Software Engineer 3, Voyage Control Plane

MongoDB

Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Palo Alto, CASeattle, WA
Salary
$106,000–$209,000 / yr
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today

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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 3, Voyage Control Plane

Join the Voyage Control Plane team as a Software Engineer 3 and build the management layer for MongoDB Atlas's AI ecosystem, enabling thousands of developers to use embedding and reranking models seamlessly. You will design and develop the Atlas Administration API and Infrastructure as Code providers, collaborate with ML researchers and platform teams to deliver developer-first experiences, and implement governance systems including audit trails and customer alerts. Key responsibilities include building observability features, maintaining legacy platforms while facilitating migrations, and developing robust billing pipelines. Ideal candidates have 2+ years of experience in distributed backend systems, strong skills in Typescript, Go, Java, or Python, and familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native architectures. This role involves working on complex multi-tenancy and governance challenges within the MongoDB Atlas ecosystem.

What you'll do

  • Design and develop the Atlas Administration API to automate AI resource lifecycle management.
  • Build governance systems including audit trails for AI model usage.
  • Implement robust billing pipelines translating inference events into accurate invoices.
  • Develop customer-facing observability features like real-time performance metrics.
  • Contribute new features while facilitating migration of user experiences to Atlas AI Model APIs frontend.
  • Scale internal Ops dashboards to empower support, sales, and engineering teams effectively.

What we're looking for

  • 2+ years of experience building distributed backend systems at scale
  • Strong skills in Typescript, Go, Java, or Python for availability and consistency
  • Experience with cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and multi-tenant service design
  • Comfortable working across cross-functional teams including ML researchers and platform teams
  • Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and Cloud Native Computing preferred
  • Passionate about building cloud-first and developer-first integrated systems
  • Proven ability to collaborate effectively with product and engineering teams

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