Senior engineering manager for the Atlas agent engine at MongoDB Bengaluru, leading the team building a new platform for AI applications.

This full-time Bengaluru role was posted on 30 September 2026. The listing describes leading and growing an engineering team on a new platform to make it easier for customers to build AI applications using MongoDB, taking on high-visibility projects around the performance, scalability and reliability of the distributed systems underneath it. Responsibilities include providing technical leadership and mentorship, and driving the architectural vision so the platform runs equally well on public clouds, private cloud environments and beyond. Requirements include 10+ years building distributed systems or foundational cloud services and 4+ years managing a team of 6+ engineers with technical leadership.

About MongoDB

MongoDB builds the document database of the same name and Atlas, its managed cloud database platform. MongoDB stores JSON-like documents instead of tables and rows, and Atlas adds managed hosting across the major clouds along with search, vector search, stream processing and sync features. The company has engineering and business teams in Gurugram and Bengaluru.

The Gurugram and Bengaluru centres cover product engineering, technical services, solutions architecture and go-to-market functions. The company's listings describe hybrid working for India-based roles and collaboration with teams in other countries. Learn more on MongoDB's website.

The role in plain terms

The dual requirement - 10+ years of distributed systems plus 4+ years managing 6+ engineers - defines a genuinely technical EM: you drive architecture personally while running the team. The multi-environment mandate (public clouds, private cloud, and beyond) is the hard problem: building one platform that behaves consistently across very different deployment targets. This is the management counterpart to the senior staff IC role on the same new platform.

The team and the work

Per the listing, the team is new and growing within MongoDB's Bengaluru Product & Technology organisation, so hiring and team-building are part of the early mandate alongside architecture.

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:

10+ years of experience of building distributed systems, and/or foundational cloud services at scale and experience in languages like Python, Golang, Java or Rust
4+ years of experience managing a team of 6+ engineers and providing technical leadership
Track record in hiring, mentoring, and growing high-performing software engineering teams, experience working with remote teams and a passion for mentoring and career development of...
Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills and desire to collaborate with colleagues, other teams, and lead projects
Strong background in building core components for high-scale compute or data processing / distributed systems
Have led the launch of new features and maintained them in production
Bonus points for experience with containerization and orchestration platforms (e.g. Kubernetes) and AI frameworks and tools
Be a force multiplier in our software development process. Enable teams to deliver great products through leadership and technical contributions

Who this role suits

Engineering managers with deep distributed-systems backgrounds and 4+ years managing teams of 6+, who want to build a team and platform simultaneously. Not for managers who have stepped away from architecture, or technical leads without real management tenure.

Practical notes

For technical EM roles at this level, expect both an architecture deep-dive and management scenarios (hiring, performance, cross-team alignment). Prepare one story for each side.

Working at MongoDB

Engineering roles at MongoDB India work on the database and the Atlas platform, including newer AI-application tooling. Customer-facing roles support enterprises evaluating and running MongoDB in production.

How to apply

Apply directly on the employer's site: Senior Engineering Manager, Atlas Agent Engine at MongoDB. We found this listing on the Greenhouse public job board (mongodb.com), where it was posted on 30 Sep 2026 and was still open when we checked on 30 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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