Principal Technologist

Summary

Join MongoDB as a Principal Technologist and drive the adoption of MongoDB among strategic customers. Engage senior technical leadership at Fortune 1000 companies to position MongoDB as the ideal solution for modernizing legacy and building modern, GenAI applications. Collaborate with the Strategic Developer Relations team to deliver technical engagements and educational sessions. Develop and maintain deep technical expertise in MongoDB's products and industry trends. Gather customer feedback to influence the product roadmap. Represent MongoDB at industry events and contribute to thought leadership. This role can be based in Dublin or remotely within EMEA and involves both in-person engagements and creating scalable online content.

Requirements

• 10+ years of technical consulting experience in Principal-level roles in Solutions Architecture, Developer Advocacy, Software Architecture, or Enterprise Consulting
• Recognized technical leader with deep hands-on experience implementing enterprise-scale RDBMS, MongoDB, or other database solutions
• Proven track record of enterprise project ownership and team leadership, preferably in modernization initiatives involving migration of legacy database technology platforms (e.g., Oracle, DB2, Sybase, etc.)
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong understanding of database architectures, distributed systems, and cloud computing concepts, with experience in distributed systems design, including scalability, fault tolerance, and consistency models
• Experience in performance tuning, scalability, and high availability designs for large-scale database implementations
• Familiarity with modern application development frameworks and current proficiency with at least one of: Java, C#, Python
• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Engage and influence executives and technical decision-makers at Fortune 1000 companies and create awareness and understanding of our products
• Aligned with Sales, work with our Strategic Developer Relations team (comprised of senior engineers with deep MongoDB experience) to develop and deliver technical engagements and targeted education sessions
• Develop and maintain deep technical expertise in MongoDB's product and solutions as well as industry trends and competitors' offerings
• Gather feedback and assess customer sentiment to influence product roadmap and advocate for our customers
• Represent MongoDB at industry conferences, trade shows, and technical events
• Contribute to thought leadership through blog posts, whitepapers, and speaking engagements

Preferred Qualifications

• There are two components to the role: in-person engagements and the ability to scale your influence through published content
• We are looking for someone that can travel extensively (up to 50% of the time), but an outsized online presence can mitigate against this need for travel
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build and nurture relationships with C-level executives and senior technical decision-makers

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Focused, high-performing team and close collaboration with your peers across the 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