Staff Engineer

MongoDB
Gurugram, India
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Geared toward technical leaders with JVM and Python experience comfortable with driving architectural decisions and mentoring teams.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 8+ years in JVM languages and Python, who are also experienced in leading engineering teams.
    — “8+ years of commercial software development experience with at least one JVM language such as Java, preferably using the Spring ecosystem and paired with strong Python experience”
  • Individuals who have led teams through complex technical challenges and delivered impactful product features.
    — “Lead the design and implementation of complex, mission-critical components of our Validation and Eval tools”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a hybrid work arrangement with a base in Gurugram, India.
    — “This role will be based in our India office in Gurgaon and offers a hybrid working model”
  • Candidates must be prepared to take on significant leadership responsibilities early in the role.
    — “Established yourself as the technical leader within the team, actively driving technical discussions, design reviews, and planning for the product roadmap”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with LLM eval frameworks and state comparison algorithms in your resume and interviews.
    — “Familiarity with evaluation frameworks (such as DeepEval, Ragas, and Promptfoo) and harnesses, alongside benchmark datasets, scoring/grading approaches, and LLM-as-a-judge methodologies”
  • Emphasize your ability to mentor engineers and lead product delivery in technical discussions.
    — “Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, quality, and continuous improvement”
  • Showcase your hands-on involvement in designing and implementing frameworks for modernization validation.
    — “Experience in application/database modernization with proven ability to design and implement frameworks that ensure database state equivalence across different implementations”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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

What success looks like

  • technical leadership
  • team mentorship
  • high-impact results
  • scalable, reliable, and performant product suite
Typical background
commercial software developmentteam leadershipsoftware architecture

Skills & requirements

Required

JavaSpringPythonSoftware ArchitectureTeam LeadershipDatabase ModernizationData ModelingAlgorithmsCommunication

Preferred

LLM Evaluation FrameworksDeepevalRagasPromptfooMongodb ListenersRdbms TriggersState Comparison Algorithms

Stack & domain

JavaSpringPythonDeepevalRagasPromptfooChange Data CaptureEvent-driven Database InterceptionState Comparison AlgorithmsRelational Data ModelingDocument Data ModelingPostgreSQLMySQLMongoDBAlgorithmsData StructuresLeadershipMentoringCollaborationCommunicationFinanceHealthcareSoftware DevelopmentDatabase Modernization

About the role

Original posting from MongoDB

The database market is massive (IDC estimates it to be $121B+ by 2026!) and MongoDB is at the head of its disruption. At MongoDB we are transforming industries and empowering developers to build amazing apps that people use every day. We are the leading modern data platform and the first database provider to IPO in over 20 years. Join our team and be at the forefront of innovation and creativity.

MongoDB is building a world-class team in India to create tooling that helps customers migrate their data from legacy relational databases to MongoDB in real-time. As companies modernise their application and data ecosystems, they are increasingly drawn to the flexibility and scalability of the document model.  The tools developed by the Data Migration team are critical in this journey, helping customers with initial data loads, and continuous data synchronization.

We are looking for an experienced Staff Engineer with experience in the Java ecosystem, streaming systems, and data-intensive applications to join our team. We are building a sophisticated data migration suite using a modern technology stack, which includes Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Debezium. A successful candidate will be a key contributor to our backend services, collaborating closely with product management and other engineers to design and implement cutting-edge products that solve complex customer challenges.

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

The ideal candidate for this role will have

8+ years of commercial software development experience with at least one JVM language such as Java, preferably using the Spring ecosystem

Extensive experience with streaming data platforms such as Apache Kafka and Change Data Capture (CDC) tools like Debezium

Extensive experience with relational data modeling and hands-on experience with at least one SQL database (Postgres, MySQL, etc)

Exposure to client-side technologies such as JavaScript and React is a plus

Empower the engineering team with unparalleled thought leadership on emerging technologies and best practices

Proactively engage with product leaders and senior management to align technical solutions with overarching business strategies

Mentor and guide junior and senior engineers on best practices in data structures, algorithms, and database design

Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and contribute to the overall technical direction and roadmap of the team

Curiosity, a positive attitude, and a drive to continue learning

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Position Expectations

Architectural Leadership: Drive the architectural vision and technical strategy for the data migration engine and its surrounding ecosystem. Contribute core, foundational code that solves the hardest scalability problems and sets the standard for the rest of the team

Strategic Partnership: Partner closely with Engineering Leadership, Product Management, and Design to shape the technical roadmap. Anticipate future business needs and translate them into scalable, long-term technical initiatives

Engineering Excellence & Mentorship: Define and champion engineering best practices, patterns, and standards across multiple teams. Actively mentor Senior and Mid-level engineers, cultivating a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning

Success Measures

Within the first three months, you will have:

Familiarise yourself with the MongoDB database and aggregation language

Familiarise yourself with the problem space and the domain

Set up software development infrastructure (tech stack, build tools, etc) to enable development using the relevant tech stacks

Started collaborating with your peers and contributed to code reviews

Within six months, you will have:

Worked on and delivered a large-scale code analysis feature in the product

Contributed to and helped deliver a few releases of the product

Reviewed and contributed to scope and technical design documents

Within 12 months, you will have:

Delivered large-scale features across our entire tech stack 

Helped recruit, interview and mentor new members of the team

Collaborated with other teams at MongoDB

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.

Requisition ID    4263333169

Source: MongoDB careers

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