Principal Technologist / Field CTO
MongoDB
IndiaremotePosted 1 month ago
Skill Required
Strategic Developer RelationsSystem DesignAzurerelated fieldGCPEngineeringbuildingMongoDBdesignCloudAWSGoAI
Key highlights
- Remote role based in India
- 10+ years of experience required
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Up to 50% travel may be required
Role overview
We are seeking an exceptional Principal Technologist to join our team in India. This pivotal role will work closely with our account teams to engage with C-suite executives and senior technical leaders at MongoDB’s most strategic customers. You will bridge the gap between complex data architectures and AI to power business transformation, positioning MongoDB as the premier platform for modernizing legacy systems and building next-generation AI applications. As a recognized technical thought leader, you will shape industry perspectives through regular activities including high-impact technical evangelism and thought leadership, executive roundtables, presentations delivered to customers, keynotes at MongoDB and industry events, and regularly briefing tier-1 press, media, and analysts as a credible and trusted company spokesperson.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with account teams to engage with C-suite executives and senior technical leaders at MongoDB’s most strategic customers
- Bridge the gap between complex data architectures and AI to power business transformation
- Position MongoDB as the premier platform for modernizing legacy systems and building next-generation AI applications
- Shape industry perspectives through high-impact technical evangelism and thought leadership
- Participate in executive roundtables
- Deliver presentations to customers
- Deliver keynotes at MongoDB and industry events
- Regularly brief tier-1 press, media, and analysts as a credible and trusted company spokesperson
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in customer and market-facing roles at the principal or Field CTO level
- Recognized technical leader with deep hands-on experience with enterprise-scale applications
- Exceptional ability to command a room with credibility, deliver compelling keynote presentations, and influence technology strategies with a CxO audience (Executive Presence)
- Strong understanding of database architectures, distributed systems, and cloud computing concepts
- Experience in distributed systems design, including scalability, fault tolerance, and consistency models
- Familiarity with modern application development frameworks
- Hands-on proficiency with state-of-the-art AI capabilities
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
Nice to have
- Demonstrated success in scaling technical influence and earned credibility
- Experience speaking at major tech conferences, hosting technical webinars, or contributing deeply to the developer community (via technical blogs, open-source contributions, or whitepapers)
- Deep portfolio and history of published content, presentations at events, interviews or quotes in the press and media
Benefits
- Ability to exert broad industry influence and build your personal brand
- The chance to go deep on MongoDB, learning the most successful next-generation database platform and seeing first-hand how the world's biggest companies use it for their most demanding applications
- Opportunity to influence technical direction and strategic decisions at some of the world's largest companies
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Focused, high-performing team and close collaboration with peers across the organization
Additional details
- This role can be based remotely in India
- Extensive travel (up to 50%) may be required, but can be offset by a strong existing digital footprint and community influence within the region
- MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the database for the AI era, enabling innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified database platform, the most widely available, globally distributed database on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure
- With offices worldwide and over 60,000 customers, including 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI-native startups, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software
- Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It’s what makes us MongoDB
- To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys
- MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter
- MongoDB is an equal opportunities employer
- REQ ID: 4253000823