Senior Software Engineer, Observability
MongoDB
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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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Join our team as a Staff Engineer responsible for designing and building the internal and external observability stack at MongoDB, supporting tens of thousands of customers. You will lead the architecture and implementation of complex distributed systems with strict SLOs on security, durability, availability, and performance. Your daily tasks include improving observability to help diagnose production issues, handling customer escalations, writing high-quality database code, and mentoring junior engineers. The role requires expertise in VictoriaMetrics, Splunk, Flink, Kafka, Java, Golang, and Fluentbit, along with a strong background in distributed systems and experience in setting technical direction for large teams. This highly collaborative position involves working closely with SWE, Product, and SRE teams to promote best practices in monitoring and instrumentation. Ideal candidates have at least 10 years of relevant experience and a passion for solving complex problems at scale.
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