Staff Engineer
MongoDB
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This role pays more than 64% of similar roles. Most pay $167,930–$246,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $224k versus about $207k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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.
MongoDB currently has 206 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $126,000–$241,000 across 57 roles with salary data.
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Staff Software Engineer, Agentic AI will join a growing team to provide technical direction and implement core components of a new platform designed to simplify building AI applications using MongoDB. This role involves leading high-visibility projects to improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of distributed systems infrastructure for this specific product. The engineer will collaborate with product management and design teams to define service evolution while mentoring others and shaping architecture, code reviews, and development practices. Candidates should possess a strong background in building core components for high-scale compute and data distributed systems or foundational cloud services. Required skills include proficiency in Python, Go, and Java, along with experience in containerization, orchestration platforms like Kubernetes, and various AI frameworks. The role focuses on solving complex problems within the domain of large-scale distributed systems and database infrastructure.
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