Product Security Engineer, Server

The MongoDB Product Security organization is a diverse collection of individuals working together to scale MongoDB’s security, both security of the products themselves and the security features we offer to customers. The team is responsible for the MongoDB Database Server ( Community and Enterprise editions).

The MongoDB Product Security organization works with software engineers to design, implement, and operate systems in a manner that protects customer data. It is a multidisciplinary team that covers product, software, cloud, infrastructure, and operational security concerns. The team does the following:

Build a developer driven security program where there is tight integration with engineering artifacts, process, and tooling

Use software architecture and coding patterns to reduce the impact of security issues

Be security subject matter experts for our tech stack and products

This role can be based out of any MongoDB U.S. office or remotely within the United States.

Who You Are

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

You will take ownership, define strategy, and drive improvement for parts of our program such as fuzzing, threat modeling, secrets management, or container security

You will support engineering teams when they respond to security issues, such as providing risk analysis and proof of concept

Advocate for and contribute to 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