MongoDB is a company built for change, empowering customers and employees to innovate rapidly. They are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead teams focused on developer productivity and improve the software development lifecycle through measurable enhancements.

Responsibilities:

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Improve engineering visibility and decision-making. Ensure your team delivers the systems, analytics, and reporting needed for Engineering leadership to understand the health, performance, and efficiency of the software development lifecycle
Evaluate, integrate, and build AI-enabled interfaces and tools that drive engineer productivity improvements, with a focus on measurable impact and responsible rollout
Drive the roadmap. Partner with Staff and Senior Staff ICs, TPMs, and stakeholders to define and evolve a 12-month roadmap that balances near-term delivery with long-term platform investment

Requirements:

4+ years of experience managing software engineers, including hiring, performance management, growth planning, and compensation; required for external candidates and preferred for internal candidates
8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience building and operating production systems; experience in developer tooling, platform engineering, observability, or data engineering is a strong plus
Demonstrated the ability to lead through ambiguity, work across team boundaries, and deliver outcomes without close supervision
Strong customer orientation and sound judgment in finding practical, high-leverage solutions
Experience working with systems involving analytics, data pipelines, and metrics platforms
Experience with AI tools development and enablement efforts
Strong technical judgment, including the ability to evaluate tradeoffs, identify risks, and ask the right questions without needing to be hands-on in the code every day
Ability to connect observability, engineering metrics, and AI capabilities to meaningful improvements in the developer ecosystem
Excellent communication skills with engineers, peer managers, and senior leadership
A track record of building inclusive, high-performing teams where engineers can do their best work

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