Forward deployed engineer in MongoDB's Industry ISV practice in Gurugram: embedding with software vendors' engineering teams to build MongoDB into their products.

This Gurugram role was posted on 15 September 2026. Instead of serving end customers, you work with independent software vendors (ISVs): embedding with their engineers, adapting to their codebase and release cadence, and designing MongoDB-backed capabilities, integrations and migrations into their products. The listing asks for strong coding ability in at least two languages and real SaaS product-engineering experience.

About MongoDB

MongoDB is the company behind the most popular modern general-purpose database: a document database used by tens of thousands of organisations, offered self-managed and as the Atlas cloud service. Its India teams span consulting (MongoDB PS), technical services and engineering, with offices in Bengaluru and Gurugram. Learn more on MongoDB's website.

The role in plain terms

You embed with ISV engineering teams and build: integrations, data models, indexes, queries, persistence layers, plus coexistence and migration solutions like change data capture and dual writes. The listing also asks you to validate production readiness - performance, scalability, resilience, observability, security - and to capture reusable patterns and tooling from each engagement. Expect significant on-site time with partners and regional travel.

What you will do

Per the employer's listing, you will:

Embed with ISV engineering teams, adapting to their codebase, practices, release cadence, and constraints while understanding their product architecture, industry context, data model, and deployment environment
Design and build MongoDB-backed product capabilities, including integrations, data models, indexes, queries, persistence layers, migration tooling, and support for MongoDB alongside relational database editions
Design and implement coexistence and migration solutions, including synchronization, change data capture (CDC), dual writes, consistency, application refactoring, validation, and controlled cutover
Design and validate production-ready solutions for performance, scalability, resilience, observability, security, and operational readiness across MongoDB Atlas, Enterprise Advanced, Kubernetes-based private clouds, and self-managed or restricted on-premises environments
Enable partner engineers through collaborative development, code reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing, while working with internal technical teams to resolve design questions and establish support boundaries

What the employer asks for

These requirements are quoted from the employer's listing, kept in their exact words so eligibility details are not distorted:

Strong coding ability in at least two languages such as Java, C#/.NET, Node.js/TypeScript, Python, or Go, plus experience with APIs.
Experience with SaaS and product engineering, including multi-tenancy, tenant isolation, versioned schemas, and backward compatibility.
Willingness to spend significant time on-site with ISV partners and travel within the region.
Experience working for or with an ISV, or in a forward-deployed, embedded, resident-engineer, or partner-engineering role.

Who this role suits

Product engineers who like variety and customer contact: this is Palantir-style forward deployment applied to database platforms. Multi-tenant SaaS experience is explicitly required, so pure services or internal-tools backgrounds are a weaker fit. Ideal if you have shipped in an ISV or done embedded partner engineering.

Practical notes

The interview will likely test both code and consulting: expect a design discussion around multi-tenancy or migration patterns (CDC, dual writes) and questions about working inside someone else's codebase and constraints. Gurugram base with travel - check the travel expectation matches your situation.

How to apply

Apply directly on the employer's site: Forward Deployed Engineer, Industry Solutions at MongoDB. We found this listing on the Greenhouse public job board (job-boards.greenhouse.io), where it was posted on 15 Sep 2026 and was still open when we checked on 31 Oct 2026. Before applying, re-read the employer's own description in full, since eligibility details, deadlines and process steps can change at any time and the employer's page is always the final word. Tailor your resume to the specific requirements above rather than sending a generic one: mirror the skills and tools the listing names where you genuinely have them. A short, specific note on why this team and this problem interest you goes further than a long generic cover letter. Never pay a fee to apply or interview; genuine employers, including this one, do not charge candidates.

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