Software Engineer III

MongoDB

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Sydney, Australia
Posted
36 days ago
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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

As a Software Engineer 3, you will join the Search and AI Platform organization to expand Voyage’s embedding models for semantic search and retrieval across diverse environments beyond first-party platforms. You will be responsible for building systems, tooling, and deployment workflows that power third-party model delivery, ensuring consistent behavior across cloud marketplaces and self-managed deployments. Your daily work involves porting and tuning model servers to improve inference performance, productionizing models for AWS, Azure, and GCP, and designing validation protocols for correctness and reliability. You will implement observability features using Prometheus and OpenTelemetry while debugging issues across containers and partner cloud environments. The role requires proficiency in Python or Go, experience with Kubernetes, and a deep understanding of ML model serving and inference runtimes to solve complex deployment challenges for AI-native experiences.

What does a Software Engineer earn?

Median $197500 from 2196 postings across 133 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Port and tune model servers to improve inference performance and consistency across different environments.
  • Productionize Voyage models for delivery on AWS, Azure, GCP, and other third-party platforms.
  • Own the packaging, configuration, and deployment workflows for models outside of first-party infrastructure.
  • Design validation systems to ensure third-party deployments match first-party behavior in performance and correctness.
  • Build observability features including structured logging, metrics, and health checks using Prometheus and OpenTelemetry.
  • Debug complex issues spanning model servers, containers, deployment configurations, and partner cloud environments.
  • Partner with internal teams and external stakeholders to resolve difficult technical challenges in customer deployments.

What we're looking for

  • Must be based in Sydney for the hybrid working model.
  • 4+ years of experience building backend systems, infrastructure, CI, and build tooling.
  • Strong software engineering skills in Python or Go with a focus on performance and reliability.
  • Experience with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containers, and Kubernetes.
  • Ability to debug across the stack including code, runtime, model servers, and external dependencies.
  • Familiarity with ML model serving and inference runtimes.
  • Experience productionizing or deploying ML model servers like vLLM, Triton, or TGI is preferred.
  • Experience with observability stacks such as Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry is preferred.

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