MongoDB

Software Engineer, Code Generation

MongoDB$108K — $149K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2-3 years of commercial software development experience with a JVM language, preferably Java within the Spring ecosystem
  • Experience with relational data modeling and at least one SQL database like Postgres or MySQL
  • Basic familiarity with streaming systems such as Apache Kafka or AWS SQS
  • Basic familiarity with client-side technologies including React
  • Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures, including their complexities
  • Curiosity and a positive attitude with a commitment to continuous learning
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with product management, designers, and engineers
  • Contribute high-quality backend code to the data migration engine and its services
  • Participate in code reviews and technical discussions
  • Provide and receive feedback on design documents and pull requests
  • Manage CI/CD processes and focus on quality and testing

Benefits

  • Equity and participation in the employee stock purchase program
  • Flexible paid time off
  • 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave
  • Fertility and adoption assistance
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with employer match
  • Mental health counseling
  • Backup child and elder care
  • Health, dental, and vision benefits offerings
Full Job Description
MongoDB is seeking a Software Engineer with solid software engineering skills and a machine learning background. Joining this team, you9ll be pivotal in a product engineering group dedicated to helping users navigate code conversion challenges with AI9s support.

This role will be based out of North America in the PST and MST zones only.
The ideal candidate for this role will have
  • 2+ years of professional software development experience in Java or another programming language
  • Experience with generative AI and specifically LLMs is highly desirable
  • Experience with text processing engines such as ANTLR is highly desirable
  • Strong understanding of software engineering, system design, data engineering and/or cloud architecture
  • Have experience with compiler design, code parsing or related areas
  • Familiarity with concepts like abstract syntax trees (AST), lexical analysis, and syntax analysis
  • Curiosity, a positive attitude, and a drive to continue learning
  • Actively engages in emerging trends and research relevant to product features
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Position Expectations
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define and implement a code modernisation strategy, ensuring that transformed code aligns with modern software practices while preserving original functionality
  • Develop and maintain a robust code parser to accurately interpret legacy code structures, converting them into a standardised format like an abstract syntax tree (AST)
  • Provide thought leadership to the engineering team on using emerging technologies, frameworks and approaches to solve different problems
  • Collaborate closely with product managers and other engineers to understand business priorities and propose new solutions
  • Contribute and maintain the high quality of the codebase with tests that provide a high level of functional coverage and non-functional aspects with load testing, unit testing, integration testing, etc
  • Share your knowledge by giving brown bags, tech talks, and evangelising appropriate tech and engineering best practices
  • Define and improve business & product metrics to optimise the quality and cost of AI usage
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 AI-based 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 and interview new members of the team
  • Collaborated with other teams at MongoDB

MongoDB9s 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 MongoDB9s 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, Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with employer match, mental health counseling, backup child and elder care, and health, dental, and vision benefits offerings. Please note, the base salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to candidates based in Canada.

MongoDB9s base salary range for this role in Canada is:

$108,000-$149,000 CAD

About MongoDB

MongoDB is a general purpose, document-based, distributed database built for modern application developers and for the cloud era. MongoDB is a leading NoSQL database that allows developers to build applications with ease and flexibility. MongoDB is used by many of the world's largest organizations to power their most critical applications. MongoDB is headquartered in New York City and has offices around the globe.
Learn more about MongoDB
Size
3,544 employees
Market Cap
$12.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$266.9 million
Founded
2007
5 Year Trend
+50.1%
Revenue
$590.3 million
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