Senior Site Reliability Engineer at MongoDB
Austin, TX 73301
About the Job
MongoDB’s mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data
We enable organizations of all sizes to easily build, scale, and run modern applications by helping them modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI
Our industry-leading developer data platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available in more than 115 regions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure
Atlas allows customers to build anywhere—on the edge, on premises, or across cloud providers
With offices worldwide and over 175,000 developers joining MongoDB every month, it’s no wonder that leading organizations, like Samsung and Toyota, trust MongoDB to build next-generation, AI-powered applications.The MongoDB Cloud Team is a diverse collection of individuals working together to provide MongoDB in the cloud at global scale
The Cloud Team is responsible for several services including MongoDB Atlas - our database as a service offering and fastest growing product, MongoDB Realm- our serverless platform offering that allows developers to build apps on MongoDB without managing any infrastructure, and our newest offering, Atlas Data Lake.The Cloud Site Reliability Engineering Team designs and builds the global infrastructure on which we deploy our services
As our customers grow and globalize, our services must satisfy demands for low-latency requests around the globe, and comply with various data sovereignty requirements
The SRE Team’s mission is to build this increasingly complex infrastructure, while continually lowering the operational burden associated with it, and increasing our internal visibility into the health of the system
We are strong believers in infrastructure-as-code and self-healing systems
The SRE Team is fully integrated with all the other Cloud teams, and the teams work closely together with a soft and traversable boundary between their areas of responsibility.This role can sit in our NYC HQ, our smaller Austin, Palo Alto, or San Francisco offices, or fully remote from anywhere in North America
When based in an office, we provide hybrid work accommodation.ResponsibilitiesDesign and build the infrastructure for a global cloud service that comprises hundreds of thousands of MongoDB clusters, processes a billion metrics per day, and replicates tens of billions of database writes to our backup serviceDesign, implement, and troubleshoot the automation and monitoring of services that seamlessly spans the globe - including several cloud providersBecome an expert in infrastructure performance, helping us optimize from the application level all the way through the firmwareBuild for resilience
Our goal is that nobody’s pager goes off, ever
Are we there yet? No
Are we really close? Very
While we work on that - participate in a weekly on-call rotationImprove our infrastructure capabilities, optimizing for cost, simplicity, and maintainabilityRequirementsYou have experience running a mission critical service at scaleAn understanding of information security issuesPrior experience running critical production systems in a Linux environmentFirm grasp of at least one modern programming language, beyond basic scriptingSolid understanding of web and network protocols and standards (HTTP, TLS, DNS, etc)Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experienceExperience writing automation tools & eagerness to "automate all the things"Nice to havesExperience building large applications from scratch, complete with CI/CD infrastructureExperience in networking, security, hardware or OS performance tuningExperience with at least one of the major cloud providers (Amazon Web Services, Google Compute, Microsoft Azure)Experience managing kubernetes clusters or some other container orchestration infrastructureExperience with observability of large scale distributed systemsWhat's in it for youGenerous compensation package (top-range salary: we pay in the top 95% percentile and our package includes equity and generous benefits)Opportunities to learn on the job (time to up skill in new technologies)High level of independence in your day to day workTo 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, 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, 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, Inc
provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.MongoDB’s base salary range for this role is posted below
Compensation at the time of offer is unique to each candidate and based on a variety of factors such as skill set, experience, qualifications, and work location
Salary is one part of MongoDB’s total compensation and benefits package
Other benefits for eligible employees may include: equity, participation in the employee stock purchase program, flexible paid time off, 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, 401(k) plan, mental health counseling, access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage, and health benefits offerings
Please note, the base salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to U.S.-based candidates.MongoDB’s base salary range for this role in the U.S
is:$127,000—$249,000 USD
We enable organizations of all sizes to easily build, scale, and run modern applications by helping them modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI
Our industry-leading developer data platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available in more than 115 regions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure
Atlas allows customers to build anywhere—on the edge, on premises, or across cloud providers
With offices worldwide and over 175,000 developers joining MongoDB every month, it’s no wonder that leading organizations, like Samsung and Toyota, trust MongoDB to build next-generation, AI-powered applications.The MongoDB Cloud Team is a diverse collection of individuals working together to provide MongoDB in the cloud at global scale
The Cloud Team is responsible for several services including MongoDB Atlas - our database as a service offering and fastest growing product, MongoDB Realm- our serverless platform offering that allows developers to build apps on MongoDB without managing any infrastructure, and our newest offering, Atlas Data Lake.The Cloud Site Reliability Engineering Team designs and builds the global infrastructure on which we deploy our services
As our customers grow and globalize, our services must satisfy demands for low-latency requests around the globe, and comply with various data sovereignty requirements
The SRE Team’s mission is to build this increasingly complex infrastructure, while continually lowering the operational burden associated with it, and increasing our internal visibility into the health of the system
We are strong believers in infrastructure-as-code and self-healing systems
The SRE Team is fully integrated with all the other Cloud teams, and the teams work closely together with a soft and traversable boundary between their areas of responsibility.This role can sit in our NYC HQ, our smaller Austin, Palo Alto, or San Francisco offices, or fully remote from anywhere in North America
When based in an office, we provide hybrid work accommodation.ResponsibilitiesDesign and build the infrastructure for a global cloud service that comprises hundreds of thousands of MongoDB clusters, processes a billion metrics per day, and replicates tens of billions of database writes to our backup serviceDesign, implement, and troubleshoot the automation and monitoring of services that seamlessly spans the globe - including several cloud providersBecome an expert in infrastructure performance, helping us optimize from the application level all the way through the firmwareBuild for resilience
Our goal is that nobody’s pager goes off, ever
Are we there yet? No
Are we really close? Very
While we work on that - participate in a weekly on-call rotationImprove our infrastructure capabilities, optimizing for cost, simplicity, and maintainabilityRequirementsYou have experience running a mission critical service at scaleAn understanding of information security issuesPrior experience running critical production systems in a Linux environmentFirm grasp of at least one modern programming language, beyond basic scriptingSolid understanding of web and network protocols and standards (HTTP, TLS, DNS, etc)Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experienceExperience writing automation tools & eagerness to "automate all the things"Nice to havesExperience building large applications from scratch, complete with CI/CD infrastructureExperience in networking, security, hardware or OS performance tuningExperience with at least one of the major cloud providers (Amazon Web Services, Google Compute, Microsoft Azure)Experience managing kubernetes clusters or some other container orchestration infrastructureExperience with observability of large scale distributed systemsWhat's in it for youGenerous compensation package (top-range salary: we pay in the top 95% percentile and our package includes equity and generous benefits)Opportunities to learn on the job (time to up skill in new technologies)High level of independence in your day to day workTo 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, 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, 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, Inc
provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.MongoDB’s base salary range for this role is posted below
Compensation at the time of offer is unique to each candidate and based on a variety of factors such as skill set, experience, qualifications, and work location
Salary is one part of MongoDB’s total compensation and benefits package
Other benefits for eligible employees may include: equity, participation in the employee stock purchase program, flexible paid time off, 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, 401(k) plan, mental health counseling, access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage, and health benefits offerings
Please note, the base salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to U.S.-based candidates.MongoDB’s base salary range for this role in the U.S
is:$127,000—$249,000 USD
