Senior Software Engineer (Identity & Access Management, FedRamp)

Responsibilities

• The MongoDB Atlas team is a diverse group of contributors working together to help our users manage MongoDB at global scale
• We are responsible for MongoDB Atlas: our database as a service offering and fastest growing product which allows users to deploy fault‑tolerant, globally distributed MongoDB clusters in just minutes
• We’re seeking a Senior Engineer to join the Atlas Identity and Access Management (IAM) team
• IAM is a platform and a product team
• We serve internal engineers by providing them a secure and durable suite of services, and we serve external customers by providing them user facing features and products
• We are the owners of Atlas’ authentication (OAuth, SSO, Federated Identity) and authorization (RBAC, ABAC) systems, along with many others
• The IAM team’s mission is to enable customers to securely build their applications with Atlas through our best in class user experience
• The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a US government‑wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services
• Our FedRAMP program requires that anyone who is accessing customer data or metadata inside the Authorization Boundary be a US Citizen on US Soil
• Design, architect, build, and deliver core pieces of IAM
• Lead projects from specification to delivery
• Mentor and grow other team members
• Improve our codebase, best practices, and design principles
• Define your top priorities and focuses, communicate them, and execute against them
• Lead and contribute to complex technical projects and initiatives

Success Measures

• In 1 week you’ll have completed your first pull request
• In 3 months, you’ll have contributed to a large project
• In 6 months, you’ll be leading the design and execution of your own project

Qualifications

• Is curious, collaborative, empathetic, and intellectually honest
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Willingness to learn JavaScript and/or TypeScript along with modern frontend technologies (React, Redux, etc.); prior experience a plus
• Proficient in a modern compiled programming language (Java, Go, C#, C++, etc.)
• Experience building identity and access management systems such as authentication (OAuth, SSO), authorization (RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC), and login and registration systems a plus
• Has a passion for problem solving and learning new things in the domains of computer science and software engineering
• 5+ years experience of software engineering, primarily focused on backend systems
• Desire to collaborate with colleagues and mentor fellow engineers