Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. MongoDB is a leader in database technology, and they are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Server Security team. This role involves building and testing security features in a large C++ codebase, coordinating with various teams, and ensuring code quality and security best practices.
Responsibilities
- Build and test new security features in a large, feature-rich C++ codebase
- Work across engineering, cloud services, and support teams to coordinate feature rollouts and changes
- Stand for code quality and security best practices, assisting fellow engineers in writing well-reasoned, secure code
- Use strong diagnostic intuition to solve thorny technical issues related to distributed systems, concurrency, and OS internals
Skills
- 5+ years of experience building distributed systems
- Proficiency in a compiled language (C++, Rust, Go, Java, or similar). Technical interviews will be conducted in a compiled language of your choice
- Ability to reason about how specific design choices impact a distributed system like MongoDB
- Understands modern computer architecture and internals to the degree that they can reason about how specific design choices plays out in a system like MongoDB
- Degree in Computer Science or similar field, or equivalent practical experience, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design/architecture
- Excellent communication skills to synthesize complex technical implications for diverse stakeholders
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
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with employer match
- Mental health counseling
- Backup child and elder care
- Health, dental, and vision benefits offerings
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