Security Software Engineer Infrastructure Security (Staff or Senior)

We are hiring an experienced Security Software Engineer (Staff or Senior) for our Infrastructure Security team to design and build scalable security controls and services within MongoDB Atlas multi-cloud infrastructure.

The team sits within the Site Reliability Engineering organization and works with other engineering teams to ensure that our infrastructure adheres to the highest security standards.

This role can be based out of our New York City Austin Seattle or San Francisco offices or work fully remotely on standard East Coast business hours.

• Design and build core security primitives and services that protect MongoDB Atlas compute networking and identity across AWS Azure and GCP
• Build secure-by-default infrastructure using Linux security mechanisms (AppArmor SELinux seccomp cgroups) Kubernetes and eBPF to enforce runtime policies and gain deep visibility into systems behaviour
• Develop APIs automation and tooling that manage security posture at scale (CSPM vulnerability management workload identity) and provide monitoring logging and alerting pipelines that integrate with our tooling (Grafana Splunk Victoria Metrics.)
• Integrate security into our CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code workflows (Terraform) so that security controls are versioned reviewed and deployed just like any other code
• Lead complex projects end‑to‑end from problem discovery and design docs to implementation rollout and long‑term ownership
• Collaborate with SRE platform and product engineering teams to define secure architectures for new infrastructure and services

You might be a great fit if you match some of the following:

• 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering Site Reliability Engineering or similar roles preferably with relevant security work
• Proficiency with at least one programming language (Java Golang Rust Python or C/C++) and experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform) to automate security configurations and processes
• A deep understanding of Linux and networking concepts including low-level fundamentals and how they work together in complex systems
• Experience building security-related features or platforms such as runtime monitoring CSPM or vulnerability management
• Experience with a cloud provider (AWS GCP or Azure) and their security best practices and building blocks
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and its security ecosystem (e.g. RBAC OPA/Gatekeeper Kyverno eBPF Falco Tetragon)
• A systems mindset: you think about failure modes performance observability and operability alongside security and correctness
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex security concepts and tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

MongoDB is built for change empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the database for the AI era enabling innovators to create transform and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified database platform—the most widely available globally distributed database on the market—helps organizations modernize legacy workloads embrace innovation and unleash AI. Our cloud-native platform MongoDB Atlas is the only globally distributed multi-cloud database and is available across AWS Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure.

With offices worldwide and nearly 60000 customers—including 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI-native startups—relying on MongoDB for their most important applications we’re powering the next era of software.

Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment guiding how and why we make decisions show up for each other and win. It’s what makes us MongoDB. 

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it’s like to work at MongoDB and help us make an impact on the world!

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Req ID: 2263171228

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