Senior Staff Engineer, Server Networking & Observability
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The Networking & Observability Team builds infrastructure for low-overhead observability and communication between MongoDB Server nodes, clients, and other services. We operate close to the bottom of the stack, and have a huge impact on the performance and robustness of the database. Recently, we've worked on POCs for making our RPC stack's architecture as performant as possible and are integrating OpenTelemetry to accelerate the diagnosis of performance issues and test failures.
Our team champions a strong culture of inclusivity, diversity, and collaboration. If you want to be a deeply technical leader on a collaborative team that applies low-level systems and networking expertise to build the foundational infrastructure of a popular database, join us! Let's build a faster, more reliable, and exceptionally observable database system together
This role can be based out of our NYC office or remotely from anywhere in North America.
Candidate Profile Minimum 12 years of experience in programming, debugging, and performance tuning distributed and / or highly concurrent C / C++ software systems
Strong systems fundamentals, including multi-threaded programming, performance profiling, and expert-level network programming
Familiarity with database internals or building core components for data processing systems
Familiarity with observability ecosystem and best practice
Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills and a strong desire to collaborate with colleagues and mentor engineers
Excellent time and project management skills including the ability to make realistic assessments of project cost and complexity
Responsibilities Lead the architecture and implementation of low-level networking components that drive the performance, scalability, cost-efficiency, and resiliency of MongoDB Server
Design and implement observability improvements that enable MongoDB engineers and customers to quickly and accurately diagnose the root cause of production issues
Handle networking-related customer escalations from Technical Support team and coach teammates to do the same
Write production-ready database code in C++, improve the existing code, and mentor their team to write higher quality code
Own all code the Networking & Observability Team maintains, ensuring it achieves a high standard for quality (including security, durability, availability, and performance) and maintainability
Write and improve unit and integration tests in C++, Javascript, and Python to demonstrate correctness
Diagnose test failures, identify bugs in existing code, fix them, and prevent bugs from being introduced in new code
Investigate the performance impact of code changes that may cause software performance regressions
Interview candidates for advanced software engineering positions
Develop and maintain expertise on cutting edge database, networking, and observability developments from industry and academia
Lead development and project management of some of the largest projects across the company
Collaborate with stakeholders and engineering teams across the company to jointly work on large initiatives
Advise Product Management on technical product direction, engineering complexity and inter-project dependencies
Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering leadership to define product roadmaps
Success Measures In the first month, you will have understood the high level architecture of MongoDB networking and observability, and fixed a few bugs
In three months, you will have contributed to the development in C++ of a project slated for the next major release of MongoDB, and diagnosed and fixed a few customer or testing-reported issues
In six months, you will have taken on code review responsibilities and are involved in reviewing the design for new features
In twelve months, you will be leading the development of new features and initiatives, helping to mentor engineers on the team, and using your experience to drive the long-term technical roadmap of the Networking & Observability Team
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 #1263082298
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- Location:
- Seattle, WA, United States
- Salary:
- $250,000 +
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Engineering