Lead Developer, Professional Services Boston
Company: MongoDB
Location: Boston
Posted on: October 8, 2024
Job Description:
The worldwide data management software market is massive.
According to IDC, the worldwide database software market, which it
refers to as the database management systems software market, was
forecasted to be approximately $82 billion in 2023, growing to
approximately $137 billion in 2027. This represents a 14% compound
annual growth rate. At MongoDB, we are transforming industries and
empowering developers to build amazing apps that people use every
day. We are the leading developer data platform and the first
database provider to IPO in over 20 years. Join our team and be at
the forefront of innovation and creativity.MongoDB Professional
Services (PS) works with customers of all shapes and sizes, in all
verticals, from tier-1 banks to small web startups, on a variety of
exciting use cases. This role solves technically sophisticated
problems, gains incredible cross-stack experience, works with
top-notch people in the business, networks with industry leaders,
and sees new places - all in a day's work!MongoDB PS exists to
support the development of our customers' vision, accelerate
customers' time to value, and drive a multitude of customer
adoption scenarios - from building new solutions to modernizing
legacy applications or migrating to cloud. Our consulting solutions
ensure that organizations get the best out of MongoDB.Act as the
lead technical software developer in a small Agile team delivering
solutions onsite for customers focused on migrating one of the
customer's legacy relational database-based Java applications to a
more modern cloud-based architecture running on MongoDB, leveraging
the latest GenAI tools and approaches to accelerate this process.
During each project, successful candidates will be required to
innovate on potential new GenAI-based solutions for specific
challenges in addition to applying existing playbooks and tooling
for migration.This role can be based out of our Austin, Texas
office or remotely in the North America region.Position
Expectations
- Stay at the forefront of the industry by staying abreast of the
latest GenAI advancements and leveraging cutting-edge developments
to fulfill migration projects.
- Innovate new development processes, technologies, and project
approaches as they evolve, especially from emerging GenAI
capabilities.
- Participate as the lead software developer on small Agile
teams, delivering software-based solutions for migrating and
modernizing customer legacy applications to MongoDB.
- Expand migration playbooks where applicable and invigorate the
team to be prepared to innovate, filling in gaps with creative
solutions to solve challenges on each specific project, using
experience to prioritize the best ideas.
- Actively drive the technical part of sprint grooming, planning,
and showcases alongside the project manager, providing ideas,
suggestions, and guidance to the rest of the team.
- Provide technical direction to the team and partner with the
project manager on projects to drive them to a successful
conclusion. This includes managing technical challenges and risks
and identifying mitigation strategies.
- Study the current state of each legacy application, the desired
target state outlined by the customer, and drive the technical
planning, design, and solution to get from source state to target
state on each project.
- Be prepared to change direction on projects, if customer or
account team priorities change, and act in a way that brings the
rest of the team with you on this direction change.
- Face-off to lead technical personnel on the customer side to
resolve issues and identify solutions.Requirements
- 10+ years of experience working as a software developer, with
3+ years of experience as a technical lead.
- Strong proficiency in Java.
- Some experience and knowledge of Python or
JavaScript/Node.js.
- Strong experience in building applications that interact with
relational databases using SQL.
- Some experience of Enterprise Java (J2EE / JavaEE / Spring)
application architectures.
- History of delivering high-cadence modern applications with
applied Agile methodologies, test-first development approaches,
adopting CI/CD pipelines and using Git version control.
- Proven experience in leading software/application development
projects.
- Able to provide technical direction and authority to the whole
delivery team (to developers, the project manager, and other
customer and executive stakeholders).
- Strong written, verbal and presentation skills when
collaborating with team members and external stakeholders within
the wider MongoDB organization and the customer's
organization.
- Strong strategic thinking capabilities to understand and align
technical work with business goals.
- Ability to travel and work on customer sites for a number of
continuous weeks.Nice-to-have skills
- Working knowledge of microservices architectures and
Domain-Driven Design approaches.
- Some experience and knowledge of ORMs like Hibernate or
JPA.Extra bonus skills (if missing, we will provide rapid
onboarding enablement on these):
- Some experience in nascent GenAI technologies and approaches,
such as using OpenAI API with GPT LLMs.
- Practical experience of using 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, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to
all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits
discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring
decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex,
national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran
status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any
other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
MongoDB's base salary range for this role in the U.S. is:
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