Staff Software Engineer, Agentic AI

MongoDB

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$151,000–$297,000 / yr
Posted
4 days ago
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This role $224k
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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.

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About MongoDB

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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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Agentic AI

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.

What does a Software Engineer earn in New York?

Median $215712 from 179 postings across 47 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Provide technical leadership for teams developing infrastructure to deploy AI applications at scale.
  • Design, build, and deliver well-tested core components of the new platform.
  • Improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of distributed systems infrastructure.
  • Shape system architecture, code reviews, development practices, and developer experience.
  • Mentor fellow engineers and take ownership of high-visibility projects from conception to delivery.
  • Define the first version and future evolution of services with product and design teams.
  • Act as a force multiplier by improving the overall software development process.

What we're looking for

  • Strong background in building core components for high scale compute and data distributed systems.
  • 8+ years of experience building distributed systems or foundational cloud services at scale.
  • Interest in working with Python, Go, and Java.
  • Proven success in designing, testing, debugging, and performance tuning highly concurrent software systems in large code bases.
  • Track record of identifying problems and delivering complex projects in distributed systems or databases.
  • Experience leading 15-20 person projects involving distributed systems infrastructure from conception to delivery.
  • Good verbal and written technical communication skills.
  • Experience with containerization, orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes), and AI frameworks (preferred).

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