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# Software Engineer 3, Networking & Observability

- **Company:** MongoDB
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $106,000.0 - $209,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Software as a Service, Code Review, Data Structures, Distributed Systems, MongoDB, Software Engineering
- **Published:** August 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.manhattanjobs.com/job.asp?id=3363338766&tx=IT9083TTI&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* 3+ years of experience building distributed systems
 * Passionate about delivering and deploying a product with cross-team stakeholders
 * Solid computer science fundamentals, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design/architecture
 * Hands-on experience with building production-level code. Experience in C++ is required
 * Interest in furthering their knowledge of networking, observability and how computer architecture and internals impact the availability of SaaS
 * Solid verbal and written communication skills and highly motivated to collaborate with colleagues, * Understand and improve the current functionality of the MongoDB networking and observability codebase

## Description

* Lead medium sized projects related to our networking code or observability frameworks from technical design to delivery
 * Collaborate with colleagues at all stages of project lifecycle (ideation, requirements gathering, design, execution, and delivery)
 * Own our leadership principles (https://www.mongodb.com/company/leadership-principles) , and exemplify them in your work
 * Continue to learn and be curious in growing your career!

Success Measures

 * In one month, you'll have fixed a few bugs in a minor version of our latest release series
 * In three months you'll have contributed to the development of a project slated for the next major version
 * In six months, you'll have taken on primary code review responsibilities and are involved in reviewing the design for new features
 * In twelve months, you're making significant contributions to the development of a new major features


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