Senior Director, Engineering

Gurgaon, Haryana, IndiaHybridFull TimeDirectorPosted 2 months ago

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Role summary

MongoDB is seeking a Senior Director, Engineering in Gurugram to lead the technical vision, execution, and development of a new platform for building AI applications. This hybrid role requires extensive experience in engineering leadership, managing multiple teams, and scaling distributed systems. The successful candidate will oversee design, development, and scaling of the new product, recruit and mentor top talent, define product and engineering strategy, and ensure operational excellence. Responsibilities include owning the architectural vision, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and removing technical obstacles for the team. Qualifications include 15+ years of leadership experience, deep expertise in distributed systems and cloud-native architectures, and strong technical background in languages like Python, C++, Java, or Go.

MongoDB is growing and gaining adoption rapidly across the globe with the most demanding and innovative companies and development teams in enterprise software.

We are seeking a Senior Director, Engineering to join our growing Gurugram Product & Technology team where you will drive the technical vision, execution, and implement core parts of a new platform we are building to make it easier for customers to build AI applications using MongoDB.

We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Gurugram for our hybrid working model.

Position Expectations

Lead and Manage the Engineering Team – Oversee engineering efforts to design, develop, and scale the new product, ensuring high performance, reliability, and efficiency

Recruit and Build a High-Performance Team – Attract, hire, and mentor top-tier engineering talent, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence

Define Product and Engineering Strategy – Collaborate with product, research, and engineering leaders to define the long-term vision, roadmap, and architecture of the new platform

Ensure Operational Excellence – Drive best practices for monitoring, reliability, and performance in production

Lead Architecture: Own the architectural vision for the platform, working with Senior engineers on the team, ensuring it runs equally well on public clouds, private cloud environments and on-premise

Cross-functional leadership - Work with product managers, program managers, design & analytics teams and other teams to define, prioritize and deliver new features that delight our users and drive platform improvementsRemove roadblocks - Enable the team to operate efficiently by removing technical obstacles, coordinating with other teams on dependencies, and prioritizing the team's overall well-being

Qualifications

15+ years of engineering leadership experience, including managing multiple teams and scaling large, distributed systems

Proven experience building and maintaining high scale serving platforms in production

Deep expertise in distributed systems, large-scale data processing, and systems infrastructure

Experience working with cloud-native architectures and platforms like AWS, GCP, Azure, and Kubernetes

Excellent leadership, strategic thinking, and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders

Strong technical background in Python, C++, Java, or Go. Experience with AI and Machine Learning frameworks and SDKs is a plus

Experience in hiring, mentoring, and scaling world-class engineering teams

Success Measures

In the first month, you’ll have understood the surface area, the high level architecture of the new platform. You’ll have initiated one-on-ones with your team members

By the second month, you will be deeply embedded in the recruiting and hiring process for growing the Product and Technology team in India and begun filtering resumes and interviewing candidates

In three months, you’ll have fully on-boarded onto the team and contributed to the design of a core platform capability

In six months, you will have taken on full responsibility for projects slated for the subsequent quarter. You’ll have started growth conversations with your team members and begun to understand their longer-term career aspirations

In twelve months, you’ll have led the development of multiple new features and performed a full annual cycle of performance and growth conversations with your team members Additionally, you’ll have contributed to the vision for the future of the platform and helped develop a plan to achieve that vision

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 database for the AI era, enabling innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified database platform—the most widely available, globally distributed database 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 database and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

With offices worldwide and nearly 60,000 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.

Req ID - 1273397064

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