Who you are

• 8+ years of professional experience
• Demonstrated success as a people manager or tech lead
• Strong communication skills
• A passion for mentoring and teaching
• High emotional intelligence and a commitment to building inclusive teams
• Experience in data management systems
• Hand-on coding skills in C++ or another backend/systems language
• Experience with building production-level code with a large user base, robust design, and rigorous code quality
• Passion for the theory and practice of database query engines
• Degree in Computer Science or similar field, or equivalent practical experience, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design/architecture

What the job involves

• We are looking for an experienced manager and technical leader to join the MongoDB Server Query team and help us build a world-class distributed open-source query processing engine
• Our team plays a crucial role in the experience and performance of data processing
• We are responsible for the MongoDB Query Language and the lifecycle of each query, through parsing, optimization, plan selection, and execution
• We have a presence across the US and Europe including New York, Dublin, Berlin, Palo Alto, and Chicago
• We support office-based and remote work and align projects with convenient work hours for each time zone
• We have tons of interesting problems to solve with a direct impact on users for transactional, vector, full-text-search, time-series, and analytical workloads
• The team is endeavoring to systematically rewrite every major component of our optimization and execution systems
• We need your help to design and build the heart of a distributed, flexible schema, document database
• You will sometimes zoom in and write code, but you are measured by the success of your team of 4–8 engineers
• You will deliver complete features in collaboration with the broader Query engineering and product team
• You will accurately estimate work and deliver it on time and with high code and design quality
• You will train and motivate your team and recruit new team members
• You will set high standards when evaluating the performance of your team
• You will exemplify MongoDB’s values and leadership principles
• Up to three weeks per year of travel is expected to meet with remote team members and attend team events
• In three months you will:
• Understand our development and release processes
• Understand the strengths and weakness of each member of your team
• Contribute significantly to our codebases
• Build trusting relationships with your manager and peers
• In six months you will:
• Customize the ceremonies and processes that organize your team’s work
• Provide design and architectural guidance for your team’s work
• Identify what mentorship each individual needs to enable them to meet their goals
• Deliver significant new features
• In twelve months you will:
• Be trusted to execute complex projects with multiple stakeholders
• See your team develop their skills and achieve professional development goals
• Influence how we operate as a broader Query engineering team

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