Let’s get started
By clicking ‘Next’, I agree to the Terms of Service
and Privacy Policy, and consent to receive emails from Rise
Jobs / Job page
Lead Engineer, Atlas Clusters image - Rise Careers
Job details

Lead Engineer, Atlas Clusters

MongoDB’s mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. We enable organizations of all sizes to easily build, scale, and run modern applications by helping them modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our industry-leading developer data platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available in more than 115 regions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Atlas allows customers to build and run applications anywhere—on premises, or across cloud providers. With offices worldwide and over 175,000 new developers signing up to use MongoDB every month, it’s no wonder that leading organizations, like Samsung and Toyota, trust MongoDB to build next-generation, AI-powered applications.

MongoDB is seeking a Lead Engineer to join the Atlas Clusters Performance team. The team is part of the organization responsible for building MongoDB Atlas, our database as a service offering and fastest growing product. Atlas allows users to deploy fault-tolerant, secure, globally distributed MongoDB clusters in just minutes. 

The Atlas Clusters Performance team develops the software that manages the Atlas cluster infrastructure on the three major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) to provide the best managed database performance experience. We are constantly challenged to improve the performance of Atlas Clusters by advancing our intelligent scaling algorithms, leveraging the latest hardware available, automating fleet-wide observability, and working closely with the MongoDB Server team to design new systems at a humongous scale.

We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in New York City for our in office or hybrid working model.

What you’ll do

  • Lead a team of motivated individual contributors who are eager to learn and grow
  • Contribute to the code, design, and architecture of the systems your team develops
  • Work with stakeholders throughout MongoDB to build our roadmap and product offerings
  • Work with customers and support engineers to fix issues
  • Foster an inclusive and respectful work environment according to MongoDB's Core Values

We’re looking for someone who

  • Has at least 6 years of professional software development experience
  • Has at least 3 years of people management experience
  • Has led engineering teams that have built and maintained large scale systems
  • Is skilled at writing large-scale, distributed backend systems in a compiled language (Go, Java, C#, etc.)
  • Has experience with at least one major cloud provider technology (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Is familiar investigating issues spanning from cloud provider integrations down to OS configuration
  • Is eager to solve tough problems
  • Has excellent communication skills
  • Is curious, collaborative, and motivated

Success Measures

  • In 1 month, you'll be familiar with the foundational parts of the system, the existing features, and projects within the Atlas Clusters Performance team
  • In 3 months, you will be contributing to design and development of your team’s projects and working on your team’s growth
  • In 6 months, you and your team will have ramped enough to take on medium sized projects and you will be leading your team towards its product and engineering goals

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, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Req ID: 3263254947

MongoDB’s base salary range for this role is posted below. Compensation at the time of offer is unique to each candidate and based on a variety of factors such as skill set, experience, qualifications, and work location. Salary is one part of MongoDB’s total compensation and benefits package. Other benefits for eligible employees may include: 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, and health benefits offerings. Please note, the base salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to U.S.-based candidates.

MongoDB’s base salary range for this role in the U.S. is:
$137,000$270,000 USD

Average salary estimate

$203500 / YEARLY (est.)
min
max
$137000K
$270000K

If an employer mentions a salary or salary range on their job, we display it as an "Employer Estimate". If a job has no salary data, Rise displays an estimate if available.

Similar Jobs
Photo of the Rise User
MongoDB Hybrid New York City; United States
Posted 5 hours ago

Work as an Escalation Engineer at MongoDB to lead technical resolution for high-impact customer issues across databases, storage, and cloud environments while influencing product and engineering priorities.

Photo of the Rise User
Posted 16 hours ago

A US-based energy software team is hiring a Software Power Systems Engineer III to translate power-systems requirements into automated software solutions and validate transmission study outputs.

Photo of the Rise User

Lead a small engineering team at LinkedIn's Mountain View campus to design, build, and scale AI-driven automation and developer productivity tools.

Photo of the Rise User
Inclusive & Diverse
Mission Driven
Diversity of Opinions
Growth & Learning
Collaboration over Competition
Dental Insurance
Disability Insurance
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Vision Insurance
Family Medical Leave
Paid Holidays
Medical Insurance
Mental Health Resources

Benchling is looking for a Backend Software Engineer on the Developer Platform team to build scalable APIs, event systems, and agent integrations that empower biotech developers and partners.

Photo of the Rise User
Pinterest Hybrid San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US
Posted 16 hours ago

Lead the design and implementation of large-scale ML systems and marketplace experiments to improve Pinterest’s ads delivery and auction mechanisms.

Photo of the Rise User
Posted 21 hours ago

Stream is hiring a WebRTC SFU Engineer to develop and scale its Go/Pion-based SFU and edge media infrastructure, improving realtime audio/video features and developer experience.

Photo of the Rise User
Crusoe Hybrid No location specified
Posted 23 hours ago

Highly experienced infrastructure engineer wanted to architect and operate large-scale bare-metal Kubernetes clusters and platform tooling for a fast-growing sustainable cloud company.

Posted 15 hours ago

Ranger is seeking an experienced Full‑Stack Engineer to own and deliver end‑to‑end features for our AI-powered testing platform in a hybrid Denver role.

Posted 13 hours ago

Design and implement identity and access management systems for Globus — a University of Chicago nonprofit — using Python and modern web/cloud technologies to secure research data services.

Anything Hybrid San Francisco
Posted 23 hours ago

Help define the future of AI-driven product UI as a Design Engineer owning frontend experiences for Anything's agent-first platform.

Photo of the Rise User
Posted 22 hours ago
Customer-Centric
Mission Driven
Collaboration over Competition
Growth & Learning
Social Gatherings
Mental Health Resources
Learning & Development
Employee Resource Groups

Aura is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (AI Backend) to design and operate scalable Python backend systems, deploy ML/LLM-driven features, and manage cloud infrastructure in a remote role.

Reveal Technology is hiring a Senior 3D Graphics Software Engineer to lead Unity/C# realtime 3D development and performance optimization for cross-platform applications.

Photo of the Rise User
Posted 12 hours ago

PointClickCare is hiring an Intermediate Software Engineer (React/Java) to build scalable, cloud-based healthcare applications as part of a cross-functional Agile team.

Photo of the Rise User
NBCUniversal Hybrid 904 Sylvan Ave, Englewood Cliffs, NEW JERSEY
Posted 8 hours ago

NBCUniversal is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to lead architecture and strategy for cloud, API, and AI-driven developer platform initiatives that scale across the enterprise.

MongoDB empowers innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data.

14 jobs
MATCH
Calculating your matching score...
FUNDING
SENIORITY LEVEL REQUIREMENT
TEAM SIZE
EMPLOYMENT TYPE
Full-time, hybrid
DATE POSTED
September 25, 2025
Risa star 🔮 Hi, I'm Risa! Your AI
Career Copilot
Want to see a list of jobs tailored to
you, just ask me below!