Senior Software Engineer, Forward Deployed AI EngineerActive

The opportunity

MongoDB is looking for an outstanding person to join our newly created Forward Deployed Engineering team and take on a key role in our extended R&D organization. Forward Deployed Engineering is linking the work of teams engaged on application modernization roles with our Product and Engineering teams.

What you'll do

  • + years of experience as a field engineer or professional services consultant: or full stack developer working directly with Enterprise clients

  • Proficiency in Java or C#, and some familiarity with common database access: patterns and frameworks in one or more of these languages

  • Strong knowledge about enterprise-scale software architectures, application: development methodologies, and software deployment and operations

  • Experience developing enterprise applications using relational databases, and: employing SQL and stored procedures with Oracle, MS SQL Server, Sybase and/or PostgreSQL databases

  • Experience of using and developing with MongoDB and JSON based Document models is highly desirable

  • Problem solving skills, including the ability to collaborate across: disciplines and teams to come up with creative solutions to technical and business challenges

What they're looking for

  • Willingness to dive into a complex domain, ask the right questions, and bring: new software tools and technologies to the table to solve customer problems
  • Great communication skills (both spoken and written), within the team and in customer meetings
  • Good understanding of Generative AI concepts, tools, and services. Any: experience to build new applications/tools using Generative AI is a big plus. That includes Cursor, Claude Code, Gemini, and OpenAI APIs
  • And finally, a strong interest in how AI supported toolchains can improve application development
Senior Software Engineer, Forward Deployed AI Engineer at MongoDB | Role Match