- Company: MongoDB
- Location: Canada (Eastern Time Zone)
- Job type: Full-time
- Salary: CAD 187,000 – 260,000
About the role
MongoDB is looking for a Staff Engineer to join a growing team focused on building a new platform that simplifies AI application development using MongoDB. You will provide technical leadership for teams working on cutting-edge technologies for deploying AI applications at scale. This role involves tackling high-visibility projects that enhance the performance, scalability, and reliability of distributed systems infrastructure. The position is based in Canada within the Eastern Time zone.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with product management, engineering, and design teams to define the initial version and future evolution of the service.
- Design, build, and deliver well-tested core components of the platform in collaboration with other stakeholders.
- Contribute to shaping architecture, code reviews, development practices, and developer experience as the team grows.
- Mentor fellow engineers and take ownership and accountability for projects.
Requirements
- Strong background in building core components for high-scale compute and data distributed systems.
- 8+ years of experience building distributed systems and/or foundational cloud services at scale.
- Interest in working with Python, Go, and Java.
- Proven success in designing, writing, testing, debugging, and performance tuning distributed or highly concurrent software systems in large code bases.
- Track record of identifying problems, implementing solutions, and delivering complex projects in distributed systems or databases.
- Experience leading projects involving 15-20 people, covering distributed systems infrastructure from conception to delivery.
- Good verbal and written technical communication skills and a desire to collaborate.
- Bonus points for experience with containerization and orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) and AI frameworks.
Pay and benefits
- Base salary: CAD 187,000 – 260,000.
- Equity and participation in the employee stock purchase program.
- Flexible paid time off.
- 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave.
- Fertility and adoption assistance.
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with employer match.
- Mental health counseling.
- Backup child and elder care.
- Health, dental, and vision benefits.
How to apply
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