Consulting Engineer

MongoDB
Berlin, Germany
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Consulting engineers with cross-industry experience and technical versatility will find this role offers exposure to enterprise-scale software and global clients. The hybrid work model in Berlin allows for flexibility while requiring travel and client interaction.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 2+ years of diverse industry experience and technical breadth in multiple languages
    — “2+ years of software development/consulting/support experience, preferably in a number of distinct industries/verticals”
  • Individuals comfortable with both client-facing and internal product influence roles
    — “Partner with Product and Engineering teams to influence the direction of the MongoDB product roadmap”
  • Professionals fluent in English and German who can present and communicate effectively in customer settings
    — “Fluency in both English and German languages.”

Things to consider

  • Travel up to 20% is expected, which may affect work-life balance and location flexibility
    — “Have the ability to travel up to 20% in normal circumstances”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with enterprise-scale software and cross-industry exposure in your resume and interviews
    — “Familiarity with enterprise-scale software architectures”
  • Showcase your ability to simplify complex technical concepts for varied audiences
    — “Communicate sophisticated technical proposals simply and convincingly to a wide range of audiences”
  • Emphasize your capacity to deliver classroom-based training to different roles
    — “Deliver customer classroom-based training to architect, developer and operations roles”
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Skills & requirements

Required

PythonJavaScriptJavaAWSSQL

Stack & domain

JavaC++C#PythonNode.jsRubyPerlScalaGoMongoDBOracleMS SQL ServerPostgreSQLLinuxWindowsCommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkSoftware DevelopmentConsultingDatabase Management

About the role

Original posting from MongoDB

MongoDB Professional Services (PS) works with customers of all shapes and sizes, in all verticals, from tier-1 banks to small web startups, on a variety of exciting use cases. This role solves technically sophisticated problems, gains incredible cross-stack experience, works with top notch people in the business, networks with industry leaders, and sees new places - all in a day’s work!

MongoDB consulting exists to support the development of our customers’ vision, accelerate customers’ time to value, and drive a multitude of customer adoption scenarios - from building new solutions to modernizing legacy applications or migrating to cloud. Our consulting solutions ensure that organizations get the best out of MongoDB.

We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Berlin for our hybrid working model.

Our ideal candidate will have

2+ years of software development/consulting/support experience, preferably in a number of distinct industries/verticals

Familiarity with enterprise-scale software architectures, application development methodologies, and software deployment and operations

Competence in at least one of the following languages (in no particular order): Java, C++, C#, Python, Node.js (JavaScript), Ruby, Perl, Scala, Go

Experience with databases such as MongoDB, Oracle, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL

Familiarity with Linux diagnostics and tuning; Windows tuning knowledge is a plus

Excellent analytical, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills

High motivation for a role that combines deep technical and customer-management dimensions

Confidence speaking and presenting in a customer setting

Fluency in both English and German languages.

Position Expectations

As a core member of the MongoDB PS team, you will:

Contribute to customer implementations at any or all phases of the application lifecycle: portfolio assessment, application planning and design, deployment architectures, development and build, integration and release configuration, system testing, production operations, application optimization, and best practices adoption

Deliver customer classroom-based training to architect, developer and operations roles

Work as part of a wider delivery team comprising fellow consulting engineers, project managers and account teams

Cultivate your individual MongoDB reputation as a trusted advisor to guide MongoDB and our customers into the future

Partner with Product and Engineering teams to influence the direction of the MongoDB product roadmap

Have the ability to travel up to 20% in normal circumstances and when clients are expressing preference to meet in person

Success Measures

As a Consulting Engineer you will be successful in this role when you can execute the following:

Become a field specialist in “everything MongoDB”

Communicate sophisticated technical proposals simply and convincingly to a wide range of audiences

Ensure your client’s success with their MongoDB endeavors

Maintain required level of billable utilization

Influence MongoDB product development by contributing experience from the field

Communicate the product roadmap to external clients

Constantly work on improving yourself, our products and our team

About MongoDB

MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified data platform, the most widely available, globally distributed data platform on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud data platform and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

With offices worldwide and over 67,000 customers, including AI-native startups and approximately 75% of the Fortune 100, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software.

Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It’s what makes us MongoDB. 

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it’s like to work at MongoDB, and help us make an impact on the world!

MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter.

MongoDB is an equal opportunities employer.

Req ID: 3273540235

Source: MongoDB careers

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