About the company
MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified data platform, the most widely available, globally distributed data platform 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 data platform and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.
With offices worldwide and over 67,000 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, 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, we value our employees’ wellbeing.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of engineers, managing all aspects of people management including hiring, growth, compensation, and performance management.
- Be directly responsible for the results your team delivers.
- Lead the design, implementation, and operation production-ready security services in Rust, with a focus on security, correctness, performance, and operational excellence.
- Own the definition and execution of the team's 12-month roadmap for the Atlas Network Protection layer.
- Work with Product Management, Program Management, and Engineering leadership to specify, prioritize, and deliver new features.
- Handle (or lead the effort to handle) time-sensitive security incidents and customer escalations.
- Estimate task complexity, communicate delivery timelines, and manage risks for projects executed by the team.
- Ensure the team is running smoothly by eliminating technical barriers, coordinating cross-team dependencies, and focusing on the overall health and happiness of the team.
- Contribute to planning for organizational growth, including allocation of engineering resources, future hiring plans, and assignment of projects.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience managing a team of software engineers, including hiring, performance and growth management, compensation planning, and mentoring.
- 8+ years of experience building production-quality systems software with large backend/compiled codebases, ideally in Rust.
- Bonus points for experience with performance profiling, network protocols, TLS, and connection management.
- Strong technical judgment that you use to effectively guide engineering decisions in security-sensitive or networking-adjacent domains.
- Customer-first mindset and willingness to cross team boundaries in search of the right solution.
- Solid experience in designing, writing, testing, maintaining, and operating mission-critical software systems.
- Bonus points: Professional or advanced academic expertise in the domains of security or networking.
- Enjoy coaching, career development, and creating growth opportunities to help your team reach their full potential.
- Care about building a diverse, inclusive environment where engineers can do their best work.
- Willing, able, and excited to quickly learn new things in the domains of computer science, software engineering, and leadership.
Conditions
- Hybrid working model based in Dublin or Cork.
- MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process.
- MongoDB is an equal opportunities employer.