Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join MongoDB's Server Security team as a Staff Software Engineer and become a leader in enhancing our security posture. You will design and lead complex projects, implement and support new security features in a large C++ codebase, and collaborate with various teams. This role requires extensive software development experience with a focus on security, expertise in network security protocols and cryptography, and strong diagnostic skills. The position can be based in New York or remote (East Coast hours). MongoDB offers a supportive and enriching culture with various benefits to support employee wellbeing.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on security
• Ability to diagnose thorny technical issues central to databases: distributed systems, data replication, query optimization, data storage, OS internals, concurrency and scheduling, networking, etc
• Expertise in common network security protocols, fundamental cryptographic principles, and related technologies: e.g., TLS, Private/Public Key Cryptography, PKI, Hashing, CRLs, token-based auth, etc
• Experience supporting production environments, and/or working directly with end-users to investigate and diagnose highly technical security issues
• Ability to: Read and understand the intent of code and stack traces in many languages, especially C++
• Ability to: Stand for code quality and software design best practices
• Ability to: Quickly grok and clearly synthesize implications of system behavior
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) as you will be working with users from all over the world with very diverse backgrounds, as well as with a highly technical engineering team

Responsibilities

• Design and lead complex projects to improve our security posture
• Implement, test, and support new features related to cryptography, security engineering, and compliance assurance, in a large feature-rich C++ codebase
• Assist fellow engineers in, and be an advocate for, writing secure, well-reasoned and high-quality features
• Collaborate with other teams in engineering, cloud services, support, consulting, training, and marketing to coordinate feature rollouts and changes

Benefits

• Employee affinity groups
• Fertility assistance
• A generous parental leave policy