Join MongoDB as a Software Engineer 3 to build and design features for MongoDB Atlas in a hybrid work environment.
Posted by employer 2 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 23 hours ago
Requirements
- Experience
- 3+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Software Engineer 3 at MongoDB, the individual will focus on building and designing new features for the MongoDB Atlas platform, ensuring a robust cloud database experience. Proficiency in large-scale backend systems using compiled languages like Java or Go, along with familiarity with modern web application stacks and cloud technologies, is essential. This position is ideal for candidates with at least three years of software development experience who are eager to tackle complex challenges and mentor others. The Atlas Clusters Organization emphasizes collaboration and innovation, contributing to a fast-growing product in a dynamic environment.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 2 months ago — first seen on Joblaze August 1, 2026. Last confirmed on MongoDB's careers page October 7, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 5 other locations at MongoDB: Gurugram, Dublin, Gurugram, Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; Nova Scotia; Ontario; Quebec, Sydney.
- Salary band is below the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 3% of 37 comparable mid backend roles in United States that list Go we track (median $150,000 across 22 companies). See Go salary trends
- Go appears in 29% of 248 comparable mid backend roles in United States; Azure appears in 7.7% of 248 comparable mid backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Software Engineer 3 role remote?
- It's hybrid — MongoDB expects some on-site time in New York City.
- What's the salary range?
- MongoDB lists $106,000–$209,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 3 years of relevant experience for this Software Engineer 3 role.
- Where is the role based?
- MongoDB is hiring for this position in New York City.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Azure, GCP, Go, Java, React.
- What seniority level is this role?
- MongoDB targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Software Engineer 3 role at MongoDB.
From the original posting
MongoDB’s mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. We enable organizations of all sizes to easily build, scale, and run modern applications by helping them modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our industry-leading developer data platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available in more than 115 regions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Atlas allows customers to build and run applications anywhere—on premises, or across cloud providers. With offices worldwide and over 175,000 new developers signing up to use MongoDB every month, it’s no wonder that leading organizations, like Samsung and Toyota, trust MongoDB to build next-generation, AI-powered applications.
MongoDB is seeking a Software Engineer 3 to join the Atlas Clusters Organization. The organization is responsible for building MongoDB Atlas, our database as a service offering and fastest growing product. Atlas allows users to deploy fault-tolerant, secure, globally distributed MongoDB clusters in just minutes. This includes developing software to interface with the three major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, and GCP) in order to bring security, durability, availability, and performance to all deployments of MongoDB.
The Atlas Clusters Security team creates a first-in-class cloud database security experience for our wide range of sophisticated customers. Our team develops and maintains systems for cluster networking, data encryption, database authentication, and more–enabling countless mission critical applications across the world.
We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in New York for our hybrid working model.
What you’ll do
- Build and design new features for MongoDB Atlas
- Contribute to and lead complex technical projects
- Work closely with product and design teams, considering the user’s perspective while building technical solutions
- Work with customers and support engineers to fix issues
- Collaborate with team members to develop our codebase, best practices, and design principles
- Learn from and mentor other team members
- Join an on-call rotation to support Atlas’ production services
We’re looking for someone who
- Has at least 3 years of professional software development experience
- Is skilled at writing large-scale, distributed backend systems in a compiled language (Java, Go, etc.)
- Is comfortable working across the stack of a modern web application (e.g. React, TypeScript)
- Has experience with at least one major cloud provider technology (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Has led the launch of a new feature and maintained it in production
- Is eager to solve tough problems
- Has excellent communication skills
- Is curious, collaborative, and motivated
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: 2273502251
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.
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