Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join MongoDB as a Senior AI Engineer and contribute to the development and delivery of AI-powered features that accelerate customer workload migration. You will build a robust AI agent, working on high-visibility projects with broad organizational impact. The role involves end-to-end AI application development, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and building evaluation frameworks. This position requires strong software engineering fundamentals and experience with generative AI. MongoDB offers a supportive and enriching culture with various benefits, including flexible paid time off, generous parental leave, and comprehensive health benefits.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, related quantitative field or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated effectiveness in delivering new products in research or startup environments
• 5+ years of software engineering and/or product engineering experience
• 2+ years of industry experience in AI with demonstrated results
• Experience building Generative AI applications, specifically Agentic flows, RAG, or any state of the art methods in leveraging language models
• Experience building evaluation frameworks for AI applications that leverage foundational models
• Strong fundamentals in Software Engineering
• Ability to drive 0-1 / MVP projects, rapid prototyping

Responsibilities

• Drive AI projects end to end, working in a cross-functional setting
• Be a thought leader in the company in the latest developments in the AI field, including following industry trends and the latest papers
• End to end development of AI applications, including method and model selection, fine-tuning, prompt engineering, performance assessment, and collaboration with engineering teams to integrate AI into broader systems
• Collaborate with experienced engineers, products and design to continuously evolve and improve AI-powered products
• Build evaluation and monitoring frameworks for AI products in production
• Contribute to the development of our agent framework and capabilities
• Help establish best practices for AI development and deployment

Preferred Qualifications

• You thrive in environments with significant uncertainty and enjoy defining problems as much as solving them
• You're passionate about generative AI technology and stay current with the latest developments
• You're comfortable taking initiative on new concepts without detailed direction
• You're excited about joining a growing team and helping shape its culture and direction
• Understand our core values and apply them to your work
• Show curiosity, collaborative thinking, and intellectual honesty
• Are excited by full-stack and AI technologies
• Are adaptable and keen to experiment
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills

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