Senior Consulting Engineer

Summary

Join MongoDB's Professional Services team as a Senior Consulting Engineer and contribute to customer implementations across all phases of the application lifecycle. This role involves delivering customer training, collaborating with a wider delivery team, and cultivating a trusted advisor reputation. You will partner with product and engineering teams, influence the product roadmap, and ensure client success with their MongoDB endeavors. The position requires 10+ years of software development/consulting experience, expertise in various programming languages and databases, and strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Based in Los Angeles or remotely on the West Coast, this role involves up to 20% travel. MongoDB offers a comprehensive benefits package including flexible paid time off, parental leave, 401(k), and more.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software development/consulting/support experience, preferably in a number of distinct industries/verticals
• Competence in at least one of the following languages (in no particular order): Java, C#, Python, Node.js (JavaScript), Ruby, Go
• Experience with databases such as MongoDB, Oracle, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL
• Familiarity with Linux diagnostics and tuning
• Familiarity with enterprise-scale software architectures, application development methodologies, and software deployment and operations
• Excellent analytical, diagnostic skills, and problem-solving skills
• High motivation for a role that combines deep technical and customer-management dimensions
• Confidence speaking and presenting in a collaborative customer setting
• Should be capable and comfortable with frequent travel for short trips to customer sites during the working week (up to 20%)

Responsibilities

• Contribute to customer implementations at any or all phases of the application lifecycle: portfolio assessment, application planning and design, deployment architectures, development and build, integration and release configuration, system testing, production operations, application optimization, and best practices adoption
• Deliver customer classroom-based training to architect, developer, and operations roles
• Work as part of a wider delivery team comprising fellow consulting engineers, project managers, and account teams
• Cultivate your individual MongoDB reputation as a trusted advisor to guide MongoDB and our customers into the future
• Partner with Product and Engineering teams to influence the direction of the MongoDB product roadmap
• Become a field expert in “everything MongoDB”
• Communicate complex technical proposals simply and convincingly to a wide range of audiences
• Gain a reputation as a trusted advisor with your clients, large and small
• Ensure your client’s success with their MongoDB endeavors
• Maintain the required level of billable utilization
• Influence MongoDB product development by contributing experience from the field
• Successfully communicate the product roadmap to external clients
• Constantly work on improving yourself, our products, and our team

Preferred Qualifications

Windows tuning knowledge

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off
• 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave
• Fertility and adoption assistance
• 401(k) plan
• Mental health counseling
• Access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage
• Health benefits offerings
• Equity
• Participation in the employee stock purchase program