Site Reliability Engineer III

MongoDB

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $111,000–$218,000 / yr
Posted: 75 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Similar $178k

This role $164k

$98k most similar roles pay here $233k

This role pays less than 61% of similar roles. Most pay $142,500–$213,125 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $164k versus about $178k 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.

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TL;DR · Site Reliability Engineer III

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As a Site Reliability Engineer 3, you will join the Site Reliability Engineering team to design and build global infrastructure for the MongoDB Atlas platform. You will be responsible for building infrastructure that supports hundreds of thousands of clusters, processing billions of metrics daily, and replicating tens of billions of database writes. Your day-to-day work involves designing, implementing, and troubleshooting automation and monitoring across multiple cloud providers while optimizing for performance from the application level down to firmware. To succeed, you must possess a firm grasp of at least one modern programming language, experience in Linux environments, and knowledge of web and network protocols like HTTP, TLS, and DNS. You will focus on creating self-healing systems and infrastructure-as-code to manage complex global requirements for low-latency requests and data sovereignty while improving cost, simplicity, and maintainability.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn?

Median $186200 from 131 postings across 36 companies.

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Skills

MongoDB Infrastructure-as-Code Linux Kubernetes Microsoft Azure CI/CD HTTP TLS DNS Distributed Systems Network Protocols Container Orchestration

What you'll do

Design and build global infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of MongoDB clusters across multiple cloud providers.
Implement and troubleshoot automated monitoring systems for services spanning a global footprint.
Optimize infrastructure performance from the application level down to the firmware level.
Build resilient, self-healing systems to minimize operational burden and manual interventions.
Participate in a weekly on-call rotation to maintain mission-critical services.
Improve infrastructure capabilities by optimizing for cost, simplicity, and maintainability.
Develop automation tools to streamline operations and "automate all the things."

What we're looking for

Must be based in New York City for a hybrid work model.
3+ years of experience running mission-critical services at scale in a Linux environment.
Proficiency in at least one modern programming language beyond basic scripting.
Familiarity with web and network protocols such as HTTP, TLS, and DNS.
Experience writing automation tools and a commitment to automating processes.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

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