Lead, Engineering

We are seeking an Engineering Lead to join our growing Gurugram Product &
Technology team to provide technical direction, direct architecture, and
implement core parts of a new platform we are building to make it easier for
customers to build AI applications using MongoDB. 

As an Engineering Lead on this new team, you will be responsible for leading and
growing an engineering team, taking on challenging, high-visibility projects
that improve and enhance the performance, scalability, and reliability of the
distributed systems infrastructure for this new product. MongoDB engineering
teams pride themselves on building high-quality software and living MongoDB
cultural values every day – we value intellectual curiosity and honesty, and
building together in an environment that prioritizes collaboration over
competition.

We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Gurugram for our hybrid
working model.

POSITION EXPECTATIONS

* Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of engineers, fostering
a culture of innovation, quality, and continuous improvement.
* Drive the architectural vision for the platform, ensuring it runs equally
well on public clouds, private cloud environments and on-premise.
* Work with product managers, program managers, design & analytics teams and
other teams to define, prioritize and deliver new features that delight our
users and drive platform improvements
* Take responsibility for the planning and execution of major features, raise
delivery risks
* Own the monitoring, operations, and maintenance of the systems your team
develops
* Enable the team to operate efficiently by removing technical obstacles,
coordinating with other teams on dependencies, and prioritizing the team's
overall well-being
* Contribute to planning for organizational growth, including allocation of
engineering resources, participate in hiring and assignment of projects

QUALIFICATIONS

* 8+ years of experience of building distributed systems, and/or foundational
cloud services at scale and experience in languages like Python, Golang, Java
or Rust. 
* 2+ years of experience managing a team of 3+ engineers and providing
technical leadership
* Track record in hiring, mentoring, and growing high-performing software
engineering teams, experience working with remote teams and a passion for
mentoring and career development of the team
* Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills and desire to
collaborate with colleagues, other teams, and lead projects
* Strong background in building core components for high-scale compute or data
processing / distributed systems
* Have led the launch of new features and maintained them in production
* Bonus points for experience with containerization and orchestration platforms
(e.g. Kubernetes) and AI frameworks and tools
* Be a force multiplier in our software development process. Enable teams to
deliver great products through leadership and technical contributions
* Eager to learn, with a strong technical background

SUCCESS MEASURES

* In the first month, you’ll have understood the surface area, the high level
architecture of the new platform. You’ll have initiated one-on-one’s with
your team members.
* In three months, you’ll have on-boarded onto the team and contributed to the
design and development of a core platform capability
* In six months, you will have taken on full responsibility for projects slated
for the subsequent quarter. You’ll have started growth conversations with
your team members and begun to understand their longer-term career
aspirations
* In twelve months, you’ll have led the development of multiple new features
and performed a full annual cycle of performance and growth conversations
with your team members. Additionally, you’ll have contributed to the vision
for the future of the platform and helped develop a plan to achieve that
vision

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,
[https://www.mongodb.com/company] 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
[https://www.mongodb.com/company/blog/culture/employee-benefits-that-make-a-difference-at-mongodb],
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 [https://www.mongodb.com/blog/channel/culture], 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 is an equal opportunities employer.

Requisition ID 426105