MongoDB · 1 week ago
Senior Staff Engineer, Server Networking & Observability
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$168K/yr - $330K/yr
12+ years expMongoDB is a leading company in the database industry, empowering customers to innovate at the speed of the market. The Senior Staff Engineer will lead the architecture and implementation of low-level networking components and design observability improvements to enhance the performance and reliability of MongoDB Server.
Cloud ComputingDatabaseOpen SourceSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Lead the architecture and implementation of low-level networking components that drive the performance, scalability, cost-efficiency, and resiliency of MongoDB Server
Design and implement observability improvements that enable MongoDB engineers and customers to quickly and accurately diagnose the root cause of production issues
Handle networking-related customer escalations from Technical Support team and coach teammates to do the same
Write production-ready database code in C++, improve the existing code, and mentor their team to write higher quality code
Own all code the Networking & Observability Team maintains, ensuring it achieves a high standard for quality (including security, durability, availability, and performance) and maintainability
Write and improve unit and integration tests in C++, Javascript, and Python to demonstrate correctness
Diagnose test failures, identify bugs in existing code, fix them, and prevent bugs from being introduced in new code
Investigate the performance impact of code changes that may cause software performance regressions
Interview candidates for advanced software engineering positions
Develop and maintain expertise on cutting edge database, networking, and observability developments from industry and academia
Lead development and project management of some of the largest projects across the company
Collaborate with stakeholders and engineering teams across the company to jointly work on large initiatives
Advise Product Management on technical product direction, engineering complexity and inter-project dependencies
Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering leadership to define product roadmaps
Qualification
Required
Minimum 12 years of experience in programming, debugging, and performance tuning distributed and/or highly concurrent C/C++ software systems
Strong systems fundamentals, including multi-threaded programming, performance profiling, and expert-level network programming
Familiarity with database internals or building core components for data processing systems
Familiarity with observability ecosystem and best practice
Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills and a strong desire to collaborate with colleagues and mentor engineers
Excellent time and project management skills including the ability to make realistic assessments of project cost and complexity
Benefits
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
Company
MongoDB
MongoDB is a next-generation database that helps businesses transform their industries by harnessing the power of data.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Jim Scharf
Chief Technology Officer
Ronnen Miller
SVP, Global Technical Services
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