Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join MongoDB's Atlas Identity and Access Management (IAM) team as a Senior Engineer. This hybrid role (NYC office or East Coast remote) involves designing, architecting, building, and delivering core IAM components. You will lead projects, mentor team members, improve codebase and practices, and define/execute top priorities. The team focuses on both internal services and external customer-facing features for authentication and authorization systems. Success will be measured by contributions to projects and leading your own initiatives within specific timeframes.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience of software engineering, primarily focused on backend systems
• Proficient in a modern compiled programming language (Java, Go, C#, C++, etc.)
• Willingness to learn JavaScript and/or TypeScript along with modern frontend technologies (React, Redux, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Desire to collaborate with colleagues and mentor fellow engineers
• Is curious, collaborative, empathetic, and intellectually honest
• Has a passion for problem solving and learning new things in the domains of computer science and software engineering
• In 1 week you'll have completed your first pull request
• In 3 months, you'll have contributed to a large project
• In 6 months, you’ll be leading the design and execution of your own project

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, build, and deliver core pieces of IAM
• Lead projects from specification to delivery
• Mentor and grow other team members
• Improve our codebase, best practices, and design principles
• Define your top priorities and focuses, communicate them, and execute against them
• Lead and contribute to complex technical projects and initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

Experience building identity and access management systems such as authentication (OAuth, SSO), authorization (RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC), and login and registration systems

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