MongoDB’s mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. We enable organizations of all sizes to easily build, scale, and run modern applications by helping them modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our industry-leading developer data platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available in more than 115 regions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Atlas allows customers to build and run applications anywhere—on premises, or across cloud providers. With offices worldwide and over 175,000 new developers signing up to use MongoDB every month, it’s no wonder that leading organizations, like Samsung and Toyota, trust MongoDB to build next-generation, AI-powered applications.
MongoDB is building a world-class team in India to create tooling that helps customers migrate their data from legacy relational databases to MongoDB in real-time. As companies modernise their application and data ecosystems, they are increasingly drawn to the flexibility and scalability of the document model. The tools developed by the Data Migration team are critical in this journey, helping customers with schema modeling, initial data loads, and continuous data synchronization.
We are looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer with a strong background in data streaming products, the Java ecosystem and team leadership. You will lead a talented team building a complex product suite using a modern stack : Java, Spring Boot, Apache Kafka, Debezium, and React. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader who can drive architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate closely with product management to deliver a product that solves our customers' most challenging data problems
We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Gurgaon for our hybrid working model.
The ideal candidate for this role will have
- 8+ years of commercial software development experience with at least one JVM language such as Java, preferably using the Spring ecosystem
- 2+ years of experience leading, coaching, and mentoring a team of software engineers to achieve high-impact results
- Extensive product experience in the data streaming or data tooling space, especially with streaming data platforms such as Apache Kafka and Change Data Capture (CDC) tools like Debezium
- Extensive experience with relational and document data modeling and hands-on experience with at least one SQL database (Postgres, MySQL, etc) and at least one document database (e.g. MongoDB)
- Exposure to client-side technologies such as JavaScript and React is a plus
- Good understanding of algorithms, data structures and their time and space complexity
- Curiosity, a positive attitude, and a drive to continue learning
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Position Expectations
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, quality, and continuous improvementDrive the architectural vision and long-term technical roadmap for the Data Migration product suite, ensuring it is scalable, reliable, and performantCollaborate closely with Product Managers and other stakeholders to define product features and translate business requirements into robust technical designsLead the design and implementation of complex, mission-critical components of our data streaming and migration platformChampion and enforce engineering best practices through design reviews, code reviews, and by setting a high standard for quality and operational excellenceAct as a hands-on leader, guiding the team through complex technical challenges and contributing to the codebase where necessarySuccess Measures
Within the first three months, you will have :
Fully ramped up on our architecture, business domain, and team processesEstablished yourself as the technical leader within the team, actively driving technical discussions, design reviews, and planning for the product roadmapBegun mentoring team members and building strong collaborative relationships with your product counterpartsWithin six months, you will have :
Successfully led the team to deliver a major feature or product releaseMade significant contributions to the architectural roadmap and started influencing the technical direction of adjacent teamsEstablished a clear rhythm of execution and a high-performing culture within your teamWithin 12 months, you will have :
Become recognized as the go-to technical expert for the data migration domain at MongoDBDelivered large-scale features across the entire tech stack that have a measurable impact on our customers and businessPlayed a crucial role in recruiting, hiring, and growing the engineering team