Amazing place to work on cutting edge technology - Lead Engineer MongoDB Employee Review

5.0
13 Apr 2020
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Pros

As the third full-time job in my professional career, MongoDB certainly stands out by offering me the opportunity to not only build cutting edge technology, but also do it on an enterprise scale, which is used by millions of customers worldwide. There is a lot of independence, combined with a good structure and process so that I am always aware of how the work I am doing benefits customers and the company. The company is very flexible and innovative around enabling distributed/remote work, which is evident by the fact that my team has engineers working from 4 different corners of the world.

Cons

The quick pace of innovation can sometimes lead to lack of architectural structure and intricate interactions between components, which leads to difficult to diagnose bugs. However, management is dedicated to improving the componentisation of the code base.

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5.0
8 June 2026
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Pros

The early talent team does a fantastic job supporting interns and making the transition from college to full-time comfortable. Team's truly do care for you

Cons

Felt like there was a lot changes happening at the executive level

2.0
23 Mar 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Most benefits are solid, exception being no matching 401K which is kind of insane for tech. Embraces the use of AI for all employees.

Cons

MongoDB is extremely dysfunctional from a marketing POV. The functional silos built a culture of no collaboration and just checking boxes of doing the same things over and over again. Leadership at the MLT level is out of their depth for what the business needs out of marketing to grow. There is arrogance encouraged by a bully CMO who has her favorites that can be held to different standards than others and it is abundantly clear. That attitude trickles down into all of MLT and never really offer solutions, just criticisms. Pay is lower than other companies for the same role. Lack of clarity of what it takes to get a promotion. Blatant disregard for Employee Engagement surveys that have been on a decline for years that leadership takes no ownership on improving.

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