Description
MongoDB is seeking a Forward Deployed Architect to join its Industry Solutions Team. As a technical design lead, you will work with independent software vendors (ISVs) to design how MongoDB integrates with and extends their product.
Responsibilities:
- Lead technical design for ISV engagements by understanding partner architecture and delivery models
- Design MongoDB as a supported platform option alongside Oracle, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server
- Design coexistence architectures and migration paths
- Lead design reviews, provide technical direction, and review schemas, queries, indexes, and performance
- Design solutions across MongoDB Atlas, Enterprise Advanced, and self-managed environments
- Build reusable architecture patterns, migration playbooks, and code templates
- Stay hands-on by reading partner code and prototyping critical paths
Requirements:
- 8+ years of experience in backend engineering and application architecture
- Strong application-side MongoDB expertise
- Application-level experience with at least one major relational database
- Experience designing migrations of production workloads between relational databases and MongoDB
- Strong SaaS and product-engineering knowledge
- Ability to influence engineers and stakeholders without formal authority
Nice to Have:
- Experience working inside an ISV or product company
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures and technologies like Kafka or Debezium
- Experience with regulated or data-intensive industries
- MongoDB certification or experience with MongoDB's broader product portfolio