This role can be based out of our Seattle office, New York office, or remotely in North America. **Who You Are** With a strong security engineering background, you're looking for a role that gives you the freedom to increase MongoDB's resonance with customers by strengthening our core database products. You're passionate about solving hard security engineering problems while putting a strong emphasis on customer experience, leveraging your own significant experience. You enjoy collaborating with different teams to innovate and implement pragmatic solutions. **Responsibilities** - You will take ownership, define strategy, and drive improvement for parts of our program such as fuzzing, threat modeling, secrets management, or container security - You will support engineering teams when they respond to security issues, such as providing risk analysis and proof of concept - Advocate for and contribute to complex security projects from inception through completion - Drive architecture, patterns, and processes across Server Engineering that make security the easiest path - Partner closely with engineering teams to design and implement security controls across our software and systems - Research and POC new attacks against our systems. Plan and perform product security assessments including architecture review threat modeling, code review, pen testing and general security consulting to proactively build security controls - Serve as a security subject matter expert for software security and architecture - Educate the engineering org on security through CTFs, lunch-and-learns, and one-on-one mentorship **Requirements** - 3 years of experience in application security, software security, or product security - Demonstrated experience in C++ programming, performing security assessments on low-level codebases, and implementing remediation strategies for memory-related security flaws such as buffer overflows and memory leaks - Scripting experience and ability to contribute code back to our environments - Comfortable leading threat modeling and being a security ambassador to other engineering teams - Communicate complex technical issues in a simple manner that builds trust with a variety of audiences - A strong sense of ownership and delivery - Can facilitate a conversation rather than dominate it - Skilled at providing collaborative, actionable feedback, not just a list of flaws Don't feel that you meet all of the requirements? We encourage you to apply anyway because studies have shown that some strong candidates may self-select out of the interview process prematurely. We have a diverse, inclusive, equitable, and high-performing environment at MongoDB and want to continuously improve our ability to deliver for customers. **Nice to Haves** - Subject matter expertise in database security, or data security - Knowledge of database engines, database internals, or applied cryptography - Experience contributing or partnering with security researchers to identify vulnerabilities that eventually are published CVEs or administrative responsibilities of a CNA **Success in this role means** - Seeing projects through from conception to completion in order to deliver new services or capabilities for the team - Establishing yourself as a go-to person for discussing security topics 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: $106,000-$209,000 USD