Software Engineer III, Atlas Search Systems

MongoDB

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$122,000–$209,000 / yr
Posted
101 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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This role $166k
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This role pays less than 57% of similar roles. Most pay $137,500–$197,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $166k versus about $168k 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 · Software Engineer III, Atlas Search Systems

As a Software Engineer 3, Atlas Search Systems, you will join a collaborative team building and maintaining the instances and supporting infrastructure for Atlas Search, a multi-cloud service enabling complex full text and vector search queries. You will contribute to the design, implementation, and support of projects aimed at improving scalability for large workloads while owning subsystems and influencing the product roadmap. The role requires experience developing distributed systems, multithreaded applications, and industrial-strength backend software within complex codebases. You will work with public cloud platforms and metric-based development using at least one modern statically typed programming language, with an opportunity to work with Java. This position addresses the technical challenge of providing a highly scalable, observable system for users to execute search queries without managing underlying infrastructure complexity.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and implement projects to improve the scalability of Atlas Search for large workloads.
  • Build and maintain infrastructure that supports multi-cloud search deployments and monitoring.
  • Develop industrial-strength backend software and automation within complex codebases.
  • Create and maintain distributed systems and multithreaded applications.
  • Lead specific projects and take ownership over core subsystems.
  • Provide input on the team roadmap and contribute to system architecture decisions.
  • Perform code reviews and participate in technical design discussions.

What we're looking for

  • At least 2 years of experience designing, building, testing, and maintaining industrial-strength backend software and automation.
  • Experience developing distributed systems and multithreaded applications.
  • Familiarity with public cloud platforms, distributed infrastructure, and metric-based development.
  • Proficiency in at least one modern statically typed programming language.
  • Interest in working with Java.
  • Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills.
  • A growth mindset and the ability to learn quickly through feedback and challenges.
  • A strong sense of ownership over work from initial design through production maintenance.

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