Director of Engineering

Requirements

• Has at least 5 years of people management experience
• Has at least 8 years of professional software development experience
• Has led engineering teams that have built and maintained large scale systems
• Extensive experience collaborating across organization boundaries
• Proven success in designing, writing, testing, and maintaining large-scale, distributed backend systems
• Has experience with at least one major cloud provider technology (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Is eager to solve tough problems
• Has excellent communication skills
• Is curious, collaborative, and motivated

What the job involves

• MongoDB is seeking a Director of Engineering to join the Atlas Clusters Organization. The organization is 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
• This includes developing software to interface with the three major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, and GCP) in order to bring security, durability, availability, and performance to all deployments of MongoDB
• As we continue to grow our Atlas Clusters teams in Dublin, we are looking for a Director of Engineering to lead teams that own critical pieces of both the Atlas Clusters Control Plane and Data Plane
• Lead teams of motivated leads and individual contributors who are eager to learn and grow
• Work with stakeholders throughout MongoDB to build our roadmap and product offerings
• Collaborate with product management and technical senior leadership to design, develop, and ship improvements to the Atlas Clusters Control Plane and Data Plane
• Ensure smooth and timely execution of projects while collaborating and providing visibility to all stakeholders
• Work with customers during escalations and become part of our on-call rotation
• Grow your organization while ensuring desirable skill composition, high job satisfaction, and vibrant culture
• Foster an inclusive and respectful work environment according to MongoDB's Core Values

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 team
• In 3 months, you will be contributing to the delivery of your team's projects and working on your team's growth
• In 6 months, you will be fully leading your team towards its product and engineering goals