[Remote] Software Engineer 3, Backup

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. MongoDB is a leading database company empowering customers to innovate at market speed. They are seeking a Software Engineer 3 to work on the Backup Team, responsible for developing infrastructure that allows users to restore distributed databases efficiently and effectively.


Responsibilities

  • Work closely with product teams, considering the user’s perspective while helping the team achieve success
  • Collaborate with team members over best practices and core concepts
  • Hold yourself accountable to your actions, maintaining the balance between accomplishing goals with research & development
  • Own our core values and adhere to them in your work, and
  • Stay up to date with best practices in web engineering

Skills

  • Skilled at writing large-scale, distributed backend systems in a compiled language (Java, C#, Go, etc.)
  • Fond of chasing down tough problems in a distributed systems environment
  • Cool under pressure - has wrangled production crises, and secretly finds this a little fun
  • Experienced with Linux, and able to correlate application performance problems with underlying hardware limits
  • Comfortable working across the stack of a modern web application
  • Always striving to expand their knowledge
  • Curious, collaborative and intellectually honest

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Participation in the employee stock purchase program
  • Flexible paid time off
  • 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave
  • Fertility and adoption assistance
  • 401(k) plan
  • Mental health counseling
  • Access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage
  • Health benefits offerings

Company Overview

  • MongoDB is a next-generation database that helps businesses transform their industries by harnessing the power of data. It was founded in 2007, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is https://www.mongodb.com/.

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • MongoDB has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 15 in 2026, 153 in 2025, 149 in 2024, 133 in 2023, 79 in 2022, 51 in 2021, 30 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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