Software Engineer 2

• Design, implement, and test features and bug fixes in our performance tooling and infrastructure, primarily using Python
• Contribute to performance workloads and benchmarking pipelines used to evaluate MongoDB across releases, platforms, and configurations
• Maintain and improve existing performance testing software by refactoring code, improving test coverage, and simplifying developer experiences
• Work with teammates to debug and diagnose performance or reliability issues
• Participate actively in code reviews
• Help keep our documentation, runbooks, and “getting started” guides for performance tooling accurate and approachable
• Build strong working relationships with engineers across MongoDB
• Over time, take end-to-end ownership of small-to-medium-scoped projects

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field
• A solid foundation in computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, software design) and an ability to apply them to real problems
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language
• Python is strongly preferred for this role, but experience in languages such as Go, Java, C++, or similar is also valuable
• Experience writing and testing software via internships, personal projects, open source contributions, coursework, coding competitions, or research
• An interest in or exposure to modern software delivery practices (e.g., CI/CD, containers, cloud platforms, observability tooling), and curiosity to go deeper
• Growing skills in clear written and verbal communication
• A growth mindset

Prior hands-on experience is a plus but not a requirement for success in this role

• Fertility assistance
• generous parental leave policy