Site Reliability Engineer 3

MongoDB’s Storage Layer Services (SLS) team is re-architecting the MongoDB cloud storage layer and sits at the heart of our next-generation cloud storage architecture. This relatively new team is building performant, multi-tenant distributed storage services that both enhance today’s Atlas storage stack and enable more customer workloads to run more efficiently. As the Site Reliability Engineering Manager for SLS, you will partner with the teams building these storage services to define SLOs, shape capacity plans, and ensure the reliability, durability, and operational safety of the storage layer that underpins Atlas. You’ll help grow and lead a small, senior team of SREs as founding members of this organization, playing a crucial role in executing on a multi-year roadmap for MongoDB’s cloud storage architecture. We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Dublin for our hybrid working model. RESPONSIBILITIES * Build and lead a team of 6-8 engineers, fostering a positive culture, handling career growth and performance conversations, and proactively removing blockers * Define and drive a clear technical vision and comprehensive roadmap for our multi-tenant distributed storage systems, balancing long-term strategic infrastructure goals with immediate engineering needs * Contribute through hands-on technical work, such as leading architectural design reviews, reviewing PRs, and stepping in to guide the team through complex operational challenges * Act as the primary liaison for the Storage Layer Services SRE team, collaborating closely with other engineering leaders to ensure platform alignment and manage stakeholder expectations YOU MAY BE A GOOD FIT IF YOU * Have 10+ years of experience working on software and operating distributed systems, with 2+ years managing engineering teams * Possess a customer-focused mindset, treating internal developers as your primary users * Value efficiency in processes and operations, and have a track record of optimizing team workflows * Prefer automation over manual processes, fostering a culture of building software solutions to eliminate toil * Have deep technical familiarity with Kubernetes ecosystems, containerization technologies, and modern IaC tooling (e.g., Terraform, Crossplane, or Operators) so you can effectively guide the team's technical decisions * Have operated or supported stateful storage or database systems at scale and are comfortable with durability, consistency and recovery trade-offs * Excel at translating complex business and engineering requirements into actionable, phased technical roadmaps * Have a high level of empathy, responsibility, ownership, and accountability * Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills STRONG CANDIDATES MAY ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH * Leading major architectural shifts, such as moving from legacy storage stacks to new multi-tenant storage architectures, including planning and executing large-scale data and workload migrations with tight availability and durability requirements * Managing and scaling infrastructure across multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure) * Designing secure, multi-tenant runtime environments at scale ABOUT MONGODB MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified data platform, the most widely available, globally distributed data platform 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 data platform and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. With offices worldwide and over 67,000 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. It’s what makes us 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 is an equal opportunities employer. Req ID: 1273396229

Work Mode: Hybrid 1+ day per week in our Dublin office Department: Engineering   ABOUT THE COMPANY  LearnUpon partners with over 1,600 organisations globally to unlock the potential of employees, customers & members through learning that’s easy, scalable and focused on results. Read more about life at LearnUpon here.    ABOUT THE TEAM Our Engineering team builds and delivers our best-in-class, world-scale Learning Management System (LMS). We focus on architectural excellence, reliability, and technical innovation across multiple teams and services. Operating with high ownership and deep technical expertise, we champion engineering best practices, seamless automation, and a strong culture of collaborative mentorship to support LearnUpon's global product growth.   ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY As a Staff Engineer, DevOps, you'll be a key technical leader and role model within LearnUpon. You'll shape the DevOps architecture of our best-in-class LMS, influence our technical strategy, and elevate the skills of our entire engineering organization. Your impact will extend beyond our product, contributing to our mission of building robust, lovable learning products that help customers achieve results. In addition, you’ll be responsible for: * Architecture & Strategy: Drive technical innovation, shape our long-term technical roadmap, and establish scalable DevOps architecture across multiple platform services * Automation & CI/CD: Establish and scale robust CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation, driving best practices across the engineering organization * Operational Excellence: Champion absolute standards for code quality, system design, scalability, and cloud production reliability * Mentorship & Leadership: Provide strategic technical guidance, acting as a prominent role model to uplevel the skills of our entire engineering and senior technical talent pool * Stakeholder Alignment: Collaborate closely with Product Engineering and cross-functional leadership to align infrastructure capabilities with business goals   SKILLS & EXPERIENCE  Must-Haves                                                                          * Proven expertise in cloud infrastructure, particularly within AWS environments, with an advanced understanding of production scalability, security, and reliability * Strong production experience working with Kubernetes and Helm charts as the foundational layer for container platform orchestration * Deep proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks like Terraform or Ansible, focusing on modular and reusable architecture patterns * Extensive background designing CI/CD pipelines (GitLab preferred) and engineering automated internal tooling using Bash, Python, or Go * Demonstrated success leading large-scale technical initiatives that span across multiple engineering squads and services * Track record of mentoring, coaching, and elevating senior-level technical talent * Experience using AI tools to streamline tasks and improve efficiencies   Nice-to-Haves * Familiarity with GitOps deployment workflows using tools such as ArgoCD or FluxCD * Prior experience optimizing massive multi-tenant platform infrastructure within a high-growth B2B SaaS architecture *If you don’t tick every box but believe this role is a mutually good fit, please don’t hesitate to apply. We’d love to hear from you.   WHY CHOOSE LEARNUPON? From comprehensive rewards and generous time off to meaningful investment in your growth and development, LearnUpon gives you the support, trust, and opportunity to do the most impactful work of your career. Learn more here.    HIRING PROCESS * Qualified applicants may be invited to an initial screening call with a member of our TA Team. * Successful candidates will be invited to a series of practical interviews. * Finally, candidates will have an interview with our CTO. * Successful candidates will be contacted with an offer to join our team.   Note: At LearnUpon, we utilise AI to enhance the speed and quality of our screening and assessment practices, but our hiring decisions are always human.    LearnUpon is an Equal Opportunities Employer.  We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, family status, age disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, membership of the Traveller community, or any other legally protected status.   Check out our Careers site and Instagram to learn more about working at LearnUpon.   By submitting your application, you agree to LearnUpon's Privacy Policy.