Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join MongoDB's Documentation Platform Engineering Team as a Sr. Software Engineer and contribute to a platform with 60M annual page views. You will build and integrate best-in-class technologies, develop applications and extensions, and enhance the user experience. This role can be based in New York City or remotely within the United States. Responsibilities include contributing to platform development, improving documentation accessibility and user engagement, developing user experience features, orchestrating large-scale features and modernizations, analyzing user behavior, and driving changes to improve engineer success. The ideal candidate possesses hands-on experience with Git, TypeScript, React, Next.js, CI/CD, MDX, and other markup languages, along with experience with MongoDB or other databases. A deep understanding of TypeScript or JavaScript and at least 5 years of software engineering experience are required.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience and understanding of Git, TypeScript, React, Next.js, CI/CD, MDX and other markup languages
• Experience with MongoDB (or a strong track record of working with other databases)
• Has worked on complex, in-production web applications
• Deep understanding of TypeScript or JavaScript, preferably TypeScript
• Can write, discuss, and review code in a collaborative way
• Understands how to make resilient, scalable, and maintainable software
• Has at least 5 years of experience as a software engineer

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and enhancement of the MongoDB Documentation Platform
• Explore ways to improve documentation accessibility, discoverability, and user engagement
• Develop features that enhance the user experience for documentation consumers and contributors
• Orchestrate large-scale features and modernizations by working across product teams
• Analyze user behavior and platform performance to identify gaps and improve effectiveness
• Own and drive changes that enable your fellow engineers to be successful in their work

Preferred Qualifications

• 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