Job Description
The MongoDB Cloud Services Team is a diverse group of contributors working together to help our users manage MongoDB at global scale. The Cloud Team is responsible for MongoDB Atlas: our database as a service offering and fastest growing product which allows users to deploy fault-tolerant globally distributed MongoDB clusters in just minutes.
The Backup Team delivers essential infrastructure to help our customers in their hour of need - providing the ability to quickly restore a massive distributed database to any point in time at the click of a button. The Backup Team’s mission is to make MongoDB backup more reliable faster and also cheaper. This team is responsible for the Backup Agent (Go) the extensive server-side infrastructure (Java) which manages 100s of TB of data and processes billions of operations per day and the user interface (Javascript) that customers use to manage their backups. Common project themes are performance scaling and ease of use.
We're looking for someone who is- Skilled at writing large-scale distributed backend systems in a compiled language (Java C# Go etc.)
- Fond of chasing down tough problems in a distributed systems environment
- Cool under pressure - has wrangled production crises and secretly finds this a little fun
- Experienced with Linux and able to correlate application performance problems with underlying hardware limits
- Comfortable working across the stack of a modern web application
- Always striving to expand their knowledge
- Curious collaborative and intellectually honest
- Work closely with product teams considering the user’s perspective while helping the team achieve success
- Collaborate with team members over best practices and core concepts
- Hold yourself accountable to your actions maintaining the balance between accomplishing goals with research & development
- Own our core values and adhere to them in your work and
- Stay up to date with best practices in web engineering
A Software Engineer will be successful in this role when they
- Are open honest and willing to contribute and collaborate with others
- Develop confidence in finding their way across the platform
- Can take responsibility for the planning and execution of a major feature representing Engineering when working with Product and Design
- Are willing to learn and contribute to all parts of the stack
- Are resolute in their approach to problem solving balancing the needs of their team with the willingness to get to the bottom of issues
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 over 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!
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: 2273461616
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.
Skills Required
- Experience writing large-scale distributed backend systems in a compiled language (Java C# Go etc.)
- Experience with Linux and correlating application performance problems with underlying hardware limits
- Experience debugging and managing production crises in distributed systems
- Comfortable working across the stack of a modern web application (server-side and UI)
- Experience with Java Go and JavaScript codebases (backup agent server-side services and UI)
- Ability to plan and execute major features and collaborate with Product and Design
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- Healthcare Strength—Health coverage includes an employee-only option with no paycheck deductions in at least one plan employer HSA contributions and free One Medical membership indicating strong medical and wellness support.
- Parental & Family Support—Paid parental leave and generous reimbursement for fertility adoption and surrogacy—along with parenting support resources—signal a robust family-building package.
- Leave & Time Off Breadth—A flexible/unlimited PTO policy for U.S. employees alongside company holidays supports meaningful time away from work.
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The database market is big. How big? Well according to IDC it’ll reach $153 billion by 2027. And MongoDB is at the forefront of that innovation with thousands of customers across the globe. We empower developers and businesses to build and deploy the applications they want wherever they want.
Why Work With Us
We are ambitious. We are passionate about creativity. And we believe the best paths are the ones we have yet to forge.
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Date Posted
07/04/2026
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