Application Engineer

Role overview

Application Engineer at MongoDB

Employment details

• <p>Due to the highly regulated nature of our industry, successful candidates may undergo enhanced background checks and security screenings.
• Location: Bengaluru

Application details

• <p>As an Application Delivery Consultant, you will work closely with customers to deliver tailored solutions for modernizing their legacy SQL-based systems and applications.
• <li>Follow and contribute to best practice playbooks for migrations and modern application development</li>
• <li>Exposure to one or more enterprise application architectures, such as Spring Boot or Hibernate</li>

About the employer

• <p>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.
• <p>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.
• <p>Work as a software developer in a small Agile team delivering solutions onsite for customers focussed on migrating our customers’ legacy relational-based Java applications to a more modern cloud-based architecture running on MongoDB, leveraging the latest GenAI tools and approaches to accelerate this process.
• Your role will involve collaborating with bite-size Agile teams, applying best practices, and contributing to system redesigns that leverage MongoDB.
• <li>Collaborate with project teams to deliver solutions for modernizing legacy SQL-based applications and migrating them to MongoDB</li>
• <li>Continuously learn and adopt new technologies, especially MongoDB, GenAI tools, and cloud architectures, as projects demand</li>
• <li>Familiarity with MongoDB or similar NoSQL databases</li>
• <li>Prior experience with MongoDB and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP</li>
• <h3>Why MongoDB?</h3>
• <h3>About MongoDB</h3>
• 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.
• <p>With offices worldwide and over 67,000 customers, including AI-native startups and approximately 75% of the Fortune 100, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software.</p>
• It’s what makes us MongoDB. </p>
• <p>MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process.

Additional role details

• 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!</p>
• Our consulting solutions ensure that organizations get the best out of MongoDB.</p>
• 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.</p>
• <p>We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Bengaluru for our hybrid working model.</p>
• <h3>Position Summary</h3>
• This is an excellent opportunity for candidates with strong technical fundamentals and a passion for learning, as the role provides extensive training and exposure to modern technologies like MongoDB, GenAI, and cloud-native architectures</p>
• <h3>Position Expectations:</h3>
• <ul>
• <li>Apply your knowledge of Java (or similar programming languages) and relational databases to support customer projects</li>
• <li>Participate in sprint planning, grooming, and retrospectives to improve team processes and outputs</li>
• <li>Communicate progress, challenges, and ideas effectively within the team and to stakeholders</li>
• <li>Support debugging and performance optimization tasks during projects</li>
• <li>Be open to mentoring and guidance from senior team members while contributing to team discussions with a fresh perspective</li>
• </ul>
• <h3>Key Qualifications</h3>
• <li>4–7 years of experience in software development, with a strong foundation in</li>
• <li>Core programming concepts specific to JAVA</li>
• <li>Relational databases and SQL, including basic stored procedures</li>
• <li>Application debugging and performance tuning</li>
• <li>Experience working in Agile teams, with a familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Git for version control</li>
• <li>Demonstrated curiosity and ability to learn new tools, frameworks, and best practices quickly</li>
• <li>Excellent problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset</li>
• <li>Strong communication skills to engage effectively with team members and stakeholders</li>
• <li>Nice-to-Have Skills</li>
• <li>Basic knowledge of GenAI tools and APIs (e.g., OpenAI GPT models)</li>
• <li>Exposure to Python and its application in scripting or data processing</li>
• <li>Basic understanding of cloud-native development concepts (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, or microservices)</li>
• <li>Hands-on experience with ORMs like Hibernate or JPA</li>
• <h3>Bonus Skills</h3>
• <li>Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes</li>
• <li>Hands-on experience with GenAI technologies (e.g., OpenAI API, GPT models) and the ability to innovate new use cases within migration projects</li>
• <h3>Key Competencies</h3>
• <li>Strong team leadership and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to articulate technical solutions to non-technical audiences</li>
• <li>Exceptional problem-solving and debugging skills, applying creativity to complex challenges and GenAI innovations</li>
• <li>Adaptability and openness to evolving project needs, aligning with the latest industry trends and best practices</li>
• <h3>Additional Considerations</h3>
• MongoDB is committed to providing a supportive, enriching work environment with a focus on employee wellbeing and growth.</p>
• <p>Join us in transforming the way enterprises manage and scale data.
• MongoDB provides a dynamic workplace culture with employee affinity groups, fertility assistance, and generous parental leave policies, ensuring an inclusive experience.</p>
• <p>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.
• 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.</p>
• <p>Our compass at MongoDB is our <a href="https://www.mongodb.com/company">Leadership Commitment,</a> guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win.
• <p>To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. <a href="https://www.mongodb.com/company/blog/culture/employee-benefits-that-make-a-difference-at-mongodb">From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy</a>, we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys.<a href="https://www.mongodb.com/blog/channel/culture"> Learn more about what it’s like to work at MongoDB</a>, and help us make an impact on the world!</p>
• To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter.</p>
• <p>MongoDB is an equal opportunities employer.</p>
• <p><em>Req ID - 3273524386</em></p>