Technical Services Engineer

MongoDB is helping define the next era of application development as organizations modernize legacy systems, build AI-native experiences, and power mission critical workloads across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. From MongoDB Atlas, our AI ready developer data platform, to our industry leading server technology and enterprise software offerings, MongoDB provides a flexible and unified software stack that helps customers build faster, scale with confidence, and support a wide range of modern application needs. 

MongoDB’s standing in the market reflects that momentum: the company continues to be recognized as a leader in cloud database management while also serving organizations that require the performance, flexibility, and control of self-managed deployments. For candidates, that means the opportunity to join a company with strong market relevance, a builder-first culture, and a clear strategic focus on shaping the future of modern, intelligent applications wherever they run.

We’re looking to speak to candidates based in Palo Alto, California for our hybrid working model.

Life in MongoDB Technical Services

As part of the Support organization, you will be directly interfacing with our largest customers and their most difficult problems. There will almost certainly be sweat. But don’t worry – you’ll have time to prepare before you take on your first escalation. The limits of your understanding will constantly be pushed, and you’ll be challenged to grow. Underlying it all is the fuel that drives our team: customer obsession. We keep mission-critical deployments online, recover from high-pressure incidents with grace and humility, become trusted advisors, and work so closely with our customers that they would swear we were part of their team.

These are just a few of the things you can expect to do as a Technical Services Engineer:

• Become well-versed in core aspects of MongoDB
• Gain deeper expertise in specialized areas of the product
• Combine technical rigor with customer empathy under pressure
• Advocate for our customers’ needs and shape product priorities
• Turn what you learn into learning for others through knowledge articles, presentations, mentoring, and ramping

Who You Are

Insatiably curious. Empathetic. Customer-focused. Able to earn trust quickly and communicate clearly in difficult situations, and exercise good judgment about when to collaborate or pull in others. We are especially drawn to self-taught candidates who know how to learn quickly, navigate complex systems, and make use of the resources around them.

What you need

The ideal candidate will have experience in most of the following areas:

• Strong Linux systems administration and troubleshooting skills, including performance, memory, I/O, configuration, security, networking, clustering, and storage
• Experience supporting and troubleshooting complex production systems, including database-backed or enterprise applications
• Strong diagnostic ability, including tracing issues across distributed systems or microservices
• Familiarity with database administration concepts across RDBMS and/or NoSQL systems; MongoDB experience is preferred
• Experience analyzing customer workloads and translating performance, availability, and scalability requirements into concrete deployment, sizing, and optimization recommendations
• Experience with cloud infrastructure platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals - TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, HTTP/S, load balancers, proxies, firewalls, and VPNs - including diagnosing latency and connectivity issues
• Familiarity with security concepts like authentication, authorization, encryption, certificates, and key management
• Basic scripting or coding ability, and comfort reading code or production automation
• Skilled at translating complex technical issues into clear, empathetic communication that builds customer confidence and trust
• Patience, empathy, and a genuine desire to help customers and teammates
• Stay calm under pressure, solve problems in real time, and collaborate across multiple teams
• Ability to learn quickly and willingness to ramp on new technologies

Nice to Have:

• Experience with MongoDB products such as Atlas, Cloud Manager, Ops Manager, Compass, or Kubernetes Operator/Controller
• Experience with DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code practices
• Experience with authentication systems such as OIDC, Kerberos, or Active Directory
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana
• Experience managing large-scale databases
• Exposure to AI-related technologies such as Vector Search
• Experience coding in Python, Go, Java, Ruby, C/C++, or similar languages
• Experience reproducing issues locally or maintaining personal test environments
• Experience with backup, restore, disaster recovery, and related operational workflows
• Awareness of common vulnerability classes and basic threat modeling

Success Measures

• In 3 months, you’ll have gained a deep understanding of MongoDB and its ecosystem. You will complete New Hire Training
• In 6 months, you will be comfortable working frontline with our customers. You will also complete the MongoDB Certified DBA Associate exam
• In 12 months, you will be a technical specialist within MongoDB and will be helping your peer engineers in advance diagnostics. Also, you will be encouraged to handle technical escalations independently

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 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: 2273494972