Senior Director, Engineering

MongoDB is growing and gaining adoption rapidly across the globe with the most
demanding and innovative companies and development teams in enterprise software.

We are seeking a Senior Director, Engineering to join our growing Gurugram
Product & Technology team where you will drive the technical vision, execution,
and implement core parts of a new platform we are building to make it easier for
customers to build AI applications using MongoDB. 

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

POSITION EXPECTATIONS 

* Lead and Manage the Engineering Team – Oversee engineering efforts to design,
develop, and scale the new product, ensuring high performance, reliability,
and efficiency
* Recruit and Build a High-Performance Team – Attract, hire, and mentor
top-tier engineering talent, fostering a culture of innovation,
collaboration, and technical excellence
* Define Product and Engineering Strategy – Collaborate with product, research,
and engineering leaders to define the long-term vision, roadmap, and
architecture of the new platform
* Ensure Operational Excellence – Drive best practices for monitoring,
reliability, and performance in production
* Lead Architecture: Own the architectural vision for the platform, working
with Senior engineers on the team, ensuring it runs equally well on public
clouds, private cloud environments and on-premise

Cross-functional leadership - 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 improvementsRemove roadblocks
- Enable the team to operate efficiently by removing technical obstacles,
coordinating with other teams on dependencies, and prioritizing the team's
overall well-being

QUALIFICATIONS

* 15+ years of engineering leadership experience, including managing multiple
teams and scaling large, distributed systems
* Proven experience building and maintaining high scale serving platforms in
production
* Deep expertise in distributed systems, large-scale data processing, and
systems infrastructure
* Experience working with cloud-native architectures and platforms like AWS,
GCP, Azure, and Kubernetes
* Excellent leadership, strategic thinking, and ability to influence
cross-functional stakeholders
* Strong technical background in Python, C++, Java, or Go. Experience with AI
and Machine Learning frameworks and SDKs is a plus
* Experience in hiring, mentoring, and scaling world-class engineering teams

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-ones with your
team members
* By the second month, you will be deeply embedded in the recruiting and hiring
process for growing the Product and Technology team in India and begun
filtering resumes and interviewing candidates
* In three months, you’ll have fully on-boarded onto the team and contributed
to the design 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.

Req ID - 1273397064