Manager, Technical Services Engineering

MongoDB

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Palo Alto, CA
Salary
$133,000–$261,000 / yr
Posted
39 days ago
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This role pays more than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $161,087–$227,175 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $197k versus about $194k for comparable roles.

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About MongoDB

MongoDB is a leading American software company that develops and provides commercial support for a popular, source-available document database. Designed to handle unstructured and structured data natively, its platform is purpose-built for modern cloud applications, analytics, and AI experiences.

MongoDB currently has 30 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $126,000–$248,000 across 27 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Manager, Technical Services Engineering

The Manager, Technical Services Engineering leads a regional team of MongoDB Support Engineers within the Technical Services organization. This role involves managing people, coordinating high-profile customer escalations, and collaborating with internal engineering and sales departments to ensure technical excellence. The manager will oversee daily operations, provide career development guidance, and drive process improvements to scale the team. Key responsibilities include troubleshooting core database issues, advising on architecture for global data distribution, and managing the follow-the-sun support model. Required skills include five years of technical support leadership experience, strong diagnostic abilities, and the capacity to communicate with both technical and executive audiences. The role focuses on solving implementation and operational issues for the MongoDB core database and the Atlas cloud-managed platform, specifically addressing high availability and data sovereignty requirements.

What you'll do

  • Lead and manage a regional team of MongoDB Support Engineers to ensure technical excellence and customer satisfaction.
  • Coordinate high-profile customer escalations and collaborate with internal engineering and sales departments to resolve issues.
  • Provide technical guidance on database design, architecture, global distribution, and data replication requirements.
  • Conduct performance management, hiring decisions, and career development planning for team members.
  • Drive process and tooling efficiency improvements to scale the technical services organization.
  • Communicate complex technical information and organizational goals to both technical and executive-level audiences.
  • Advocate for customers by translating their business drivers into actionable technical requirements and issue resolutions.
  • Monitor and report on team KPIs, hot issues, and regional escalation statuses to leadership.

What we're looking for

  • Must have a minimum of five years of practical experience running a technical support team or organization.
  • Must have experience coordinating high-profile customer escalations and collaborating with internal engineering and sales teams.
  • Must possess strong people management skills with a track record of building and managing individuals.
  • Must have strong diagnostic and troubleshooting skills to lead-by-example.
  • Must be able to articulate and calibrate communication styles for both highly technical and executive audiences.
  • Must be based in Palo Alto to work in the office three or more days a week.
  • Prior work at a database company, specifically in the NoSQL space, or a similar highly concurrent distributed system (preferred).
  • Born-in-the-cloud SaaS experience, specifically IaaS or PaaS (preferred).

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