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Senior Software Engineer, Cluster Scalability

British Columbia; Ontario · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$158k-$220kDetected 4 days ago

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About the role

As a Senior Software Engineer on Cluster Scalability, you'll work on data partitioning, one of the hardest and most impactful problem areas at MongoDB today.
Current work includes seamless horizontal scaling with minimal tradeoffs, better cluster elasticity and smarter workload execution.
Your work will help the architecture scale reliably to meet customer demand at any volume.

Responsibilities

Passion for the theory and practice of system design for large-scale distributed systems, as well as hands-on or academic experience in the domain
In the first three months, you'll contribute to the development of a project slated for the next release of MongoDB, take on code review responsibilities, and participate in design reviews for new features

Requirements

5+ years of experience building distributed systems
Experience with building production-level code with a large user base, robust design structure and rigorous code quality, written in C++.
Degree in Computer Science or similar field, or equivalent practical experience, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design/architecture
Understands modern computer architecture and internals to the degree that they can reason about how specific design choices plays out in a system like MongoDB

Compensation

Salary is one part of MongoDB's total compensation and benefits package.
Please note, the base salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to candidates based in Canada.
$158,000 - $220,000 CAD

Company info

Our work has a big impact: it solves the hardest data challenges faced by MongoDB's largest customers.
With offices worldwide and over 67,000 customers, including AI-native startups and approximately 75% of the Fortune 100, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we're powering the next era of software.

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