MongoDB lead engineer salary

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Average MongoDB lead engineer salary

$153,256yearly

$40.83 hourly rate

Entry-level MongoDB lead engineer salary

$120,000 yearly

Updated April 5, 2024

How much does MongoDB pay lead engineers?

The average salary for MongoDB lead engineers is $153,256 per year. MongoDB lead engineer salaries range between $120,000 to $195,000 per year. MongoDB lead engineers earn 80% more than the national average salary for lead engineers of $84,927.

Location impacts how much a lead engineer at MongoDB can expect to make. Lead engineers at MongoDB make the most in Palo Alto, CA, Seattle, WA, and New York, NY.

How much does MongoDB pay lead engineers by location?

MongoDB pays lead engineers the most in Palo Alto, CA, Seattle, WA, and New York, NY. Additionally, cities like Austin and Chicago also report highly competitive salaries for lead engineers at MongoDB.

Lead engineer MongoDB salary by location

Rank	City	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
1	Palo Alto, CA	$173,650	$83.49
2	Seattle, WA	$153,410	$73.75
3	New York, NY	$143,508	$68.99
4	Austin, TX	$143,261	$68.88
5	Chicago, IL	$142,033	$68.29

Highest-paid MongoDB lead engineers by job level

Rank	Job title	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
1	Principal Software Engineer	$182,820	$88	-
2	Senior Software Engineer Manager	$181,681	$87	-
3	Staff Software Engineer	$174,712	$84	12
4	Software Engineer Lead	$169,904	$82	-
5	Principle Software Engineer	$169,126	$81	-
6	Senior Software Engineer Lead	$168,391	$81	-
7	Software Engineer-Team Lead	$167,133	$80	-
8	Staff Engineer	$166,408	$80	2
9	Head Engineer	$164,482	$79	-
10	Project Engineer/Software Engineer	$162,381	$78	-

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Recent salaries for lead engineers at mongodb

Job	Location	Date added	Salary
Lead, Site Reliability Engineering, Deployments	Charlotte, NC	06/13/2025	$151,000
Lead, Site Reliability Engineering, Deployments	Miami, FL	06/13/2025	$151,000
Lead, Site Reliability Engineering, Deployments	Atlanta, GA	06/13/2025	$151,000
Lead, Site Reliability Engineering, Deployments	Philadelphia, PA	06/13/2025	$151,000
Lead, Site Reliability Engineering, Deployments	Boston, MA	06/13/2025	$151,000

Lead engineer salary at MongoDB competitors

Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
1	Anaplan	$163,204	$78	6
2	Asana	$163,143	$78	18
3	Zendesk	$158,852	$76	3
4	Twilio	$154,632	$74	4
5	New Relic	$149,188	$72	6
6	Palantir	$146,961	$71	128
7	Datadog	$144,317	$69	38
8	Cloudera	$141,052	$68	12
9	SolarWinds	$140,548	$68	-
10	VMware	$138,994	$67	1
11	DataStax	$136,548	$66	1
12	TIBCO Jaspersoft	$124,151	$60	-
13	SoftServe	$122,097	$59	-
14	Vernier Software & Technology	$115,313	$55	-
15	ARCHIBUS	$99,940	$48	-
16	Revature	$96,372	$46	-
17	SemanticSpace Technologies	$94,860	$46	-
18	Saxon Global	$94,297	$45	2
19	Egen	$91,897	$44	-
20	Diaspark	$84,304	$41	-

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