Senior Software Engineer, Server Security

MongoDB is a data platform company that enables organizations to build, modernize, and distribute applications. The Senior Software Engineer will develop core server security features, lead investigations into complex codebase areas, and improve the security posture of MongoDB's distributed database. The role involves building and testing C++ features, coordinating rollouts across teams, promoting secure coding practices, and resolving distributed systems and operating system issues.

Responsibilities:

• Build and test new security features in a large, feature-rich C++ codebase
• Work across engineering, cloud services, and support teams to coordinate feature rollouts and changes
• Stand for code quality and security best practices, assisting fellow engineers in writing well-reasoned, secure code
• Use strong diagnostic intuition to solve thorny technical issues related to distributed systems, concurrency, and OS internals

Requirements:

• • 5+ years of experience building distributed systems
• • Proficiency in a compiled language (C++, Rust, Go, Java, or similar). Technical interviews will be conducted in a compiled language of your choice
• • Ability to reason about how specific design choices impact a distributed system like MongoDB
• • Understands modern computer architecture and internals to the degree that they can reason about how specific design choices plays out in a system like MongoDB
• • Degree in Computer Science or similar field, or equivalent practical experience, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design/architecture
• • Excellent communication skills to synthesize complex technical implications for diverse stakeholders
• This role can be remote or hybrid anywhere in the USA or Canada. We will prioritize candidates who are already located in one of these countries