MongoDB’s mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. We enable organizations of all sizes to easily build, scale, and run modern applications by helping them modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our industry-leading developer data platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available in more than 115 regions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Atlas allows customers to build and run applications anywhere—on premises, or across cloud providers. With offices worldwide and over 175,000 new developers signing up to use MongoDB every month, it’s no wonder that leading organizations, like Samsung and Toyota, trust MongoDB to build next-generation, AI-powered applications.
The MongoDB Atlas Data Services Team is a diverse group of contributors working together to help our users manage MongoDB at global scale. We are responsible for MongoDB Atlas: our database as a service offering and fastest growing product which allows users to deploy fault-tolerant, globally distributed MongoDB clusters in just minutes.
We're seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to join the Atlas Identity and Access Management (IAM) team. IAM is a platform and a product team. We serve internal engineers by providing them a secure and durable suite of services, and we serve external customers by providing them user facing features and products. The IAM team’s mission is to enable customers to securely build their applications with Atlas through our best in class user experience.
This role can be based out of our New York City office or remotely in the North America region.
Role Responsibilities
- Define the long term product vision and technical strategy of Atlas IAM at MongoDB
- Contribute towards IAM industry standards and trends
- Mentor and grow teams and team members
Candidate Profile
- 12+ years experience of software engineering
- Deep and strong experience within identity and access management (IAM) systems, in particular authorization, OIDC, OAuth, SAML, FIDO, SSO
- Proficient in a modern compiled programming language (Java, Go, C#, C++, etc.)
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Works independently by defining, communicating, and executing against your top priorities and focuses
- Proven successes in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure and highly available distributed systems
- Excitement to collaborate with colleagues and mentor fellow engineers
- Curious, collaborative, empathetic, and intellectually honest
- Experience with AWS required; GCP, and Azure a plus
Success Measures
- In 3 months you’ll have acquired a mature and thorough understanding of our existing architecture
- In 6 months you'll be taking an active role in defining and driving the short and long term roadmap of our product, providing deep technical guidance and design expertise
- In 12 months you’ll be a deeply respected mentor for our team and all surrounding teams, advocating for and on behalf of the IAM organization
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!
MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter.
MongoDB, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
MongoDB’s base salary range for this role is posted below. Compensation at the time of offer is unique to each candidate and based on a variety of factors such as skill set, experience, qualifications, and work location. Salary is one part of MongoDB’s total compensation and benefits package. Other benefits for eligible employees may include: equity, participation in the employee stock purchase program, flexible paid time off, 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, 401(k) plan, mental health counseling, access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage, and health benefits offerings. Please note, the base salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to U.S.-based candidates.
MongoDB’s base salary range for this role in the U.S. is:
$168,000—$330,000 USD
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