Staff Engineer
MongoDB
Staff Engineer at MongoDB is a full time role based in Gurugram, Haryana, India. It was published on 5 February 2026 and was open at last check.
| Role | Staff Engineer |
|---|---|
| Company | MongoDB |
| Location | Gurugram, Haryana, India |
| Employment type | Full Time |
| Published | 5 February 2026 |
| Status | Open at last check |
We are seeking a Staff Engineer to join our growing Gurugram Products & Technology team to provide technical direction, direct architecture, and implement core parts of a new platform we are building to make it easier for customers to build AI applications using MongoDB.
As a Staff Engineer on this new team, you will be responsible for providing technical leadership to teams developing cutting edge technologies related to enabling deployment at scale of AI applications. You will take on challenging, high-visibility projects that improve and enhance the performance, scalability, and reliability of the distributed systems infrastructure for this new product. MongoDB engineering teams pride themselves on building high-quality software and living MongoDB cultural values every day – we value intellectual curiosity and honesty, and building together in an environment that prioritizes collaboration over competition.
We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Gurugram for our hybrid working model.
Position Expectations
- Work closely with research, product management, product engineering, product design, peers as well as other teams within the company to define the first version and future evolution of the service
- Design, build and deliver well-tested core pieces of the platform in collaboration with other vested parties
- Contribute to shaping architecture, code reviews and development practices, developer experience as the teams and product grow
- Mentor fellow engineers and assume ownership and accountability of projects
Qualifications
- Strong background in building core components for high scale compute and data distributed systems
- 8+ years experience of building distributed systems, and/or foundational cloud services at scale and an interest in working with Python, Go and Java
- Proven success in designing, writing, testing, debugging, performance tuning, possessing a strong grip on the foundational materials of computer science and maintaining distributed and/or highly concurrent software systems in large, long-lived code bases
- Track record of identifying problems, implementing solutions and delivering complex projects in distributed systems or databases
- Experience leading 15-20 people projects involving distributed systems infrastructure from conception to successful delivery
- Good verbal and written technical communication skills, desire to collaborate with colleagues
- Bonus points for experience with containerization and orchestration platforms (eg. Kubernetes) and AI frameworks and tools
- Be a force multiplier in our software development process. Enable teams to deliver great products through leadership and technical contributions
- Eager to learn, with a strong technical background
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 is an equal opportunities employer.
Create your free OnJob profile to apply — we'll take you to MongoDB's application after sign-up. · Posted 5 Feb 2026.
Staff Engineer at MongoDB — questions answered
What does the Staff Engineer role at MongoDB pay?
MongoDB does not publish a salary on this Staff Engineer listing, so OnJob shows no figure for it rather than an estimate. For what this role pays across the market, the OnJob salary guides aggregate the live listings that do disclose pay.
Where is the Staff Engineer role at MongoDB based?
MongoDB lists this Staff Engineer role in Gurugram, Haryana, India, advertised as full time work at that location. Larger employers sometimes cover several sites under one city name, so confirm the exact office with MongoDB before you apply.
Is the Staff Engineer role at MongoDB still open?
The Staff Engineer posting at MongoDB was open at OnJob's last check of the employer's careers page, having been published on 5 February 2026. OnJob re-checks source listings on each build and marks a role closed once it disappears, but listings can close without notice, so the employer's own page is the final word.
How do you apply for the Staff Engineer role at MongoDB?
Apply to the Staff Engineer at MongoDB role through OnJob with a free profile: OnJob scores your fit against the listing, shows the skills lowering that score, and submits an ATS-ready profile to MongoDB's own application page. Creating a profile is free and needs no card.
Explore more on OnJob
Hiring for a role like this?
Post a job on OnJob and reach AI-matched candidates.
