Security Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security
MongoDB
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This role pays more than 61% of similar roles. Most pay $144,350–$214,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $188k versus about $179k for comparable roles.
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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.
MongoDB currently has 311 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $126,000–$226,000 across 95 roles with salary data.
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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 developing core security primitives and services to protect compute, networking, and identity across AWS, Azure, and GCP. The engineer will build secure-by-default infrastructure using Linux mechanisms like AppArmor, SELinux, seccomp, cgroups, and eBPF for runtime policies. Responsibilities include creating 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 and Terraform workflows while collaborating with product teams to define secure architectures. Candidates should be proficient in Java, Golang, Rust, Python, or C/C++, possess deep Linux and networking knowledge, and have experience with Kubernetes security tools like RBAC, OPA, and Falco.
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