Senior Engineer - Enterprise Architecture

MongoDB

Hybrid

Gurugram

📊Data

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Posted 4 weeks ago

MongoDB

Senior Engineer - Enterprise Architecture

Hybrid

Gurugram

📊Data

Apply

Posted 4 weeks ago

Job Description

We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Gurugram for our hybrid working model.

Team Description

MongoDB seeks an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join Enterprise Architecture on a focused team dedicated to AI experimentation. You'll partner with teams across the organization, including Internal Engineering, to explore, prototype, and validate emerging AI capabilities before they become formal roadmap priorities.

Our ideal candidate:

- Has 6+ years of professional software engineering experience

- Deep experience with at least one modern programming language (Python, Typescript, Go, Rust, etc.)

- Strong technical judgment and the ability to independently solve complex engineering problems

- Excellent communication skills and comfort collaborating across teams and disciplines

- Comfortable operating in ambiguity, scoping and running experiments when the right approach isn't known yet

- Hands-on experience prototyping with LLMs or agentic systems (evals, fine-tuning, RAG, tool use, orchestration frameworks)

- Has the ability to iterate fast, specially in the case where requirements are not clear

- Keeps up with emerging AI tooling and models, not just what's already mainstream

- Collaborative, detail-oriented, and passionate about building reliable, usable software

Bonus Round:

- Experience building and maintaining full-stack applications, from front-end UIs to backend API to data pipelines

- Experience designing systems or services used by other engineers or teams

- Knowledge of any of the following technologies: Tanstack Start, Next.js, FastAPI, React

- Experience with model evaluation frameworks, vector databases, or agent orchestration tooling (e.g., LangGraph)

- Familiarity with transformer architecture and model internals

- Familiarity with containerized applications, Kubernetes, and ability to design CI/CD pipelines

Position Expectations:

- Design and run experiments that test emerging AI capabilities against real internal use cases, before they're formally prioritized. Condense the learnings of those experiments and document them so that the knowledge can be used across the org.

- Build lightweight prototypes to validate or kill ideas quickly

- Stay current on new AI tooling and models, and turn relevant developments into concrete internal proof points

- Partner with product, platform, and internal engineering teams to hand off validated capabilities once they're ready to move from experiment to production

- Maintain technical rigor and clear documentation of findings, even for work that doesn't ship

- Identify and communicate risks, unknowns, and open questions clearly to stakeholders

Success Measures:

- In three months, have run and documented at least one AI capability experiment, with a clear recommendation on whether and how to pursue it further

- In three months, demonstrate the ability to move quickly from idea to working prototype

- In six months, have influenced the org's roadmap or tooling direction by surfacing a capability two to three steps ahead of current need, backed by evidence from your experimentation

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 data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified data platform, the most widely available, globally distributed data platform 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 data platform and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

With offices worldwide and over 67,000 customers, including AI-native startups and approximately 75% of the Fortune 100, 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 is an equal opportunities employer.

Requisition ID

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Benefits & Perks

Health & Wellness

Health Insurance

Comprehensive medical plans via Cigna (HDHP w/ HSA, EPO, PPO) and Kaiser HMO for CA employees. Deductibles run from $0 in-network on the Cigna PPO and the Kaiser HMO to $250 on the Cigna EPO and $1,700 on the HDHP for employee-only coverage, with $20 copays and 100% preventive care coverage.

Dental Insurance

Cigna dental insurance with 100% preventative coverage and an annual maximum that increases with yearly cleanings.

Vision Insurance

EyeMed vision insurance with up to $180 in annual savings on contacts and frames plus member discounts.

Life Insurance

Company-provided life insurance plus AD&D (Accidental Death & Dismemberment) coverage.

Disability Insurance

Income protection through company-provided disability insurance.

Health Savings Account (HSA)

MongoDB automatically contributes to a Health Savings Account for employees enrolled in the Cigna high-deductible health plan.

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Pre-tax Healthcare FSA and Dependent Care FSA for out-of-pocket medical and dependent care expenses.

Mental Health Benefits

Headspace subscription for employees and dependents; Spring Health in the US covers up to 10 therapy visits/year; Cigna Behavioral Health offers $20 in-network sessions via Headway, Talkspace, and Alma; plus an internal Mental Health First Aider program and the MongoDB Bloom wellness program.

Gender Affirming Care

Enhanced Gender Affirmation services through Cigna for US employees, covering hormone therapy, gender-affirming surgery, voice therapy, and blepharoplasty — part of the 7% of Cigna client companies offering this scope of coverage.

Pet Insurance

Pet insurance via Wagmo covering routine care, grooming, emergency, and cancer treatments, plus community discounts.

Employee Assistance Program

Confidential 24/7 EAP hotline with 3 free counseling sessions per issue, plus referrals for family support, legal advice, and fitness.

Wellness Programs

MongoDB Bloom delivers monthly holistic wellness initiatives covering stress, nutrition, sleep, and mindfulness, alongside virtual and on-site fitness classes, meditation sessions, and wellness workshops.

Fitness Stipend

Gympass membership available, plus on-site gym facilities and on-site fitness classes at hub offices.

Financial

401(k) / Retirement Plan

401(k) plan for US employees, with pension and retirement programs available across other regions.

Equity / RSUs

RSU grants with 4-year vesting: 25% annual cliff at year 1, then 6.25% quarterly through years 2-4.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

ESPP allows contributions up to 15% of base salary with a 15% discount on the purchase price of stock.

Performance Bonus

Performance bonuses are offered as part of total compensation, with most employees receiving an annual bonus.

Commuter Benefits

Pre-tax commuter program covering transit, parking, and rideshare during peak hours.

Relocation Assistance

Internal global mobility program lets employees apply for roles across 40+ offices worldwide, with visa support and local connections for relocations.

401(k) Match

MongoDB matches 401(k) contributions up to 6% of eligible salary, to a maximum of $5,000 a year, with one-year vesting.

Time Off

Unlimited PTO

Flexible PTO policy applied globally and based on mutual trust between employee and manager; non-US regions have competitive time-off equivalents.

Paid Holidays

11 paid US holidays including New Year, MLK Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving (and the day after), Christmas Eve, and Christmas.

Sick Days

Paid sick time available separate from the flexible PTO program.

Flexible Schedule

Four working models — In-Office (3-5 days), Flexible (1-2 days in-office), Fully Remote, and Customer-Facing Remote — are assigned per role and mutually agreed between employee and manager.

Family & Care

Parental Leave

20 weeks of fully paid gender-neutral parental leave (birth, adoption, or foster) plus an additional 4 weeks of fully paid flexible work arrangement to ease return-to-work, after 1 year of tenure.

Fertility Benefits

Carrot covers IVF, genetic testing, egg freezing, donor eggs/sperm, surrogacy, and adoption with no infertility diagnosis required and no age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status restrictions. Reimbursement of 90% of expenses up to $50,000 USD lifetime in the US (equivalent of $20,000 USD lifetime for non-US employees).

Adoption Leave

Adoptive parents receive the same 20 weeks of fully paid leave as birth parents under the gender-neutral parental leave policy, plus Carrot adoption financial assistance.

Childcare Support

Cleo provides personalized parental coaching from pregnancy through child age 18 with unlimited Cleo Guide meetings, plus 15 days/year of subsidized backup child and elder care via Care.com (US, Canada, and select European countries).

Caregiver Policy

MongoDB provides 15 days of subsidized backup care per year, available to employees in the United States, Canada, and some countries in Europe, for when regular care for a loved one falls through.

Professional Growth

Mentorship Program

Internal mentor and buddy program operating cross-departmentally, plus the MentorHER program for women in tech.

Learning & Development Budget

New-hire technical training across Atlas, Server, Drivers, and Cloud Services; on-demand professional skills development; regional GTM bootcamps; and leadership development programs for managers and emerging leaders.

Conference Attendance

Job training and conference attendance support, plus internal Lunch and Learns.

Defined Career Pathways

Performance and growth program pairs regular feedback with documented growth goals and development plans co-owned with managers.

Culture & Perks

Employee Resource Groups

13 active ERGs: BEAM, Config.MDB (neurodiversity/disability), Green Team (sustainability), MDBWomen, MongoDB_API (AAPI), Queer Collective, Queeries, QueLatine, MDBWomen in Sales, UGT (underrepresented genders in tech), Veterans, Mindful at MongoDB, and Caregivers.

Charity Matching

Bright Funds platform offers access to 300,000+ vetted charities; MongoDB covers transaction fees on employee donations.

Employee Recognition Awards

Established employee awards program honoring contributions and impact.

Free Snacks & Drinks

In-office lunch on MongoDB up to 3 days/week at hub office locations, plus free snacks and drinks. Note: tied to In-Office and Flexible working models; not accessible to Fully Remote employees.

Tech Stack

JavaScript & Libraries

React

Next.js

Gatsby.js

Redux

Frameworks

Node.js

Express

Ruby on Rails

Spring Boot

Django

Kotlin

Java

Python

TypeScript

Databases

MongoDB Atlas

MongoDB Realm

MongoDB Compass

MongoDB Charts

MongoDB Ops Manager

Mongodb Vector Search

MongoDB Atlas Stream Processing

Elasticsearch

Snowflake

Google BigQuery

Databricks

Infrastructure

AWS

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I work fully remotely at MongoDB?

MongoDB assigns one of four working models per role: In-Office, Flexible, Fully Remote, or Customer-Facing Remote, so remote eligibility is role-specific rather than company-wide. Most current openings are hybrid: of roughly 400 active roles, only about 27 are fully remote. Confirm the working model on the specific job before applying.

Which locations does MongoDB hire in?

MongoDB has offices in more than a dozen cities, including New York (its headquarters), San Francisco, Palo Alto, Austin, London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Dublin, Sydney, Singapore, Seoul, Gurugram, Mexico City, and Sao Paulo. Active hiring spans more than 20 countries, concentrated in New York, Dublin, and Gurugram.

How does MongoDB handle compensation and equity?

Compensation is geo-based, calibrated to the local market for each role. Equity is granted as RSUs that vest over four years (25% after the first year, then 6.25% each quarter), and employees can buy shares through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan at a 15% discount. Median total compensation sits around 217K USD.

What benefits does MongoDB offer?

Alongside medical, dental, and vision coverage, MongoDB offers unlimited PTO, paid parental leave for all caregiver designations, fertility, adoption, and gender-affirming care support, FSA and HSA options, and a learning-and-development budget with defined IC and management career pathways. Wellness perks are quantified at roughly 7,493 USD per year.

What is the work pace like at MongoDB?

MongoDB is candid about intensity. Work-life balance is a recognized weak spot, with around half of employees reporting burnout, and the cadence is widely described as fast or extremely fast. It tends to suit people who thrive on high-growth momentum more than those seeking a steadier rhythm.

Who thrives at MongoDB?

MongoDB fits developers and go-to-market professionals who want to work on a database platform at public-company scale with a broad, self-built product surface spanning Atlas, Vector Search, Stream Processing, Compass, and Charts. Sales roles see top-quartile quota attainment, and professional development ranks among the strongest in software.

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