Lead Engineer Atlas Stream Processing jobs at Mongodb in Canada, Toronto

• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, testing, and maintaining industrial-strength backend software in a complex codebase
• Proficient in modern programming languages and techniques
• Experienced in developing distributed systems, cloud services, and SaaS products
• Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills; enthusiasm for collaborating closely with colleagues and mentoring other engineers
• 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

• Build and design our integrated search platform, written in Java
• 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
• Lead projects and own subsystems
• Help determine the team’s roadmap and the architecture of our system

• In 3 months you’ll have contributed to the development of an existing project and completed several 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 the team owns and have led a project. You’ll have had a positive impact on our code, product, and team processes

This role can be based out of our Toronto office or remotely in the Ontario region.

• 5+ years hands-on experience with Python (or related language) programming experience in industry
• Experience in developer productivity or related infrastructural-focused role
• Strong experience and knowledge of testing techniques focused on distributed systems
• A demonstrated expertise of solid UX-focused design of CLIs for scalability and maintainability
• A track record for mentoring team members
• A proven ability to set and execute the vision for projects that have hit scaling limits
• An appetite for continuous learning and improvement
• A deep empathy and eagerness to understand and solve customer problems
• A proven track record of ownership and drive from idea generation through idea execution
• Experience working with remote teams

• Software ecosystems that contain and routinely run a large number of tests, from unit-level through end-to-end
• Database (or other large system) integration testing frameworks
• Test fuzzing
• TLA+ and its applications
• C++, Java, and/or Go
• Sanitizers and other static analysis tooling
• Kubernetes testing
• Software Architecture and Design Principles

• Take ownership of large areas of testing infrastructure
• Design and develop critical features to evolve our test frameworks and tools
• Produce and execute on strategies that reduce technical debt through iterative and strategic quality of life improvements
• Meaningfully contribute to cohesive strategies to enable the development organization to build with confidence using the right tool for the job
• Mentor and grow other developers
• Show deep empathy towards other developers to understand their pain points and provide impactful solutions
• Onboard quickly and successfully into unfamiliar tools and systems
• Collaborate productively with colleagues at all stages of project lifecycle (ideation, requirements gathering, design, execution, and delivery)

• Within 1 month, you will have completed several small engineering tasks. You will also have a very high-level understanding of the developer experience for the Server and Cloud teams at MongoDB
• Within 3 months, you will have core contributions to at least one feature. You will have a good understanding of the team's mission and goals
• In 6 months you will be proposing improvements for developer experience. You will be taking responsibility for upcoming projects
• In 12 months, you will be mentoring other developers. You will be designing and leading projects

• Have 4+ years of experience writing high-quality software
• Have experience implementing libraries or applications in Java, or other languages that run on the JVM
• Are fascinated by, and have experience working with concurrency, parallelism and distributed systems
• Want to participate in open-source software development and communities
• Communicate well, internally and externally, both in writing and face-to-face
• Advocate for testing and modern development best practices
• Can make pragmatic design tradeoffs while balancing features, maintainability, and delivery time
• Elevate the skills and expertise of those around you
• Are excited by our

• , , , , , and other JVM-based projects
• Integrations with other open-source software, such as and AI tools
• Testing, delivering and supporting the above across multiple operating systems, JDKs, and MongoDB releases

• Working with our Product, Server, Cloud, and other driver teams on designs and specifications for new customer-facing MongoDB features
• Investigating bugs and support requests from commercial and open-source customers for the libraries and tools our team maintains
• Seeking out speaking or writing opportunities to engage with our developer community
• Mentoring junior engineers in both technical and non-technical professional skills

• Within three months, you will contribute effectively day-to-day, fix bugs, implement planned features, and thoroughly review your colleagues’ pull requests
• Within six months, you will confidently lead projects, provide mentorship and technical guidance to colleagues, and contribute to process improvements
• Within a year, you will demonstrate strong technical ownership, influence team and product growth through effective communication and collaboration, and contribute to high-impact product enhancements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, testing, and maintaining industrial-strength backend software in a complex codebase
• Proficient in modern programming languages and techniques
• Experienced in developing distributed systems, cloud services, and SaaS products
• Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills; enthusiasm for collaborating closely with colleagues and mentoring other engineers
• 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

• Build and design our integrated search platform, written in Java
• 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
• Lead projects and own subsystems
• Help determine the team’s roadmap and the architecture of our system

• In 3 months you’ll have contributed to the development of an existing project and completed several 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 the team owns and have led a project. You’ll have had a positive impact on our code, product, and team processes

• Minimum 10 years of experience in programming, debugging, and performance tuning distributed and/or highly concurrent C/C++ software systems. Candidates with more experience will be considered for more senior roles. Experience in C++ is preferable, but not required
• Strong systems fundamentals, including multi-threaded programming and performance profiling
• Familiarity with distributed systems such as consensus protocols, data replication, distributed transactions, and fault tolerance
• Familiarity with database internals or building core components for data processing systems
• Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills and a desire to collaborate with colleagues and mentor junior engineers and interns
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to make realistic assessments of project complexity
• Passion for learning new things in the domains of computer science and software engineering

• Develop novel data replication solutions based on the Raft consensus protocol for ensuring automatic failover and zero-downtime of user applications
• Handle distributed systems related customer escalations from Technical Support team
• Write production-ready database code in C++
• Write unit tests and integration tests in C++, Javascript, and Python to demonstrate application correctness
• Diagnose test failures, identify bugs in existing code, and fix them
• Investigate the performance impact of code changes that may cause software performance regressions
• Interview candidates for software engineering positions
• Develop and maintain expertise on cutting edge database and distributed systems research from industry and academia
• Handle (or lead the effort to handle) time-sensitive customer escalations
• Lead development and project management of large, cross-team projects
• Collaborate with stakeholders and engineering teams across the company to jointly work on large initiatives
• Advise Product Management on engineering complexity and inter-project dependencies
• Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering leadership to define product roadmaps

• In the first month, you will have understood the high level architecture of MongoDB replication 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 a new feature and helping to mentor new engineers on the team

• 10+ years of experience in data management systems
• Proficient in modern programming languages and techniques
• Eager to impact and envision the technological future of a complex system
• Experienced in developing distributed systems, cloud services and SaaS products
• Experienced in designing and maintaining search platforms or distributed databases is preferred but not required
• Experienced in debugging and profiling multithreaded JVM applications and distributed applications is preferred but not required

• Be directly responsible for delivering on goals which span a 6-18 month timeframe
• Play a key role in defining the roadmap for the next 12 months
• Build and design our integrated search platform, written in Java
• Leverage deep knowledge of the strength and weakness of the product and of industry trends to provide technical vision and direction
• Advise management on decisions related to roadmap, processes, architecture and design
• Collaborate with stakeholders and engineering teams across the company to jointly work on large initiatives
• Influence and grow team members through active mentoring, coaching and leading by example
• Help cultivate a strong talent bench through interviewing, mentoring and knowledge sharing

• In 3 months, you'll contribute to the improvement of our core "mongot" and Mongo Management Service repos
• In 6 months, you'll be working on features to build out new infrastructure for Atlas Search
• In 12 months, you'll be building POCs, designing new features, and collaborating with other teams on complex projects

• Lead medium sized, full-stack projects from technical design to delivery
• Collaborate with colleagues at all stages of project lifecycle (ideation, requirements gathering, design, execution, and delivery)
• Own our , and exemplify them in your work
• Continue to learn and be curious in growing your career!

• 2+ years of professional experience building full-stack web applications
• Proficient in a modern compiled programming language (Java, Go, C#, C++, etc.)
• Willingness to learn JavaScript and/or TypeScript along with modern frontend technologies (React, Redux, etc.); prior experience a plus
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Is collaborative, empathetic, and intellectually honest

• In 1 month you’ll have shipped code into production
• In 3 months, you’ll have collaborated and delivered on a project with other engineers on the team
• In 6 months, you’ll have led the technical design, execution, and delivery of a project