Job Description
Atlas Search is a multi-cloud service that allows users to execute complex full text and vector search queries using the MongoDB Query Language. Our users are free to focus on relevance and data retrieval instead of the machinery needed to search data at scale.
Our team is building the cloud-based distributed systems software responsible for the lifecycle of search indexes including: data ingestion index building partitioning performance availability and backup management. Our product is quickly gaining traction with customers and we are making core architectural improvements that you will contribute to.
This role is based in San Francisco CA with an in-office or hybrid work model.
Successful candidates will have the following qualities:- 2+ years of hands-on experience designing building testing and maintaining industrial-strength backend software in a complex codebase
- Experience developing distributed systems and multithreaded applications
- Experience with at least one modern statically typed programming language and interest in working with Java
- Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills and enthusiasm for collaborating closely with colleagues
- A growth mindset and the desire to learn quickly through taking on challenges reflecting on outcomes and incorporating feedback
- A strong sense of ownership over their work from initial design all the way through maintaining code in production
- Contribute to the design implementation and support of projects that improve the scalability of Atlas Search to make using it a seamless experience for even the largest workloads
- Work with a collaborative team that prioritizes sound technical decision-making and building systems that our customers love and that we are proud of as engineers
- Have the opportunity to lead projects and own subsystems
- Provide input on the team’s roadmap and help determine the architecture of our system
- In 3 months you’ll have a solid high-level understanding of what our team does and how we operate. You’ll have contributed to the development of an existing project and completed several small improvements or bug fixes
- In 6 months you’ll be reviewing code and project designs and be an active participant in team meetings
- In 12 months you’ll have a thorough understanding of the systems our team owns and have led a small project. You’ll have proposed small improvements to our code product or team processes
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!
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: 3263241199
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.
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04/21/2026
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