Site Reliability Engineer

MongoDB

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Work type
Remote
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$127,000–$249,000 / yr
Posted
101 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $184k
This role $188k
$112k most similar roles pay here $264k

This role pays less than 53% of similar roles. Most pay $152,971–$215,225 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $188k versus about $184k for comparable roles.

Based on 238 similar postings.

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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 311 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $126,000–$226,000 across 95 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Site Reliability Engineer

Site Reliability Engineer (Senior or Staff), Atlas joins the SRE, Atlas team to support, maintain, and grow the Atlas platform. This role involves designing and building complex systems, creating new tooling and automation, and performing essential maintenance of the fleet while collaborating with software engineering teams to solve technical challenges for business-critical workloads. The engineer will develop a reliable, resilient multi-cloud platform and participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation to ensure high availability. Required skills include experience running critical systems at scale, proficiency in Linux fundamentals, and knowledge of web and network protocols like HTTP, TLS, and DNS. Candidates must be proficient in at least one modern programming language such as Go, Ruby, or Python, and possess expertise in major cloud providers including AWS, Azure, or GCP to manage multi-cloud environments.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn?

Median $186200 from 131 postings across 36 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and build complex systems to support and grow the Atlas platform.
  • Develop a reliable and resilient multi-cloud platform for business-critical applications.
  • Build new tooling and automation to replace manual operational processes.
  • Perform essential maintenance of the Atlas fleet to ensure high availability.
  • Provide technical expertise and internal support to various software engineering teams.
  • Solve complex technical challenges and create generic solutions for novel use cases.
  • Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation to resolve issues affecting customer-facing services.

What we're looking for

  • Must be a US Citizen.
  • Have 5+ years of experience running critical systems at scale.
  • Experience with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and multi-cloud environments.
  • Strong understanding of large-scale Linux environments including low-level fundamentals.
  • Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Go, Ruby, or Python.
  • Solid understanding of web and network protocols and standards like HTTP, TLS, and DNS.
  • Ability to design and build complex systems with a focus on automation over manual processes.

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