Senior Lead Engineer, Code Generation

<p>The Application Modernization Platform (AMP) team is tackling one of the industry's most critical challenges: leveraging Generative AI to transform rigid, legacy applications into modern, microservices-based architectures powered by MongoDB. A core difficulty in legacy code transformation is guaranteeing the equivalence of the new application's business logic, ensuring it operates smoothly and efficiently with the new MongoDB data ecosystems in a reliable and scalable manner. The success of this mission heavily relies on the essential tools developed by the CodeGen team.</p> <p>We are looking for an experienced Senior Lead Software Engineer with a strong background in database ecosystem, reshaping complex large-scale services and team leadership. You will lead a talented team building a complex product suite using GenAI capabilities. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader who can drive architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate closely with product management to deliver a product that solves our customers' most challenging application transformation problems.</p> <p>This role will be based in North America west coast, and offers a hybrid working model. </p> <h3><strong>The ideal candidate for this role will have</strong></h3> <ul> <li>10+ years of software development and operations experience, with a focus on building platforms and distributable software infrastructure</li> <li>2+ years of experience leading, coaching, and mentoring a team of software engineers to achieve high-impact results</li> <li>Extensive product experience in building enterprise-grade analytics systems for data streaming or data tooling</li> <li>Extensive experience with relational and document data modeling and hands-on experience with at least one SQL database (Postgres, MySQL, etc) and at least one document database (e.g. MongoDB)</li> <li>Having experience in using GenAI in building complex large-scale systems, and knowing what GenAI is best suited to do, is a plus</li> <li>Curiosity, a positive attitude, and a drive to continue learning</li> <li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills</li> <li>Excellent time and project management skills including the ability to make realistic assessments of project cost and complexity</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Position Expectations</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, quality, and continuous improvement</li> <li>Drive the architectural vision and long-term technical roadmap for the Code Gen product suite, ensuring it is scalable, reliable, and performant</li> <li>Collaborate closely with Product Managers and other stakeholders to define product features and translate business requirements into robust technical designs</li> <li>Lead the design and implementation of complex, mission-critical components of AMP’s code transformation toolset</li> <li>Champion and enforce engineering best practices through design reviews, code reviews, and by setting a high standard for quality and operational excellence</li> <li>Act as a hands-on leader, guiding the team through complex technical challenges and contributing to the codebase where necessary</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Success Measures</strong></h3> <p>Within the first three months, you will have:</p> <ul> <li>Fully ramped up on our architecture, business domain, and team processes</li> <li>Establish yourself as the technical leader within the team, actively driving technical discussions, design reviews, and planning for the product roadmap</li> <li>Begin mentoring team members and building strong collaborative relationships with your product counterparts</li> </ul> <p>Within six months, you will have:</p> <ul> <li>Successfully led the team to deliver a major feature or product release</li> <li>Made significant contributions to the architectural roadmap and started influencing the technical direction of adjacent teams</li> <li>Established a clear rhyth ... (truncated, view full listing at source)