Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. MongoDB is a leading data platform company, and they are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Query Optimization team. The role involves innovating and building a world-class distributed open-source query optimizer, focusing on enhancing query performance and robustness.
Responsibilities
- Innovate in the area of flexible schema databases. Help us build a world-class query optimization system
- Research state-of-the art query systems to inform our design
- Leverage deep knowledge of the strength and weakness of the product and of industry trends to provide technical vision and direction
- Set initiative level strategy, architect plans, and lead the team towards successful execution
- Advise management on decisions related to roadmap, processes, architecture and design
- Identify, design, implement, test, and support new features related to query performance and robustness, query language enhancements, diagnostics, and integration with other products and tools
- Work with other engineers to coordinate seamless changes in a feature-rich, large code base
- Work with other teams including client drivers, cloud services, enterprise tools, support, consulting, education, and marketing to coordinate changes or contribute to their projects
- Influence and grow team members through active mentoring, coaching and leading by example
Skills
- 10+ years of experience in data management systems
- Experience with building production-level code with a large user base, robust design structure and rigorous code quality
- Degree in Computer Science or similar field, or equivalent practical experience, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design/architecture
- Experience with large code bases written in C++ or another systems programming language. You'll need to trace down defects, estimate work complexity, and design evolution and integration strategies as we rewrite different components of the system
- Passion for the theory and practice of database query engines, as well as hands-on or academic experience in the database domain
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
- 401(k) plan
- Mental health counseling
- Access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage
- Health benefits offerings
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