Site Reliability Engineer (Senior or Staff)

About the Role

Platform Engineering is a critical department within SRE, responsible for essential infrastructure and operational functions that support the entire engineering organization. This includes managing our multi-cloud Kubernetes infrastructure, networking, load balancing, and observability systems. The Deployments team, specifically, designs and maintains our continuous delivery infrastructure, primarily using Argo Workflows and ArgoCD, to ensure reliable code deployment from development through production. We also provide tooling for clear system ownership and self-service onboarding for development teams.

About MongoDB

MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and 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 personal growth and business impact, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture. 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 necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities. Please inform your recruiter if you require an accommodation.

Mongodb is an equal opportunities employer.

What You'll Do

• Contribute to developing a world-class continuous deployment experience, enabling the rapid and reliable shipment of MongoDB products.
• This includes contributing to open-source projects or engineering software-based approaches like Kubernetes operators to streamline processes.
• Own the onboarding flow for engineering teams launching new products or services.
• Collaborate with other teams within Platform Engineering to ensure a consistent service-onboarding experience.
• Provide internal support for our deployment systems, including answering questions and addressing issues.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation to resolve issues involving the deployment infrastructure.

What You'll Bring

• 6+ years of experience in software development and operating distributed systems.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or a similar language.
• Proven experience building and operating large-scale continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• A customer-focused mindset.
• Value efficiency in processes and operations.
• A preference for automation over manual processes (“allergic to ops work”).
• Experience using and extending containerization technologies, particularly Kubernetes, to enhance application agility, optimize resource utilization, and accelerate time-to-market.
• Expertise in cloud infrastructure platforms, including AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Azure.
• Understanding of Linux operating system internals and networking concepts (e.g., TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, routing).

Work Hours

Candidates should be able to work East Coast hours.

Compensation & Benefits (Canada Based)

• Base Salary Range: $144,000 - $200,000 CAD
• Benefits may include: Equity, 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.

Note: Salary range and benefits listed are applicable to Canada-based candidates only.

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