Who you are
* Has at least 6 years of professional software development experience
* Has at least 3 years of people management experience
* Has led engineering teams that have built and maintained large scale systems
* Is skilled at writing large-scale, distributed backend systems in a compiled language (Go, Java, C#, etc.). Experience with Go is a plus
* Has experience with at least one major cloud provider technology (AWS, Azure, GCP)
* Is eager to solve tough problems
* Has excellent communication skills
* Is curious, collaborative, and motivated
What the job involves
* MongoDB is seeking a Lead Engineer to join the Atlas Clusters Automation Team
* The team 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
* The Atlas Clusters Automation team builds the software that manages the MongoDB database hosted on cloud provider infrastructure
* The team focuses on building an agent that runs on and manages the processes running on every virtual machine in our fleet of Atlas clusters
* We are constantly challenged to design features that ensure Atlas clusters are secure, available, durable, and performant while running large scale, critical workloads
* We will be forming a new Atlas Clusters Automation team in the Dublin area and the lead who fills this position will be pivotal in growing that team
* We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Dublin for our hybrid working model
* Lead a team of motivated individual contributors who are eager to learn and grow
* Contribute to the code, design, and architecture of the systems your team develops
* Work with stakeholders throughout MongoDB to build our roadmap and product offerings
* Work with customers and support engineers to fix issues
* Foster an inclusive and respectful work environment according to MongoDB's Core Values
* In 1 month, you'll be familiar with the foundational parts of the system, the existing features, and projects within the Atlas Clusters Automation team
* In 3 months, you will be contributing to design and development of your team's projects and working on your team's growth
* In 6 months, you and your team will have ramped enough to take on medium sized projects and you will be leading your team towards its product and engineering goals
Benefits
* Rich health insurance coverage
* Virtual & on-site fitness classes
* Health screenings & telemedicine
* Access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage
* Global and internal mobility opportunities
* Equity & Employee Stock Purchase Program
* Pension & retirement programs
* Income Protection
* Flexible PTO is offered to every US employee & competitive time off policies for non-US employees
* Employee Assistance Program
* Mental health counseling
* Free meditation app access
* Fertility & adoption financial assistance
* Parental counseling for new parents
* 20 weeks of fully paid gender neutral parental leave & flexible work arrangements
* 4 weeks of emergency care leave