Lead, Engineering Backup
MongoDB · New York
About this role
**Lead, Engineering Backup** **Location:** New York City MongoDB powers mission-critical workloads for customers who expect their data to be durable, recoverable, and fast to access. Atlas Infinite is our next-generation cloud-native architecture that decouples compute from storage, with a storage layer that continuously backs every cluster up to cloud object storage. The **Atlas Infinite Backup** team builds the systems that turn that stream of data into something customers can trust—**point-in-time recovery, retained snapshots, fast restores, disaster recovery**, and **backup storage that stays affordable** as clusters grow to hundreds of terabytes. We’re hiring an **Engineering Manager** to lead this team. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who takes the responsibility of durably storing and recovering customer data seriously, is comfortable with the economics of large-scale storage, and has strong empathy for both their team and our users. --- ## About the Atlas Infinite Backup team The team is part of MongoDB’s **Backup and Object Storage Services** organization and works closely with **Storage Layer Services**, the disaggregated storage layer behind Atlas Infinite. We own the **object storage tier**—everything that happens to a cluster’s data after it leaves the hot path and lands in cloud object storage. Because backup is a property of the storage layer rather than a separate agent copying files, the team works on the storage engine’s **write path, data layout, and lifecycle** as much as on backup features. **Responsibilities include:** - Continuous backup of log and page data to object storage, plus indexing to efficiently locate and read a cluster’s full history - Point-in-time recovery, snapshot retention, and restore for clusters at **100+ TB per shard**, including cluster-level and collection-level restore - Compaction and garbage collection of the object store to keep retained history costs appropriate - Cold data: serving and tiering infrequently accessed collections and indexes directly from object storage - Metering and billing for backup storage, including the model that determines what customers pay for retained snapshots and point-in-time recovery - Disaster recovery and compliance capabilities (e.g., cross-region protection, retention policies, data lifecycle guarantees) - Operating services in production across many cells and regions (observability, on-call, capacity, and cost) --- ## What you’ll do - Lead, grow, and manage a team of **6 engineers** working in **Rust and Java** on distributed storage systems; set clear expectations and sustainable execution - Own the team’s roadmap across **durability, recoverability, cost efficiency, and compliance** with Backup and Object Storage Services leadership and Product Management - Drive the Atlas Infinite backup roadmap to **GA and beyond**: define “done” for disaster recovery, compliance, and backup economics; sequence work to get there - Manage customer escalations involving backup, restore, or backup cost; partner with Support, Atlas, and server teams to reproduce, root-cause, and resolve issues - Partner closely with the WiredTiger storage engine team and Storage Layer Services teams (Log Service, Page Materializer, Atlas Backup, Atlas Billing, Pricing & Packaging) on cross-team features like incremental billing, collection-level restore, and cold collections - Raise the bar on engineering practice: design reviews, operational readiness, inciden
Listing freshness
CronJobs last confirmed this listing 2h ago. If its source stops confirming the opening for seven days, this page is removed from active inventory.