Engineering Manager Query jobs at Mongodb in United States

This role will be based remotely in the United States

• Deeply understanding the developer experience for MongoDB Search, understanding how users get started, test and implement CI/CD, and move into production. Overseeing our strategy for best practices in development and running early access programs for new features in this space, balancing customer needs and business priorities
• Partnering with Product Design and Product Analytics to understand the end to end user journey, identifying opportunities to influence the funnel, and determine experimentation strategy
• Partnering with documentation, growth marketing, and developer relations to improve customers learning journey and extend our impact
• Partnering with product operations to improve our product feedback loop with the field and operationalizing our customer outreach
• Work closely with the rest of the MongoDB Search product team to provide input and contribute to the long-term vision of our product in support of our goals
• Identify user needs and pains, barriers to adoption, and business opportunities through a combination of research, feedback collection, and competitive analyses
• Drive execution of these opportunities end-to-end

• You have 5 years of product management experience, with 2-3 of those years in a “Growth”-like role
• You have direct experience running experiments (A/B tests, MABs, Card-sorting, etc.) and deep understanding of common product-led growth frameworks for activation and engagement
• You love getting lost in the numbers, but you know they don’t tell the full story. You recognize that extensive customer understanding is an important part of the product process.
• You have the ability to collaborate with people from different parts of the company to ensure that your product-led thinking drives real business impact
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to present technical content to diverse non-technical audiences
• You have experience with the full product development process: ideation, research, creation, design, execution, quality testing, etc.
• You know that developing great products isn’t just about shipping the feature, but thinking about all the outside interactions the user has as well (documentation, support, forums, blogs, etc.)
• You have desire to understand search technologies and developer implementation lifecycle

• Experience with Search technologies or working on products with a developer persona
• Strong technical background (degree in Computer Science or Information Systems, coursework or certifications in coding)

• 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 is preferred but not required

• Build and design our integrated search platform, written in Java
• Contribute to two leading open source platforms, MongoDB and Lucene
• Participate in product and design discussions
• Perform code reviews with peers and make recommendations on how to improve our code and software development processes
• Collaborate with other teams including cloud services, database, enterprise tools, drivers and support to coordinate changes or contribute to their projects

• In 3 months, you'll contribute to the improvement of our core "mongoT" repository
• In 6 months, you'll be working on features such as query features or platform improvements
• In 12 months, you'll be building POCs, designing new features, and collaborating with other teams from across the company on complex projects

• 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

• You have 2 or more years of experience managing a team of software engineers
• You have strong technical judgment that you use to effectively guide engineering decisions without necessarily writing code yourself
• You have first-hand experience developing complex systems like databases, distributed systems, or high-performance applications and you use this context to understand the challenges your team faces
• You enjoy coaching, career development, and creating growth opportunities to help your team reach their full potential
• You care about building a diverse, inclusive environment where engineers can do their best work
• You put the customer first and don't hesitate to cross team boundaries in search of the right solution

• Lead and grow a team, managing all aspects of people management including hiring, growth, compensation, and performance management
• Be directly responsible for the results your team delivers
• Play a key role in defining the roadmap for the next 12 months
• Drive improvements to processes and tools especially those that allow us to confidently make changes to high risk parts of our codebase
• Handle (or lead the effort to handle) time-sensitive customer escalations
• Collaborate with stakeholders and engineering teams across the company to jointly work on large initiatives
• Work with product managers, program managers, and other teams to specify, prioritize and deliver new features that delight our users
• Ensure high quality and velocity in the design and implementation of new functionality in Search and Vector Search
• Be open to occasional (twice a year) travel to the US

• In the first month:
• You have understood the high level architecture of the Search and Vector Search and the team's responsibilities
• You are starting to develop relationships with key stakeholders
• You have gained familiarity with the required day-to-day processes to manage the team
• In three months:
• You have taken over management of your team, and are starting to build trust with your reports
• You have assumed responsibility for the day-to-day processes necessary to keep the lights on
• You are involved in reviewing the design for new features and helping the team navigate technical challenges
• In six months:
• You have established your role as a leader in the organization such that team members naturally go to you for guidance
• You are beginning to involve yourself in planning and roadmapping efforts
• You are leading the planning and execution of a new major feature
• In twelve months:
• You have performed a full annual cycle of performance and growth conversations with your team members
• You have contributed to the vision for the future of the Search team and helped develop a plan to achieve that vision
• You have increased the capability and velocity of your team in measurable ways

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

• Ideally 8 to 11 years of related experience in a customer facing role, with 5 to 7 years of experience in pre-sales with enterprise software
• Minimum of 3 years experience with modern scripting languages (e.g. Python, Node.js, SQL) and/or popular programming languages (e.g. C/C++, Java, C#) in a professional capacity
• Experience designing with scalable and highly available distributed systems in the cloud and on-prem
• Demonstrated ability to work with customers to review complex architecture of existing applications, providing guidance on how to improve by leveraging technology
• Excellent presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex technical and business concepts in a clear and compelling manner to technology and business leadership
• Ability to strategize with sales teams and provide recommendations on how to drive a multi-threaded account strategy, aligning other MongoDB and ecosystem resources to move towards a mutually beneficial account plan
• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

• Experience selling databases and/or deploying applications with any of the major cloud providers
• Experience with database programming and data models
• Experience in data engineering or AI/ML projects
• Experience in transforming legacy systems and platforms into modern, scalable, and efficient technology stacks
• Understanding of popular sales methodologies/ frameworks such as MEDDPICC/ Command of the Message
• A MongoDB Certification
• A Cloud Provider Certification

In this role, you will work on complex opportunities where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. You will:

• Design and Architect: Design scalable and performant applications, systems and infrastructure for large software projects leveraging MongoDB
• Customer Advising and Value Articulation: Guide customers on architecture patterns and optimization strategies for MongoDB, while clearly communicating its business value to the relevant stakeholders
• Sales Partnership: Collaborate with the sales team to drive account success through account planning, opportunity prioritization/qualification and pipeline generation strategy, while taking ownership of the technical aspects (including but not limited to technical discovery, demos, proof of value, presentations, sizing and documentation)
• Demand Generation: Proactively generate demand within the sales territory through self-driven technical initiatives, participation in events such as industry trade shows and account-based marketing events
• Customer Success: Foster strong customer relationships, build champions and ensure customer success and satisfaction
• Innovation and Improvement: Continuously seek opportunities to innovate and improve MongoDB solutions and processes (e.g. by relaying field feedback to the product team), as well as proactively mentor other Solutions Consulting team members
• Personal Training and Development: Engage in ongoing training and professional development to stay abreast of MongoDB product suite as well as industry trends

MongoDB Product Suite Mastery

• Core Database Server: Master the fundamentals and advanced features of MongoDB's core database
• Atlas and Advanced Services: Gain expertise in Atlas (fully managed cloud database service), Atlas Stream Processing, Atlas Data Lake, Atlas Full-Text Search, Atlas Vector Search, and Charts
• Relational Migrator: Learn to migrate from relational databases seamlessly

Market-Relevant Technologies

• Hyperscaler Ecosystem: Gain expertise in designing complex systems utilizing cloud services on hyperscaler platforms
• Complementary Technologies: Enhance your skills with partner and complementary technologies such as Apache Kafka and Kubernetes

Modern Architecture Design

• Design Patterns and Methodologies: Embrace best practices in microservices, DevOps, cloud, and security
• Cutting Edge RAG and AI Architectures: Help customers on their generative AI journeys and working with industry leading partners in the space

Sales Techniques and Soft Skills

• Effective Communication: Master presentations, demonstrations, and whiteboarding
• Client Interaction: Develop strategies for discovery and objection handling

Industry Insights

• Diverse Market Verticals: Gain exposure to a broad spectrum of interesting use cases across various industries

We’re seeking a Lead Engineer for the Atlas Stream Processing team to provide technical direction, direct architecture decisions, and implement core parts of the new stream processing architecture that GA’d in the summer of 2024. enables processing streams of complex data using the same data model and Query API used in Atlas databases.

• Manage a team of software engineers, responsible for ensuring their success, aiding their career growth, and facilitating their technical work
• Make coding contributions to the team’s projects
• Work with product managers, program managers, design & analytics teams and other teams to define, prioritize and deliver new features that delight our users and drive platform improvements
• Take responsibility for the planning and execution of major features, raise delivery risks
• Own the monitoring, operations, and maintenance of the systems your team develops
• Enable the team to operate efficiently by removing technical obstacles, coordinating with other teams on dependencies, and prioritizing the team's overall well-being
• Contribute to planning for organizational growth, including allocation of engineering resources, participate in hiring and assignment of projects

• 5+ years of experience of building distributed systems, and/or foundational cloud services at scale and experience with a compiled language (Java, C#, Go, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience managing a team of 3+ engineers and providing technical leadership
• Track record in hiring, mentoring, and growing high-performing software engineering teams, experience working with remote teams and a passion for mentoring and career development of the team
• Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills and desire to collaborate with colleagues, other teams, and lead projects
• Strong background in building core components for data processing systems (including query execution, storage engines, autotuning and workload optimization) and distributed systems
• Have led the launch of new features and maintained them in production
• Bonus points for experience with containerization and orchestration platforms (eg. Kubernetes) and observability tools
• Be a force multiplier in our software development process. Enable teams to deliver great products through leadership and technical contributions
• Eager to learn, with a strong technical background

• In the first month, you’ll have understood the surface area, the high level architecture of the Atlas Stream Processing. You’ll have initiated one-on-one’s with your team members.
• In three months, you’ll have on-boarded onto the team and contributed to the design and development of a feature
• In six months, you will have taken on full responsibility for projects slated for the subsequent quarter. You’ll have started growth conversations with your team members and begun to understand their longer-term career aspirations
• In twelve months, you’ll have led the development of multiple new features and performed a full annual cycle of performance and growth conversations with your team members. Additionally, you’ll have contributed to the vision for the future of the Atlas Streams team and helped develop a plan to achieve that vision