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Senior Software Engineer, Storage Layer Services

Join MongoDB's SLS team as a Senior Software Engineer to build scalable cloud storage services for petabytes of data.

Location
New York City; United States
Compensation
$126k–$248k/yr
Level
senior
Type
full time · Hybrid

Posted by employer 3 months ago

First seen on Joblaze 3 months ago

Last verified on the company career page 5 hours ago

Skills & Technologies

Requirements

Experience
5+ years

Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.

Benefits

401k Match Equity/Stock Options Health Insurance Parental Leave

Joblaze summary

In this role, the Senior Software Engineer will design and operate control plane services for a multi-tenant storage layer, ensuring high availability and performance during various disruptions. Key skills include experience with large backend codebases, particularly in Rust or C/C++, as well as familiarity with containerization and distributed systems. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in cloud services and a collaborative mindset. The team is focused on innovative solutions to enhance MongoDB's cloud storage architecture.

Joblaze insights

  • Listed about 3 months ago — first seen on Joblaze June 19, 2026. Last confirmed on MongoDB's careers page October 9, 2026.
  • Salary band is below the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
  • Starts above 2% of 104 comparable senior backend roles in United States that list Kubernetes we track (median $173,000 across 40 companies). See Kubernetes salary trends
  • Kubernetes appears in 31.4% of 503 comparable senior backend roles in United States; distributed systems appears in 5.6% of 503 comparable senior backend roles in United States.

Quick facts

Is the Senior Software Engineer, Storage Layer Services role remote?
It's hybrid — MongoDB expects some on-site time in New York City; United States.
What's the salary range?
MongoDB lists $126,000–$248,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?
At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer, Storage Layer Services role.
Where is the role based?
MongoDB is hiring for this position in New York City; United States.
What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: C++, Kubernetes, Rust, distributed systems.
What seniority level is this role?
MongoDB targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer, Storage Layer Services role at MongoDB.

From the original posting

MongoDB’s Storage Layer Services (SLS) team is re-architecting the MongoDB cloud storage layer and sits at the heart of our next-generation cloud storage architecture. This relatively new team is building performant, multi-tenant distributed storage services that both enhance today’s Atlas storage stack and enable more customer workloads to run more efficiently.

We are looking for a talented Senior Software Engineer to join our team as we execute on a multi-year roadmap and prepare to launch and rapidly scale services that handle petabytes of data. Come do some of the most interesting work of your career as we Think Big and Go Far for our customers!

This role can be based out of our New York City office (hybrid working model) or remotely in the North America region.

What you’ll do

  • Design, build, and operate control plane services powering an elastic and multi-tenant storage layer for thousands of database instances.
  • Solve problems around maintaining high availability and performance during load spikes, hardware failures, cloud provider outages, and other disruptions.
  • Contribute to a culture of operational excellence through dashboards, playbooks, and on-call improvements.
  • Lead complex technical projects from planning through successful deployment with clear stakeholder updates.
  • Partner closely with peers across database, cloud, and infrastructure engineering teams as well as project management to investigate incidents and develop long-term roadmaps.
  • Mentor junior engineers and foster a collaborative team environment.

We’re looking for someone with

  • 5+ years of professional software development experience building, deploying, and operating multi-tenant cloud services with a focus on operational excellence.
  • Experience with large backend/compiled codebases, such as Rust or C/C++.
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration platforms (e.g. Kubernetes).
  • Experience with observability tooling (e.g. time series metrics, dashboards).
  • Experience with distributed systems.
  • Familiarity with database internals or experience building core components for data processing systems.
  • Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills, with a strong desire to collaborate with colleagues.
  • Strong time management skills and the ability to realistically assess project complexity.
  • Demonstrated track record of going above and beyond for customers.

Strong candidates may also have

  • Experience writing and profiling highly performant Rust code.
  • Experience improving reliability through chaos engineering and load testing.
  • Experience building scalable cloud services on multiple cloud provider platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Interest in the theory and practice of high-availability systems (hands-on experience or an M.Sc./Ph.D. in the domain is a plus).

Success Measures

  • In 3 months, you'll have shipped code into production and collaborated with the team to solve tough problems.
  • In 6 months, you'll have contributed to a large project.
  • In 12 months, you'll have designed new features, led development work, and become a go-to expert on parts of the system.

MongoDB, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

REQ ID: 2273451807

MongoDB’s base salary range for this role is posted below. Compensation at the time of offer is unique to each candidate and based on a variety of factors such as skill set, experience, qualifications, and work location. Salary is one part of MongoDB’s total compensation and benefits package. Other benefits for eligible employees may include: equity, participation in the employee stock purchase program, 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, and health benefits offerings. Please note, the base salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to U.S.-based candidates.

MongoDB’s base salary range for this role in the U.S. is:
$126,000—$248,000 USD

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