We're looking for a Software Engineer to join our growing team, which builds the foundational platform for all of Atlas's public APIs, mainly the . As part of this team, you will design, build, and support the core services that define the entire API lifecycle, ensuring a world-class experience for both API consumers and internal developers. You will own the key pillars of our API platform, such as:
- Defining API standards, linting, versioning, breaking change detection, and changelog capabilities
- Implementing API rate limiting and collecting crucial API telemetry
- Improving CI/CD support for API producers, automating example generation, and enhancing our documentation platform through Open API
Furthermore, you will leverage AI to enhance our developer support by refining our central Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) tooling, providing intelligent, context-aware assistance to API Producers. Your work will directly impact how all developers interact with Atlas, both internally and externally, ensuring our APIs are consistent, reliable, easy to use, and form a solid programmatic interface for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, such as the MongoDB Atlas Terraform Provider and AWS CloudFormation.
What will you do?- Design, implement, test, and release features for our
- Apply our to your work in planning, designing, and delivering
- Build tools that support MongoDB users and developers on their journey
- Incrementally ship elements of sophisticated projects
- Assist with investigating and solving problems experienced by our customers (second-level support for features our team owns)
We understand not everyone will meet all the qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.
- You have a growth mindset, continuously and consistently evolving your craft
- You possess strong collaboration skills. You enjoy working with others to achieve a common goal
- You're comfortable and productive in a distributed setting, with a proven ability to collaborate with team members in different time zones, within your working hours
- You are approachable, curious, and intellectually honest
- You are an adept organizer. You possess the skills to efficiently evaluate priorities, coordinate your schedule, and take action on tasks sequentially, maintaining a balance that promotes productivity and quality in your work
- You have good knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals (Data structures and Algorithms) and Object Orientation concepts
- You have some experience building asynchronous, distributed systems
- You are highly proficient in your preferred mainstream programming language. While our work primarily involves Java 17, we appreciate diverse language expertise
- You have worked directly with production systems
- You are familiar with services running on cloud infrastructure (e.g., Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure)
How will you measure success?- In three months, you'll have become familiar with our developer tools and the existing features most relevant to the API Platform
- In six months, you will be building features and leading your projects. You will share knowledge with the team, collaborating where needed to achieve our team goals
- In nine months, you will be fully embedded in the team. In addition to leading your projects, you will contribute ideas to the team roadmap, helping us improve our workflow. You will be mentoring other team members, helping them learn from your experience
What is in it for you?- Generous compensation package (top-range salary, equity, comprehensive benefits)
- Flexible working options with a focus on results rather than the appearance of work
- A high level of independence in your day-to-day work. Propose innovative solutions to existing problems and own the delivery from start to finish
- You'll be stepping into a culture of continuous learning. Our environment thrives on the exchange of knowledge, with ample opportunities to upskill in new technologies and develop professionally
- Exposure to a wide variety of market verticals and a broad spectrum of interesting use cases
- You will have a high level of independence in your day-to-day work
- You'll be joining a supportive and collaborative team that values its culture and promotes a positive work environment!
- Upon joining, you will have the opportunity to learn everything there is to know about MongoDB via specialized training on the platform and highly supportive colleagues