Security Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security
MongoDB
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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.
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Security Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security (Staff or Senior) joins the Site Reliability Engineering organization to design and build scalable security controls for MongoDB Atlas multi-cloud infrastructure. This role involves building core security primitives and services protecting compute, networking, and identity across AWS, Azure, and GCP. The engineer will develop secure-by-default infrastructure using Linux mechanisms like AppArmor, SELinux, seccomp, cgroups, Kubernetes, and eBPF to enforce runtime policies. Day-to-day tasks include building APIs, automation tools for CSPM and vulnerability management, and monitoring pipelines using Grafana, Splunk, and Victoria Metrics. The role requires integrating security into CI/CD workflows via Terraform. Candidates should be proficient in Java, Golang, Rust, Python, or C/C++, with deep knowledge of Linux networking, Kubernetes security ecosystems like OPA and Falco, and experience managing complex infrastructure-as-code projects to ensure high standards for multi-cloud environments.
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