MongoDB staff engineer salary

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Average MongoDB staff engineer salary

$166,408yearly

$51.7 hourly rate

Entry-level MongoDB staff engineer salary

$127,000 yearly

Updated April 5, 2024

How much does MongoDB pay staff engineers?

The average salary for MongoDB staff engineers is $166,408 per year. MongoDB staff engineer salaries range between $127,000 to $216,000 per year. MongoDB staff engineers earn 55% more than the national average salary for staff engineers of $107,530.

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

How much does MongoDB pay staff engineers by location?

MongoDB pays staff 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 staff engineers at MongoDB.

Staff engineer MongoDB salary by location

Rank	City	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
1	Palo Alto, CA	$191,832	$92.23
2	Seattle, WA	$166,007	$79.81
3	New York, NY	$142,026	$68.28
4	Austin, TX	$137,802	$66.25
5	Chicago, IL	$135,827	$65.30

Highest-paid MongoDB staff engineers by job level

Rank	Job title	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
1	Principal Design Engineer	$171,987	$83	-
2	Staff Design Engineer	$166,966	$80	-
3	Head Engineer	$164,482	$79	-
4	Principal Hardware Engineer	$163,044	$78	-
5	Project Engineer/Software Engineer	$162,381	$78	-
6	Principal Systems Engineer	$157,847	$76	-
7	Senior Staff Engineer	$157,238	$76	6
8	Lead Systems Engineer	$157,023	$75	3
9	Senior Hardware Engineer	$156,721	$75	-
10	Principal Test Engineer	$156,496	$75	-

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Recent salaries for staff engineers at mongodb

Job	Location	Date added	Salary
Staff Engineer, Data Federation and Online Archive	San Francisco, CA	04/28/2025	$137,000
Staff Engineer, Data Federation and Online Archive	Austin, TX	04/28/2025	$137,000
Staff Engineer, Data Federation and Online Archive	Seattle, WA	04/28/2025	$137,000
Staff Engineer, Data Federation and Online Archive	New York, NY	04/28/2025	$137,000
Staff Engineer, Data Federation and Online Archive	San Francisco, CA	03/26/2025	$137,000

Staff engineer salary at MongoDB competitors

Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
1	Asana	$182,965	$88	12
2	Anaplan	$180,181	$87	10
3	VMware	$175,666	$84	1
4	Zendesk	$167,922	$81	2
5	Cloudera	$164,273	$79	10
6	Palantir	$164,218	$79	112
7	Twilio	$162,759	$78	6
8	New Relic	$161,342	$78	-
9	Datadog	$161,245	$78	30
10	DataStax	$152,065	$73	2
11	SolarWinds	$142,918	$69	-
12	TIBCO Jaspersoft	$139,983	$67	-
13	SoftServe	$126,018	$61	-
14	Vernier Software & Technology	$116,384	$56	-
15	ARCHIBUS	$103,548	$50	-
16	Revature	$93,672	$45	-
17	SemanticSpace Technologies	$87,791	$42	-
18	Egen	$85,502	$41	3
19	Saxon Global	$84,272	$41	5
20	Diaspark	$78,605	$38	-

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