MongoDB Sr. Software Engineer reviews

4.5

91% would recommend to a friend

(66 total reviews)

CJ Desai

100% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated MongoDB with 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 66 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. MongoDB is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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66 reviews
5.0
Aug 24, 2022
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Pros

MongoDB is a fast growing company, where ambitious engineers can make a big impact. The culture is pretty much engineering-driven, which means if you are an engineer, (to some extent) you can choose and work on the project you think will benefit customers/company/team the most. The company has been doing extremely well in growing customer base and expanding to many countries around the world. MongoDB (headquartered in NYC) has a Silicone Valley culture (rather than Wall Street culture), which is embraced by engineers. People wear casually and work from anywhere they like. The work-life balance is also great if you have family to take care of. Senior management team is very transparent, and employees always get the opportunity to ask them questions in all-hands meetings. Great compensation (base salary + RSU refresh) and great benefits. Unlike other companies which have unlimited PTO but nobody actually takes vacations, MongoDB employees do take days off as needed.

Cons

Reorganization pain due to fast growth, but it also means new opportunities always come up.

5.0
Jul 8, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. Smart, friendly and energetic coworkers 2. Managers not only manages people, but they are also into tech and can give valuable suggestions 3. Interesting products 4. Promising future 5. Great diversity

Cons

Did not see any yet LOL

2.0
Jun 22, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

A company is growing well and has a nice product

Cons

You can be unlucky to get managed by biased and hypocritical people. Most of the employees stay because of good stocks and as soon as another portion is vested they leave the company. Management promotes blaming culture, and favors not the intellectually honest engineers but those, who conform to "formal" communicational rules. People don't feel safe and refrain from any discussions and debates. This culture is promoted everywhere and in all the departments: R&D and product/program management. If your manager doesn't like you, you will never get a good performance review and they will take all the measures to make you leave the company.

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