Software Engineer 3, Atlas Clusters Platform
MongoDB is transforming industries and empowering developers to build amazing apps. As the leading modern data platform and the first database provider to IPO in over 20 years, we are seeking a Software Engineer 3 to join the Atlas Clusters Platform team in New York City for a hybrid working model.
About the role
The Atlas Clusters Platform team develops the foundational orchestration platform behind MongoDB Atlas, our database-as-a-service offering and fastest-growing product. Our systems drive cluster planning and execution, evolve the Atlas control plane toward service-oriented architecture, and provide critical infrastructure that helps Atlas run safely and efficiently across cloud environments.
Responsibilities
- 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
Requirements
- At least 3 years of professional software development experience
- Skilled at writing large-scale, distributed backend systems in a compiled language (Java, C#, Go, etc.)
- Comfortable working across the stack of a modern web application (e.g., React, TypeScript, Kubernetes)
- Experience with at least one major cloud provider technology (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Led the launch of a new feature and maintained it in production
- Eager to solve tough problems
- Excellent communication skills
- Curious, collaborative, and motivated
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
- In 12 months, you'll have designed new features, led development work, and become a go-to expert on parts of the system
About MongoDB
MongoDB is built for change, empowering customers and employees to innovate at the speed of the market. We’ve redefined the data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. Our unified data platform is the most widely available, globally distributed data platform on the market, helping organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI.
Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud data platform 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—we’re powering the next era of software.
Benefits
- 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
- Equity and participation in the employee stock purchase program
Pay
MongoDB’s base salary range for this role in the U.S. is $106,000—$209,000 USD.