Senior Software Engineer, Server Security

MongoDB is a data platform company that develops software for modern application and database workloads. The Senior Software Engineer will build and test core server security features, lead investigations into complex distributed-systems issues, coordinate feature rollouts across teams, and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Build and test new security features in a large, feature-rich C++ codebase
• Work across engineering, cloud services, and support teams to coordinate feature rollouts and changes
• Stand for code quality and security best practices, assisting fellow engineers in writing well-reasoned, secure code
• Use strong diagnostic intuition to solve thorny technical issues related to distributed systems, concurrency, and OS internals

Requirements:

• • 5+ years of experience building distributed systems
• • Proficiency in a compiled language (C++, Rust, Go, Java, or similar). Technical interviews will be conducted in a compiled language of your choice
• • Ability to reason about how specific design choices impact a distributed system like MongoDB
• • Understands modern computer architecture and internals to the degree that they can reason about how specific design choices plays out in a system like MongoDB
• • Degree in Computer Science or similar field, or equivalent practical experience, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design/architecture
• • Excellent communication skills to synthesize complex technical implications for diverse stakeholders
• This role can be remote or hybrid anywhere in the USA or Canada. We will prioritize candidates who are already located in one of these countries