Senior Software Development Engineer, MongoDB

• 7+ years of professional experience in building production-ready web sites or web applications, including 2+ years at a medium to large enterprise
• Proficiency in modern Javascript / Typescript frameworks preferably Next.js, React, Express and Node.js
• Strong experience with CI/CD deployment pipelines with services like Drone, Github, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes as well as application monitoring
• Experience with a headless CMS (Contentstack or any other similar)
• Have independently and proactively worked at every level of the stack to build optimized, performant, resilient and scalable global websites
• Enjoys collaborating cross-functionally with other engineers, analysts, designers, product managers, and other stakeholders in a fast-paced, agile environment
• Enjoys providing technical mentorship for more junior engineers
• Experience writing and reviewing technical specs
• Track record of developing, releasing, and monitoring highly complex features
• Excellent problem-solving as well as written and oral communication skills
• Experience working remotely with globally distributed teams
• Experience working with Jira and with applying SCRUM/Agile development principles
• Experience with AI coding tools and a desire to utilize them for improved efficiency

Desirable

• This is a Senior Software Development Engineer role for the mongodb.com Web Experiences team and will report to the Engineering Manager aka Software Development Lead
• Senior Engineers help transform the web experiences and the platform, working with a team of full stack engineers, infrastructure team, designers and publishers to produce immersive and compelling web experiences powering an average of 2 million plus monthly user views, while also delivering a wide variety of capabilities to internal content producers via a headless CMS
• Balance priorities between technical leadership and system architecture (roughly 50%), and hands-on work (remaining 50%) on multiple web applications & systems
• Support the Engineering Manager in quarterly planning for platform and innovation-heavy initiatives
• Partner with the Engineering manager, Product manager and Scrum master to help manage our Agile sprints
• Lead complex projects either individually or with small working groups of two or three engineers, depending on the scope of the project
• Participate in product and architecture discussions and write technical spec docs for large projects assigned by your manager
• Work cross-functionally with engineering, product, design, publishing, SEO, analytics & infrastructure teams to turn functional requirements into technical specifications
• Provide logical, thorough review of the team’s code, provide technical documentation and make recommendations on how to improve our code, infrastructure and software development processes
• Manage and optimize CI/CD pipelines to ensure rapid and reliable deployments
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues
• Provide technical mentorship to entry-level and mid-level engineers
• Be a role model for engineering best practices and promote those practices
• Participate in our on call rotation shared with other full time engineers