Staff Data Engineer

MongoDB
Gurugram, IN
On-site

Who this role is best for

Geared toward mid-level data engineers comfortable with designing AI agents and optimizing cloud infrastructure costs, based in Gurugram for a hybrid work model.

Best fit for

  • Experienced data engineers with deep Spark and Python expertise seeking to lead architecture decisions.
    — “10+ years experience working on enterprise data lakes/warehouses
  • Professionals adept at integrating AI tools to automate data engineering tasks.
    — “Design and build AI agents that can help automate many of the common development and support tasks

Things to consider

  • Hybrid work model requires presence in Gurugram.
    — “We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Gurgaon for our hybrid working model
  • Expectation to deliver a major project within six months.
    — “In 6 months, you'll have owned the delivery of a large project from start (scoping, design) to finish (delivery)

How to stand out

  • Highlight specific instances where you reduced cloud costs in past roles.
    — “Provide thought leadership on ways to achieve infrastructure cost savings on Cloud hyperscalers
  • Demonstrate experience with AI agent frameworks in data engineering contexts.
    — “Thorough AI knowledge, particularly with codegen tools and agentic frameworks
  • Showcase projects where you implemented medallion architecture or similar data models.
    — “Help design the architecture of our Internal Data Platform to support the implementation of a robust medallion architecture
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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

What success looks like

  • designed robust medallion architecture
  • optimized infrastructure costs
  • automated common tasks
Typical background
data engineeringbig data technologies

Skills & requirements

Required

ETL PipelinesSparkCloud Technologies

Preferred

AI AgentsAgentic Frameworks

Stack & domain

Etl PipelinesSparkBig Data TechnologiesAi AgentsAgentic FrameworksCodegen ToolsHiveIcebergGlueParquetAvroJsonReal-time Or Streaming Data TechnologiesCommunicationCollaborationData EngineeringETLBig DataAIData Warehousing

About the role

Original posting from MongoDB

The Data Engineering team is responsible for building ETL pipelines that populate the Internal Data Platform, which drives analytics that help the company run more efficiently. Our team builds highly performant and scalable processes that extract massive datasets and makes those datasets available for querying in an optimal way.

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

What you’ll do

Guide the Data Engineering team on building highly performance ETL pipelines using Spark and other Big Data technologies

Help design the architecture of our Internal Data Platform to support the implementation of a robust medallion architecture

Provide thought leadership on ways to achieve infrastructure cost savings on Cloud hyperscalers

Design and build AI agents that can help automate many of the common development and support tasks that the team performs

Work with Security and Compliance teams to ensure that datasets have appropriate permissions and regulations in place

Work with our Data Platform, and Governance sibling teams to make data scalable, consumable, and discoverable

We’re looking for someone with

10+ years experience working on enterprise data lakes/warehouses

5+ years of Spark and Python experience

5+ years of direct hands-on experience working with AWS or GCP

Thorough AI knowledge, particularly with codegen tools and agentic frameworks

Hive, Iceberg, Glue, or other technologies that expose big data as tables

Familiarity with different big data file types such as Parquet, Avro, and JSON

Exposure to real-time or streaming data technologies is a plus

Success Measures

In 3 months, you'll have a thorough understanding of the architecture of MongoDB’s internal Data and AI ecosystem

In 6 months, you'll have owned the delivery of a large project from start (scoping, design) to finish (delivery)

In 12 months, you'll have designed new features, led development work, and become a go-to expert on parts of the system

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 database for the AI era, enabling innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified database platform, the most widely available, globally distributed database 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 database and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

With offices worldwide and over 60,000 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.

Requisition ID

1273422593

Source: MongoDB careers

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