We are hiring an experienced Security Software Engineer (Staff or Senior) for our Infrastructure Security team to design and build scalable security controls and services within MongoDB Atlas multi-cloud infrastructure.
The team sits within the Site Reliability Engineering organization and works with other engineering teams to ensure that our infrastructure adheres to the highest security standards.
This role can be based out of our Dublin office, or work fully remotely in Ireland.
Design and build core security primitives and services that protect MongoDB Atlas compute, networking, and identity across AWS, Azure, and GCP
Build secure-by-default infrastructure using Linux security mechanisms (AppArmor, SELinux, seccomp, cgroups), Kubernetes, and eBPF to enforce runtime policies and gain deep visibility into systems behaviour
Develop APIs, automation, and tooling that manage security posture at scale (CSPM, vulnerability management, workload identity) and provide monitoring, logging, and alerting pipelines that integrate with our tooling (Grafana, Splunk, Victoria Metrics.)
Integrate security into our CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code workflows (Terraform) so that security controls are versioned, reviewed, and deployed just like any other code
Lead complex projects end‑to‑end, from problem discovery and design docs to implementation, rollout, and long‑term ownership
Collaborate with SRE, platform and product engineering teams to define secure architectures for new infrastructure and services
5+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or similar roles, preferably with relevant security work
Proficiency with at least one programming language (Java, Golang, Rust, Python, or C/C++) and experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform) to automate security configurations and processes
A deep understanding of Linux and networ
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£45,000 – £60,000 (Glassdoor, Levels.fyi, 2025)
