Senior Lead, Engineering

MongoDB
Dublin, IE
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior engineers with management experience who are comfortable with both coding and leading teams in a hybrid Dublin setting.

Best fit for

  • Experienced managers who still actively code and mentor engineers.
    — “both people managers and active developers
  • Leaders with a track record in both software development and Generative AI.
    — “1+ years of experience actively developing with Generative AI
  • Candidates who thrive in cross-functional collaboration and team development.
    — “Lead cross-functional teams of engineering leads

Things to consider

  • Hybrid work model requires presence in Dublin.
    — “based in Dublin for our hybrid working model
  • Expectation to balance hands-on coding with management responsibilities.
    — “rolling up your sleeves and writing code

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate specific examples of mentoring engineers into leadership roles.
    — “Mentor new engineering leads to become more effective managers
  • Highlight projects where you integrated AI with traditional software solutions.
    — “design, implement, test, and support new features related to agentic
  • Showcase your ability to onboard quickly and contribute to ongoing projects.
    — “contributed to the development of an ongoing project
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • form professional relationships with team members
  • onboard to relevant codebase
  • track and report team progress
  • review code and new feature designs
  • work with engineers on growth plans
Typical background
5+ years managing engineering teams5+ years developing software1+ years developing with Generative AI

Skills & requirements

Required

Managing TeamsSoftware DevelopmentAgentic AIFullstack ApplicationsMentoringTechnical Leadership

Preferred

Generative AI

Stack & domain

Generative AiFullstack ApplicationsTechnical LeadershipMentoringCareer DevelopmentCross-functional Team ManagementLeadershipCommunicationCuriosityLearning New ThingsSoftware EngineeringArtificial Intelligence

About the role

Original posting from MongoDB

This is a hybrid management position based in Dublin that will require recruiting for and developing engineers, leading a cross-functional team, as well as rolling up your sleeves and writing code. MongoDB Engineering Leads and Sr Leads are expected to be both people managers and active developers.

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

Role Responsibilities

Have an opportunity to play a leading role in defining and contributing to how MongoDB leverages software and agentic AI technology to streamline and enhance internal business operations

Lead cross-functional teams of engineering leads and individual contributors to deliver maximum value to the organization’s software solutions

Support and develop team members’ career growth and professional development

Collaborate with cross-functional partners to foster alignment and remove roadblocks for the team

Work hand in hand with Product Development to continuously deliver value to internal customers

Identify, design, implement, test, and support new features related to agentic and traditional software solutions

Mentor new engineering leads to become more effective managers and leaders, and level up high performing Individual Contributors to become leaders

Candidate Profile

5+ years of experience managing teams with  5+ engineers and providing technical leadership

5+ years of professional experience developing software

1+ years of experience actively developing with Generative AI in a professional capacity

Experience designing, writing, testing, and maintaining fullstack applications

Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership for teams and/or projects

Deep interest in developing the careers of your team members and growing their leadership skills

Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills

Curiosity, excitement, and ability to quickly learn new things in the domains of computer science, software engineering, and artificial intelligence

Success Measures

In three months, you have begun forming professional relationships with all of your team members and started to learn their interests, strengths and areas of expertise. You have been fully onboarded to relevant sections of our codebase and will have contributed to the development of an ongoing project. You have started tracking and reporting your team's progress to stakeholders. You have started getting involved with planning the product roadmap

In six months, we're relying on you for reviewing code and new feature designs, as well as interviewing potential new hires. You have worked with each engineer reporting to you on a growth plan for them to achieve their career goals. Your team has achieved several key milestones towards delivering a fully scalable and performant solution.

In twelve months, you have led the team towards achieving their objectives for the fiscal year. You have a clear understanding of the longer term roadmap and objectives and how to accomplish them with your team. You have established your role as a leader in the organization such that team members naturally go to you for guidance. You are comfortable collaborating across the organization to plan projects and achieve your team's goals

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 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI-native startups, 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: 2273477414

Source: MongoDB careers

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