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Senior Software Engineer, Storage Layer Services

MongoDB · New York City; United States

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
81 days
MongoDB's roles stay open a median of 81 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of MongoDB's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at MongoDB
high
407 stale, 7 reposted of 411 open
Hiring momentum
575 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from MongoDB's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for MongoDB.

About this role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Storage Layer Services team at MongoDB, you will design, build, and operate control plane services for a multi-tenant storage layer. Your role will involve solving high availability and performance challenges, leading technical projects, and mentoring junior engineers while collaborating closely with various engineering teams. This position offers the opportunity to work on a multi-year roadmap aimed at enhancing the MongoDB cloud storage architecture.

Our read on this posting2.8out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of MongoDB as an employer.

What you need

  • 5+ years of professional software development experience building, deploying, and operating multi-tenant cloud services with a focus on operational excellence
  • Experience with large backend/compiled codebases, such as Rust or C/C++
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration platforms (e.g. Kubernetes)
  • Experience with observability tooling (e.g. time series metrics, dashboards)
  • Experience with distributed systems
  • Familiarity with database internals or experience building core components for data processing systems

Nice to have

  • Experience writing and profiling highly performant Rust code
  • Experience improving reliability through chaos engineering and load testing
  • Experience building scalable cloud services on multiple cloud provider platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Interest in the theory and practice of high-availability systems (hands-on experience or an M.Sc./Ph.D. in the domain is a plus)

What you get

  • 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

Worth weighing

  • No specific technologies or frameworks mentioned beyond general categories
  • Base salary range provided only for U.S.-based candidates, which may not apply to remote candidates outside the U.S.

Summarised from MongoDB's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by MongoDB on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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