MongoDB 🍃 Salary

💰 $143K–$202K salary range

Median: $160K  ·  Based on 128 public MongoDB 🍃 job postings  ·  Updated August 9, 2026

This MongoDB 🍃 salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at MongoDB 🍃

• Principal Research Scientist, Database Systems — $203K–$399K · Research
• Senior Director, Customer Health & Critical Accounts — $203K–$398K · Customer Success Center of Excellence
• Senior Staff Product Manager, Query — $185K–$363K · Product Management
• Senior Staff Engineer, AMP — $211K–$363K · App Modernization ENG
• Senior Staff Enterprise Architect, Data — $177K–$349K · Enterprise Architecture
• Director, Customer Communications — $176K–$347K · Customer Success Center of Excellence
• Sr. Director, IT Product Management – Post Sales and Partner Technology — $168K–$330K · GTM Tech
• Head of Global Sales Strategy, Planning & Operations — $168K–$330K · GTM Operations
• Senior Director of Engineering, Developer Productivity — $168K–$330K · R&D Developer Productivity
• Staff Product Manager — $180K–$330K

MongoDB 🍃 salary by department

• site reliability engineering: $188K median · $297K top base — Staff Technical Program Manager, Site Reliability Engineering (view JD) (10 roles)
• sales growth namer: $150K median · $270K top base — VP, Global Specialist Sales (view JD) (10 roles)
• customer success americas: $144K median · $190K top base — Senior Customer Success Manager (view JD) (6 roles)

MongoDB 🍃 salary by location

• Remote: $187K median · $399K top base — Principal Research Scientist, Database Systems (view JD) (23 roles)
• Austin: $160K median · $398K top base — Senior Director, Customer Health & Critical Accounts (view JD) (19 roles)
• New York: $158K median · $318K top base — VP, Executive Operations - Office of CEO (view JD) (18 roles)
• San Francisco: $157K median · $248K top base — Senior Software Engineer, Atlas Search Query (view JD) (8 roles)
• Atlanta: $154K median · $297K top base — Senior Director, HR Business Partnering (view JD) (7 roles)
• Boston: $150K median · $249K top base — Site Reliability Engineer (Senior or Staff), Deployments (view JD) (5 roles)
• Chicago: $144K median · $190K top base — Senior Customer Success Manager (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at MongoDB 🍃

28% of MongoDB 🍃's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $187K median vs $146K onsite.

What MongoDB 🍃 looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: MongoDB (90) · AWS (84) · GCP (84) · Azure (84) · Go (26) · Python (14) · Java (13) · MEDDPICC (11) · Kubernetes (10) · SQL (7).

Benefits & perks at MongoDB 🍃

Commonly listed: medical (122) · mental-health (122) · 401k (122) · pto (122) · parental (122).

About MongoDB 🍃

MongoDB 🍃 is Public stage · 5,001–10,000 employees · founded 2007 · HQ New York, New York. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at MongoDB 🍃

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 8 that do, Bachelor's and PhD are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 95% of these postings reference equity (rsu, options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

MongoDB 🍃 total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: common structures: salaried, hourly. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

MongoDB 🍃 hiring activity

MongoDB 🍃 has 128 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 128 public job postings with disclosed pay. 50 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (99 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 1 contract role in the mix.

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Common questions

What does MongoDB 🍃 pay?
The median pay is $160K, with a typical range of $143K–$202K, based on 128 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at MongoDB 🍃?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Principal Research Scientist, Database Systems, at $203K–$399K base.

Which team pays the most at MongoDB 🍃?
The site reliability engineering team, at a $188K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 128 public MongoDB 🍃 job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed August 9, 2026.

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