MongoDB’s mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. We enable organizations of all sizes to easily build, scale, and run modern applications by helping them modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our industry-leading developer data platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available in more than 115 regions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Atlas allows customers to build and run applications anywhere—on premises, or across cloud providers. With offices worldwide and over 175,000 new developers signing up to use MongoDB every month, it’s no wonder that leading organizations, like Samsung and Toyota, trust MongoDB to build next-generation, AI-powered applications.
This role can be based out of our New York City or Seattle offices or remotely in the United States.
Want to secure the future of data management and AI/ML? At MongoDB we are transforming industries and empowering developers to build amazing AI/ML-powered apps that people and enterprises use every day. We are the leading modern data platform and the first database provider to IPO in over 20 years. Overall, the worldwide data management software market is massive (IDC forecasts it to be $138 billion by 2026!). Join our team and be at the forefront of innovation and creativity.
Who You Are
With a strong security engineering background, you’re looking for a role that gives you the freedom to increase MongoDB’s resonance with customers by strengthening our products. You’re passionate about solving hard security engineering problems while putting a strong emphasis on customer experience, leveraging your own significant experience. You enjoy collaborating with different teams to innovate and implement pragmatic solutions.
Who We Are
The MongoDB Security organization is a diverse collection of individuals working together to scale MongoDB’s security, both security of the products themselves and the security features we offer to customers. The team is responsible for several products including the,,, and the MongoDB Server ( and editions).
The MongoDB Security organization works with software engineers to design, implement, and operate systems in a manner that protects customer and MongoDB data. It is a multidisciplinary organization that covers product, software, cloud, infrastructure, and operational security concerns. Our organization…
Defines and drives an engaging, exciting security strategy for MongoDB and our customers
Builds a developer driven security program where there is tight integration with engineering artifacts, process, and tooling
Uses software architecture and coding patterns to reduce the impact of security issues
Are the security subject matter experts for our tech stack and products
The ideal candidate will have...
At least 7 years of Cloud Security experience
Deep subject matter expertise in modern cloud environments, particularly in large scale AWS, GCP and Azure multi-cloud environments
Deep understanding of IAM, audit logging, network security, and data protection mechanisms within AWS, GCP, and Azure
Demonstrated experience working with native(e.g., AWS Security Hub, GCP Command Center) and non-native tooling (e.g., Orca, Wiz) for Cloud Security Posture Management
Scripting experience and ability to contribute code back to our environments
Comfortable leading threat modeling, security architecture reviews, and being a security ambassador to other engineering teams
Communicate complex technical issues in a simple manner that builds trust with a variety of audiences
A strong sense of ownership and delivery
Can facilitate a conversation rather than dominate it
Skilled at providing collaborative, actionable feedback, not just a list of flaws
Nice to Haves
Kubernetes and container security experience (e.g., securing workloads on EKS, GKE, or OpenShift)
Experience with security incident response in cloud-native environments
Background in leveraging machine learning or AI techniques for cloud security threat detection or anomaly detection
In this role, you will...
You will take ownership, define strategy, and drive improvement for various aspects of our program, including security assessments, threat modeling, secrets management, vulnerability management, and cloud security posture management
Advocate for and lead complex security projects from inception through completion
Drive architecture, patterns, and processes across cloud engineering that make security the easiest path
Partner closely with engineering teams to design and implement security controls across our software and systems
Research and POC new attacks against our systems. Plan and perform product security assessments including architecture review threat modeling, code review, pen testing and general security consulting to proactively build security controls
Serve as a security subject matter expert for software security and architecture
Partner with cloud detection and response to create new capabilities or respond to security events
Seeing projects through from conception to completion in order to deliver new services or capabilities for the team
Establishing yourself as a go-to person for discussing Cloud Security topics
Don’t feel that you meet all of the requirements? We encourage you to apply anyway because studies have shown that some strong candidates may self-select out of the interview process prematurely. We have a diverse, inclusive, equitable, and high-performing environment at MongoDB and want to continuously improve our ability to deliver for customers.
