[Hiring] Senior Product Security Engineer @MongoDB

Role Description

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.

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 core database 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.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership, define strategy, and drive improvement for parts of our program such as fuzzing, threat modeling, secrets management, or container security.
• Advocate for and lead complex security projects from inception through completion.
• Drive architecture, patterns, and processes across Server 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.
• Educate the engineering org on security through CTFs, lunch-and-learns, and one-on-one mentorship.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in application security, software security, or product security.
• Proven experience in C++ programming, performing security assessments on low-level codebases, and implementing remediation strategies for memory-related security flaws such as buffer overflows and memory leaks.
• Programming experience and ability to contribute code back to our environments.
• A strong track record of partnering with software engineers: leading threat models, performing security design reviews, and developing an understanding of their product space to form pragmatic security recommendations and influence their prioritization.
• Comfortable communicating complex technical issues in a simple manner that builds trust with a variety of audiences.
• Demonstrated ownership of security initiatives, with the ability to deliver results autonomously or collaboratively.
• Can work flexible hours occasionally to collaborate with US-based colleagues.

Nice to Haves

• Subject matter expertise in database security, or data security.
• Knowledge of database engines, database internals, or applied cryptography.
• Experience contributing or partnering with security researchers to identify vulnerabilities that eventually are published CVEs or administrative responsibilities of a CNA.

Success in this role means

• 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 security topics.

Company Description

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.
• 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.