MongoDB Staff Engineer APIx 

Ireland, Dublin 

90882129

You’ll work at the intersection of platform architecture, developer experience, and API governance. As a technical leader on the team, you’ll set the direction for how we build, version, secure, and evolve our APIs, ensuring they are standards-compliant, reliable, and easy to consume.

• Shape the platform strategy in alignment with the company and product goals. Propose and lead initiatives that improve developer efficiency and customer satisfaction
• Evolve the API platform that powers customer-facing functionality across Atlas, enabling internal development teams to deliver features and serve enterprise customers at scale. Focus areas include platform lifecycle, availability, observability & developer enablement
• Ensure integration with modern auth standards, such as OAuth2 and OIDC, in a way that’s secure and compatible with popular client libraries
• Collaborate deeply with internal teams (e.g., engineering, product, SRE, security) to ensure the platform meets broad engineering needs
• Enable the downstream development of declarative tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi) by ensuring the API platform aligns with their workflows and state management paradigms
• Establish and evangelize best practices for API design, observability, code generation, and documentation across engineering teams, e.g.
• Act as a technical mentor and leader, helping maintain a high bar of engineering excellence and decision-making
• Foster an inclusive and respectful work environment according to MongoDB's Core Values

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.

• Enjoys collaboration and being part of a team, with experience in technical leadership
• Proven expertise building production API platforms at scale, ideally for internal platform teams and/or enterprise-facing products
• Strong background in API lifecycle management, OpenAPI/Swagger or similar
• A track record of delivering backwards-compatible APIs and building systems that reduce the risk of breaking changes
• Strong communication skills — you’re equally comfortable writing an RFC, mentoring a teammate, or presenting to leadership
• Approachable, curious, and intellectually honest

• In 3 months, you'll have shipped code into production and collaborated with the team to solve challenging problems
• You will have built strong relationships with your team and the Atlas organization
• In 6 months, you'll have contributed to a large project, driving improvements in your areas of ownership
• In 12 months, you will have designed new features, led development work, and become a go-to expert on parts of the system

• Generous compensation package (top-range salary, equity, comprehensive benefits)
• Flexible working options (not a strict 9-6 role, focus on results, not the appearance of work)
• Influence engineering standards and culture across a growing global team
• 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
• Opportunities to learn on the job (time and support to upskill in new technologies and learn new programming languages, as well as an allowance for educational material)
• You'll be joining a good-humoured, encouraging team that deeply cares about its culture and wants to combine work and fun!
• Upon joining, you will have the opportunity to learn everything there is to know about MongoDB via specialised training on the platform and highly supportive colleagues