[Remote] Software Engineer 3 (SE3), Developer Productivity (Backstage)

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. MongoDB is a leading database provider that empowers innovation at market speed. The Software Engineer 3 (SE3) on the Developer Experience team will design and build features for the Internal Developer Portal, collaborating with various teams to enhance developer workflows and internal tooling.


Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable features for MongoDB’s Internal Developer Portal using Backstage
  • Collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering teams to improve developer workflows and internal tooling
  • Write clean and maintainable code
  • Implement features based on architectural guidance

Skills

  • 2-4 years of professional software engineer experience with a strong focus on fullstack development
  • Experience building scalable, modern web applications using MongoDB, Node.js, TypeScript/JavaScript, and React
  • Hands-on experience with unit testing (Cypress, Jest, Playwright, etc.)
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring tools, and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure)
  • Hands-on experience leveraging Kubernetes, Helm, and modern infrastructure-as-code tools
  • Solid understanding of API Integrations and other kinds of service discovery mechanisms to build/maintain a robust service catalog
  • Experience working within distributed systems and contributing to the design of scalable systems
  • Demonstrate sound engineering practices like continuous delivery and automated testing
  • You have impact through your communication skills and can successfully partner with different engineering teams across domains such as product developers, platforms engineers and SREs, etc
  • Comfortable writing and reviewing technical design documents and specifications
  • Hands-on experience working with Backstage (by Spotify), including platform extensions, portal management, and integrating various systems and tools to make them available to end users
  • Deep understanding of the Backstage architecture, including plugin development, software catalog, scaffolder, and TechDocs
  • Bonus points if you have experience in using and applying large language models; Experience with AI application development is a plus

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Participation in the employee stock purchase program
  • Flexible paid time off
  • 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave
  • Fertility and adoption assistance
  • 401(k) plan
  • Mental health counseling
  • Access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage
  • Health benefits offerings

Company Overview

  • MongoDB is a next-generation database that helps businesses transform their industries by harnessing the power of data. It was founded in 2007, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is https://www.mongodb.com/.

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  • MongoDB has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 159 in 2025, 150 in 2024, 133 in 2023, 79 in 2022, 51 in 2021, 30 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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