Staff Engineer, Search Systems

MongoDB
Full-time toronto, on IT & Technology
Posted:
June 01, 2026
Location:
toronto, on, Canada

Job Description

Who We Are

The Search Systems team at MongoDB builds the core infrastructure behind MongoDB Search and Vector Search. Our mission is to make advanced search capabilities feel native to the database, so developers can build powerful, scalable applications without standing up separate systems or compromising transactional performance.

We are the team behind mongot, the indexing and query execution engine that powers Search and Vector Search across MongoDB Atlas and self-managed deployments. Our work sits at the intersection of distributed systems, databases, and search infrastructure. We integrate Apache Lucene with MongoDB using native query operators like $search and $vectorSearch, build asynchronous change-stream-driven indexing pipelines that scale independently from transactional workloads, and support deployments across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments. Engineers on this team own meaningful subsystems, influence architectural decisions, and wo...

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Job Overview

Job Type: Full-time
Location: toronto, Canada
Posted: June 01, 2026
Deadline: July 11, 2026