Lead Engineer, Query

We have tons of interesting problems to solve with direct impact on users for transactional, time-series, and analytical workloads. As we grow, we need engineering managers to help us structure the organization, improve technical processes, provide career mentorship, guide the product roadmap, and manage projects.

In this role, you can sit onsite in our New York City, Seattle, or Palo Alto offices, or remotely in the US.

Candidate Profile

• Experience building production-level code with a large user base, robust design structure, and rigorous code quality


• Degree in Computer Science or similar field, or equivalent practical experience, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design/architecture


• Proficient in C++ or a similar programming language


• Experience managing small engineering teams


• Passionate about running teams, mentorship, and coaching

Position Expectations

• Manage a team of software engineers, responsible for ensuring their success, aiding their career growth, and facilitating their technical work


• Makes coding contributions to the team’s projects as needed


• Provides feedback on the architecture of the system and the design of new features


• Ensures that the team is running smoothly by helping to eliminate technical barriers, coordinating with other teams regarding dependencies, and focusing on the overall happiness of the team


• Contributes to planning for organizational growth, including allocation of engineering resources, future hiring plans, and assignment of projects


• Sets team culture by example


• Estimates the delivery timeline for projects, and communicates well with upper management regarding project execution

Success Measures

• In three months




• You meet regularly with all of your team members and are starting to learn their interests, strengths, and areas for development


• You’ll have contributed to a project slated for the next major version of the MongoDB server, as well as fixed a few bugs in a minor version of our latest stable release series




• In six months




• You participate in code and design reviews for new features


• You have identified any skillset gaps in team execution and are helping to fill them


• You have worked with each team member to develop a growth plan tailored to their career goals




• In twelve months




• You’re team has established a track record of delivering new features


• You have a clear understanding of the longer term roadmap and have integrated a plan to accomplish it with your team at MongoDB


• You have established your role as a leader in the organization such that team members naturally go to you for guidance

About MongoDB

MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the database for the AI era, enabling innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified database platform—the most widely available, globally distributed database on the market—helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

With offices worldwide and nearly 60,000 customers—including 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI-native startups—relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software.

Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It’s what makes us MongoDB.

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it’s like to work at MongoDB, and help us make an impact on the world!

MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter.

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: 4263316638