About the job

The worldwide data management software market is massive (According to IDC, the data management software market is forecast to be $94 billion in 2023 growing to approximately $153 billion in 2027, representing a 13% compound annual growth rate). At MongoDB we are transforming industries and empowering developers to build amazing apps that people use every day. We are the leading developer data platform and the first database provider to IPO in over 20 years. Join our team and be at the forefront of innovation and creativity.

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

Since the invention of RDBMS, the cost of storage (and compute) has dropped by multiple orders of magnitude. At the same time the requirements towards systems in terms of scalability, resiliency and availability have increased massively. To take advantage of ubiquitous cheap storage a new generation of database technologies have been developed with MongoDB emerging as the “dominant document database”.

Many organisations have built up large estates of legacy applications. Lack of scalability and resilience, long development times, operating cost, and inability to run on cloud are common issues with these applications. To address these issues, organisations are engaging in large transformational Application Modernisation programs. Because MongoDB is recognized as the developer data platform of choice for transactional systems that provide the best scalability, resiliency and developer experience in the cloud as well as on premises, organisations are continuously migrating workloads from these legacy applications to new platforms, often based on microservices, using MongoDB.

Currently, these transformations are very time intensive and often risky. Tooling based on generative AI promises to accelerate these transformations in a way never seen before. Field Engineering is responsible to explore the possibilitites of these technologies and provide invaluable information to MongoDB’s R&D teams to drive future capabilities of MognoDB and the MongoDB ecosystem.

Field Engineers will be embedded into project teams that are executing Application Modernisation projects with and for customers. The successful candidate will be responsible for evaluation and applying tools in these projects, facilitating the usage of such tools and processes across the project team, identifying opportunities for tooling deployment, selecting potential 3rd party tools, contributing to the development of tooling prototypes and helping to shape the product roadmap.

Our ideal candidate will have

• 5+ years of experience as a field engineer or professional services consultant or contracting full stack developer working directly with Enterprise clients.
• Expert level knowledge about enterprise-scale software architectures, application development methodologies, and software deployment and operations.
• Deep 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.
• A curiosity in how AI supported toolchains can improve application development is desirable.
• Strong problem solving skills, including the ability to collaborate across disciplines and teams to come up with creative solutions to technical and business challenges.
• 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.
• Proficiency in Java and/or C#, and some familiarity with common database access patterns and frameworks in one or more of these languages.

Position Expectations

• Contribute to customer application modernization initiatives at any or all phases of the application lifecycle: assessment and analysis; planning and design; data modeling; application code conversion, development, test and build; integration and release configuration, production operations, application optimisation, and best practices adoption.
• Test drive MongoDB migration products to deliver on customer use cases and drive adoption of the product. Deliver concise feedback to the rest of the development organisation.
• Work closely with Product and Engineering teams to influence the direction of the MongoDB product roadmap.
• Personally execute well-defined, outcome-focused projects, POC, MVP and everything in betweenPOCs including developing or extending existing tools when necessary and appropriate for customer success, with an eye towards reusability and eventual integration with our products. These are often on premises at client locations.
• Maintain a broad and deep technical understanding of the product line and the underlying technologies and protocols.
• Work as part of a wider delivery team comprising consulting engineers from MongoDB Professional Services, project managers, and account teams.
• Assist sales teams in evaluating opportunities with prospects and customers.
• Willingness to work on site with customers for approximately 10 days per month and to travel to Australia two weeks per year to collaborate with the Product development team

Success Measures

The Senior Field Engineer Application Modernization will be successful in this role when they can execute the following strategic tasks/responsibilities:

• Become an expert level user of MongoDB, and our tools current migration products.
• Develop a playbook for customer application migration engagements, in collaboration with other MongoDB Engineers, Product Management and Engineering.
• Communicate complex technical proposals simply and convincingly to a wide range of audiences.
• Provide unique insight into customer needs, product requirements and strategic opportunities by contributing experience from the field.
• Gain the reputation as a trusted advisor with our field teams and customers.
• Contribute to the success of customer application migration initiatives that they support.

Life at 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!

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