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Staff Engineer, Code Generation

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Staff Engineer at MongoDB building AI-powered code transformation tools that modernize legacy applications into microservices architectures. Lead the Code Gen team in designing and optimizing code transformation workflows leveraging LLMs and GenAI capabilities.

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Job description

The Code Gen team is tasked with building AI-powered code transformation tools that transform rigid, legacy applications that suffer from poor scalability and high operating costs into modern, microservices-based architectures that are built on top of MongoDB. Join our team and be at the forefront of innovation and creativity.

We are looking for a Staff Engineer with domain expertise and years of experience in modernizing legacy applications that are based on traditional database systems. A significant advantage is profound prior experience in leveraging AI, particularly LLMs and GenAI capabilities, to enable reliable, self-driving automation of the code transformation, iterative build, and test processes. In this role, you will be instrumental in initiating technical strategies and ideas, lead the Code Gen team in designing, building, and optimizing our code transformation workflow and tools. You will work on critical components that ensure the scalability, efficiency, and reliability of our services. This involves crafting sophisticated orchestration layers, robust integration points, and high-performance data systems that seamlessly connect and leverage advanced AI capabilities for code generation, build and test.

This role will be based out of North America.

A strong candidate for this position will have:

Position Expectations

Success Measures

Within the first three months, you will have:

Within six months, you will have:

Within 12 months, you will have:

About MongoDB

MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the database for the AI era, enabling innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified database platform, the most widely available, globally distributed database on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

With offices worldwide and over 60,000 customers, including 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI-native startups, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software.

Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It’s what makes us MongoDB. 

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it’s like to work at MongoDB, and help us make an impact on the world!

MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter.

MongoDB, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Req ID: 425546

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:
$137,000$270,000 USD
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