Principal Software Engineer, Security is open at MongoDB in New York City; Seattle; United States. The posting gives a salary of $203K - $399K. Posted on Oct 16, 2026, and still on MongoDB’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Maintain real technical depth in security and in MongoDB's product architecture — compute, network, and storage — deep enough to evaluate actual risk rather than apply generic best practice. Form independent, well-reasoned opinions on security and architecture decisions, and voice them even when they cut against consensus or a leader's default plan. Push teams to move faster when process or over-engineering is…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on MongoDB’s careers page.
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