Job Specifications
Engineers at MongoDB collaborate in delivering a one-of-a-kind, cloud scale, performant, and popular developer data platform. The Correctness Team at MongoDB is a part of a collective Developer Productivity group that helps developers innovate and iterate with speed and confidence. Specifically, the Correctness Team designs, implements, integrates, and maintains the testing infrastructure tooling, frameworks, and strategies that help MongoDB’s engineers ensure their products deploy with the highest measures of correctness and quality.
We’re looking for an individual who has a deep empathy for engineering teams, cares strongly about quality code and products, and effectively scaling development. Specifically if you are passionate about distributed systems testing, elegant and robust software design, and improving the developer feedback loop with speed and ease - this role is for you!
This role can be based out of our Toronto office or remotely in the Ontario region.
Our ideal candidate will have
5+ years hands-on experience with Python (or related language) programming experience in industry
Experience in developer productivity or related infrastructural-focused role
Strong experience and knowledge of testing techniques focused on distributed systems
A demonstrated expertise of solid UX-focused design of CLIs for scalability and maintainability
A track record for mentoring team members
A proven ability to set and execute the vision for projects that have hit scaling limits
An appetite for continuous learning and improvement
A deep empathy and eagerness to understand and solve customer problems
A proven track record of ownership and drive from idea generation through idea execution
Experience working with remote teams
Bonus points if the candidate has experience with:
Software ecosystems that contain and routinely run a large number of tests, from unit-level through end-to-end
Database (or other large system) integration testing frameworks
Test fuzzing
TLA+ and its applications
C++, Java, and/or Go
Sanitizers and other static analysis tooling
Kubernetes testing
Software Architecture and Design Principles
Responsibilities
Take ownership of large areas of testing infrastructure
Design and develop critical features to evolve our test frameworks and tools
Produce and execute on strategies that reduce technical debt through iterative and strategic quality of life improvements
Meaningfully contribute to cohesive strategies to enable the development organization to build with confidence using the right tool for the job
Mentor and grow other developers
Show deep empathy towards other developers to understand their pain points and provide impactful solutions
Onboard quickly and successfully into unfamiliar tools and systems
Collaborate productively with colleagues at all stages of project lifecycle (ideation, requirements gathering, design, execution, and delivery)
Success Measures
Within 1 month, you will have completed several small engineering tasks. You will also have a very high-level understanding of the developer experience for the Server and Cloud teams at MongoDB
Within 3 months, you will have core contributions to at least one feature. You will have a good understanding of the team's mission and goals
In 6 months you will be proposing improvements for developer experience. You will be taking responsibility for upcoming projects
In 12 months, you will be mentoring other developers. You will be designing and leading projects
About MongoDB
MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the database for the AI era, enabling innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified database platform—the most widely available, globally distributed database 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 database and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.
With offices worldwide and nearly 60,000 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 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
About the Company
Headquartered in New York, MongoDB's mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. Built by developers, for developers, our developer data platform is a database with an integrated set of related services that allow development teams to address the growing requirements for today's wide variety of modern applications, all in a unified and consistent user experience. MongoDB has tens of
thousands of customers in over 100 countries. The MongoDB databa...
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