MongoDB
Product Security Engineer, Server
New York City; Seattle; United States
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About the role
- It is a multidisciplinary team that covers product, software, cloud, infrastructure, and operational security concerns.
- Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win.
- Learn more about what it's like to work at MongoDB, and help us make an impact on the world!
Responsibilities
- You will take ownership, define strategy, and drive improvement for parts of our program such as fuzzing, threat modeling, secrets management, or container security
- You will support engineering teams when they respond to security issues, such as providing risk analysis and proof of concept
- Drive architecture, patterns, and processes across Server Engineering that make security the easiest path
- Partner closely with engineering teams to design and implement security controls across our software and systems
- Research and POC new attacks against our systems. Plan and perform product security assessments including architecture review threat modeling, code review, pen testing and general security consulting to proactively build security controls
- Communicate complex technical issues in a simple manner that builds trust with a variety of audiences
Requirements
- 3 years of experience in application security, software security, or product security
- Demonstrated experience in C++ programming, performing security assessments on low-level codebases, and implementing remediation strategies for memory-related security flaws such as buffer overflows and memory leaks
- Scripting experience and ability to contribute code back to our environments
- Subject matter expertise in database security, or data security
- Knowledge of database engines, database internals, or applied cryptography
- Experience contributing or partnering with security researchers to identify vulnerabilities that eventually are published CVEs or administrative responsibilities of a CNA
Skills
- Use software architecture and coding patterns to reduce the impact of security issues
- Be security subject matter experts for our tech stack and products
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 U.S.-based candidates.
- MongoDB's base salary range for this role in the U.S. is:
Benefits
- Other benefits for eligible employees may include:
Company info
- The MongoDB Product Security organization is a diverse collection of individuals working together to scale MongoDB's security, both security of the products themselves and the security features we offer to customers.
- Who You Are With a strong security engineering background, you're looking for a role that gives you the freedom to increase MongoDB's resonance with customers by strengthening our core database products.
- 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.
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