The opportunity
MongoDB’s Replication Team builds the infrastructure that enables high availability, fault tolerance, automatic failover, and tunable consistency. As an engineer on the team, you will design and implement distributed-systems features that protect data and keep applications…
What you'll do
Design and implement replication features based on the Raft consensus protocol
Improve failover behavior, availability, correctness, and performance across the replication system
Write production-quality C++ and the unit, integration, and system tests needed to demonstrate correctness
Use JavaScript and Python where appropriate to extend test coverage and validate end-to-end behavior
Diagnose test failures, investigate bugs, and drive issues through root-cause analysis and resolution
Measure the performance impact of code changes and prevent or resolve regressions
What they're looking for
- Collaborate with partner engineering teams and stakeholders on large, cross-functional initiatives
- Investigate distributed-systems issues raised by customers and Technical: Support, communicate findings clearly, and help deliver durable fixes
- Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and technical discussions that: improve the quality of the team’s work
- Interview candidates and mentor junior engineers and interns
