Senior Software Engineer (Identity & Access Management, FedRamp)
Company: MongoDB
Location: Austin
Salary: $126k - $248k per year
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-09-25
About this role
- 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- Is curious, collaborative, empathetic, and intellectually honest
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Willingnes...