Team Lead, Site Reliability Engineering - Storage Layer Service

MongoDB; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 151,000 - 297,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Flexible paid time off

401(k) plan

Mental health counseling

Transgender-inclusive health insurance

Job summary

MongoDB is hiring a Lead Site Reliability Engineer to manage and enhance its cloud storage layer services. This role requires extensive experience in distributed systems and team leadership. The candidate will work in a hybrid model, based in Boston or remotely on the East Coast.

The position emphasizes building a senior team of engineers, defining technical roadmaps, and ensuring operational reliability of MongoDB's cloud infrastructure. Excellent communication and deep Kubernetes knowledge are essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software and operating distributed systems.
• 2+ years of managing engineering teams.
• High level of empathy, responsibility, ownership, and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 6-8 engineers, fostering a positive culture.
• Define technical vision and roadmap for distributed storage systems.
• Contribute through hands-on technical work.

Skills

Distributed systems experience

Team management

Customer-focused mindset

Automation and efficiency

Kubernetes familiarity

Technical communication skills

Tools

Terraform

Crossplane

Operators

Job description

MongoDB’s Storage Layer Services (SLS) team is re-architecting the MongoDB cloud storage layer and sits at the heart of our next-generation cloud storage architecture. This relatively new team is building performant, multi-tenant distributed storage services that both enhance today’s Atlas storage stack and enable more customer workloads to run more efficiently.

As the Lead Site Reliability Engineer for SLS, you will partner with the teams building these storage services to define SLOs, shape capacity plans, and ensure the reliability, durability, and operational safety of the storage layer that underpins Atlas. You’ll help grow and lead a small, senior team of SREs as founding members of this organization, playing a crucial role in executing on a multi-year roadmap for MongoDB’s cloud storage architecture.

This role can be based in our New York City office (hybrid working model) or remotely on the East Coast.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a team of 6-8 engineers, fostering a positive culture, handling career growth and performance conversations, and proactively removing blockers
• Define and drive a clear technical vision and comprehensive roadmap for our multi-tenant distributed storage systems, balancing long-term strategic infrastructure goals with immediate engineering needs
• Contribute through hands‑on technical work, such as leading architectural design reviews, reviewing PRs, and stepping in to guide the team through complex operational challenges
• Act as the primary liaison for the Storage Layer Services SRE team, collaborating closely with other engineering leaders to ensure platform alignment and manage stakeholder expectations

You may be a good fit if you

• Have 10+ years of experience working on software and operating distributed systems, with 2+ years managing engineering teams
• Possess a customer‑focused mindset, treating internal developers as your primary users
• Value efficiency in processes and operations, and have a track record of optimizing team workflows
• Prefer automation over manual processes, fostering a culture of building software solutions to eliminate toil
• Have deep technical familiarity with Kubernetes ecosystems, containerization technologies, and modern IaC tooling (e.g., Terraform, Crossplane, or Operators) so you can effectively guide the team's technical decisions
• Have operated or supported stateful storage or database systems at scale and are comfortable with durability, consistency and recovery trade‑offs
• Excel at translating complex business and engineering requirements into actionable, phased technical roadmaps
• Have a high level of empathy, responsibility, ownership, and accountability
• Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills

Strong candidates may also have experience with

• Leading major architectural shifts, such as moving from legacy storage stacks to new multi‑tenant storage architectures, including planning and executing large‑scale data and workload migrations with tight availability and durability requirements
• Managing and scaling infrastructure across multi‑cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Designing secure, multi‑tenant runtime environments at scale

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: 1273396229

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, and 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:

$151,000 – $297,000 USD