Software Engineer, Code Generation

About the role

MongoDB is expanding its team to develop tools that assist customers in migrating their applications from relational databases to MongoDB. The Relational Migrator team, known for aiding in this transition, is now looking to enhance its capabilities with AI and text processing.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define and implement a code modernization strategy, ensuring alignment with modern software practices while preserving original functionality.
• Develop and maintain a robust code parser to accurately interpret legacy code structures, converting them into a standardised format like an abstract syntax tree (AST).
• Provide thought leadership to the engineering team on using emerging technologies, frameworks, and approaches to solve different problems.
• Collaborate closely with product managers and other engineers to understand business priorities and propose new solutions.
• Contribute and maintain the high quality of the codebase with tests that provide a high level of functional coverage and non-functional aspects with load testing, unit testing, integration testing, etc.
• Share your knowledge by giving brown bags, tech talks, and evangelising appropriate tech and engineering best practices.
• Define and improve business & product metrics to optimise the quality and cost of AI usage.

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional software development experience in Java or another programming language.
• Experience with generative AI and specifically LLMs is highly desirable.
• Experience with text processing engines such as ANTLR is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of software engineering, system design, data engineering, and/or cloud architecture.
• Experience with compiler design, code parsing, or related areas.
• Familiarity with concepts like abstract syntax trees (AST), lexical analysis, and syntax analysis.
• Curiosity, a positive attitude, and a drive to continue learning.
• Actively engages in emerging trends and research relevant to product features.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience with AI and machine learning.
• Knowledge of MongoDB database and aggregation language.
• Understanding of the problem space and domain.
• Experience setting up software development infrastructure.
• Ability to contribute to and maintain the high quality of the codebase.
• Experience with testing and load testing.
• Experience with defining and improving business & product metrics.

Skills

• Software engineering skills.
• Machine learning background.
• Generative AI and LLMs.
• Text processing engines like ANTLR.
• Compiler design, code parsing.
• Abstract syntax trees (AST), lexical analysis, syntax analysis.
• Emerging trends and research.
• Verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits

• Equity.
• 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.

Pay

MongoDB’s base salary range for this role is $109,000—$215,000 USD.

Schedule

The role is based out of North America in the PST and MST zones only.