire to collaborate with colleaguesProven success in designing, writing, testing, debugging, performance tuning, possessing a strong grip on the foundational materials of computer science and maintaining distributed and/or highly concurrent software systems in large, long-lived code basesExperience leading 15-20 people projects involving distributed systems infrastructure from conception to successful deliveryEager to learn, with a strong technical background