Senior Software Engineer, Replication

At least five years of experience programming, debugging, and performance-tuning distributed or highly concurrent software systems

Strong systems fundamentals, including multithreaded programming, concurrency, debugging, and performance profiling

Practical experience with distributed-systems concepts such as replication, data consistency and durability, recovery, fault tolerance, or consensus protocols

Experience working with complex production codebases and diagnosing problems that cross system boundaries

Strong written and verbal technical communication skills

A collaborative approach and the ability to make realistic assessments of project complexity and delivery risk

Professional experience developing production software in C++

Familiarity with database internals or core components of data-processing systems

Experience with replication, recovery, data consistency, or Raft/another consensus protocol; direct experience with every area is not expected

Experience writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests in C++, JavaScript, or Python

Experience responding to customer-impacting production issues in distributed systems

Experience mentoring engineers or interns and contributing to technical hiring

Candidates with additional relevant experience may be considered for more senior roles.

Build a working understanding of MongoDB’s replication architecture, development workflow, and testing strategy

Begin resolving scoped bugs and contributing effectively to code reviews

Contribute production C++ code to a project targeted for an upcoming MongoDB release

Diagnose and resolve issues identified by testing, customers, or partner teams

Take regular ownership of code reviews and participate meaningfully in feature design reviews

Independently drive scoped technical work from investigation through implementation and validation

Lead the development of a new feature or substantial improvement from design through delivery

Help mentor new engineers and contribute to the team’s technical direction

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Req ID: 3273575391

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.

MongoDB’s base salary range for this role in the U.S. is:$101,000—$273,000 USD